DOOM DELIVERY / Game Development
DOOM DELIVERY After the Jam — What Comes Next
What player feedback taught me, why the bike controller is worth building on, and the next steps beyond the jam prototype.
THE DEVELOPMENT NOTEBOOK
What worked.
What needed fixing.
Follow DOOM DELIVERY toward 1.0, explore the completed DETOUR devlogs, and read the decisions, wrong turns, and useful bits from the build.
DETOUR / Game Jams
Day 7 — How to Finish a Game You Don’t Plan to Keep Developing
Finishing DETOUR with audio, lighting, browser polish, and a clear decision about when a jam game is done.
DETOUR / Game Development
Day 6 — How I Balanced Fuel and Difficulty Without Adding More Features
Balancing fuel consumption, testing shortcut and detour extremes, and making hazards create meaningful decisions.
DETOUR / Game Jams
Day 5: How to Make Progress Without Burning Out
Building varied road hazards with shared mechanics, making steady progress, and knowing when to stop during a game jam.
DETOUR / Design
Day 4 — Turning Out the Lights
Adding headlights, illuminated highway signs, obstacle shadows, glowing fuel, and a warm-lit destination.
DETOUR / Game Development
Day 3 — Boat, Not Spaceship.
Giving DETOUR a heavier car, momentum, body roll, fairer obstacle patterns, and a playable opening.
DETOUR / Design
Day 2 — Making the HUD Disappear
Moving health, fuel, and progress out of debug text and into the world of DETOUR.
DETOUR / Godot
Day 1 — From Zero to a Complete Ugly Prototype
Building a complete driving-game loop with simple shapes before getting distracted by polish.
DOOM DELIVERY / Godot
DOOM DELIVERY: My First 3D Game and What I Learned
Finding the game in a bicycle controller, fixing collisions, and finishing a first 3D game.
KEEP IN TOUCH
Follow the build.
New games, useful experiments, and the occasional lesson learned the hard way.