Ok for todays discussion we are asking chatgpt for a detailed weekly (day by day) break down of the tasks to do, so we can put them in the time line for the project.
🌟 Godot Timer + Writing Tracker Project Timeline 🌟
Week 1
- 💻 Monday: Set up Godot 4.4.1 Project (C#) & Folder Structure
- 💻 Tuesday: Core Timer Logic Prototype
- 💻 Wednesday: Connect Timer to UI
- 💻 Thursday: Word Count Tracker System
- 💻 Friday: Link Timer + Word Count for Bonus Mechanics
Week 2
- 💻 Monday: NPC Tower AI Core Behavior
- 💻 Tuesday: Tower Defense Logic Conversion
- 💻 Wednesday: Basic Enemy Spawning System
- 💻 Thursday: Difficulty Scaling Logic
- 💻 Friday: AI + Timer Integration Testing
Week 3
- 💻 Monday: Godot Export Config & Data Saving
- 💻 Tuesday: Plugin Bridge for WordPress Connection
- 💻 Wednesday: Custom Post Type Creation (Scenes / Chapters)
- 💻 Thursday: UI for Publishing from Godot
- 💻 Friday: Debug + Test WordPress Integration
Week 4
- 💻 Monday: WordPress Plugin Settings Page
- 💻 Tuesday: Authentication & API Communication
- 💻 Wednesday: Data Sync Testing (Word Count + Chapter Publish)
- 💻 Thursday: Build & Compile Godot Plugin Version
- 💻 Friday: GitHub Backup + Itch Devlog Update
Week 5
- 💻 Monday: Code Polish & Optimization
- 💻 Tuesday: Final Compile & Upload
- 💻 Wednesday: Documentation / README Creation
- 💻 Thursday: Devlog Wrap-up + Plugin Preview
- 💻 Friday: Final Playtest + Release Prep
I’ll pop this info into the timeline, and then we will make it a little more interesting and I’ll try to use OBS to record the project so we can publish some videos of how it’s going beginning to end. As fun as the 6 week deadline would be, I can’t stress my brain like that so no deadline, but I’ll post each week in a blog how we did. Also there are two of us, my partner is also a developer and is going to be helping with the tasks and our child is an artist building her art portfolio and might be interested in helping. So that might reduce some of the load and time needed to finish the project.
This is also not the only project in the works, so….. again probably not 6 weeks. I just want to track our time and see if the time estimates from ChatGpt play out against reality.
So to start out the idea of tracking time. This page, and the ChatGpt interactions has taken 2 hours to get to a viable plan. Which isn’t too bad, usually that takes me about 4 to 5 hours, but it’s also not as detailed as I like to get. I like to do my plans by hand in a notebook, and write out ever node that needs to be created and it’s basic settings or style needs, so that I can be consistent in my visuals, but also so I can use star stickers to mark when I finish things. Makes my little kid brain very happy, star stickers…
✅ Game Dev Summary
- 🎯 Total Dev Sessions: 25 (50 hrs)
- 🗓 Schedule: Monday–Friday — 2 hours per session
- 💻 Focus Areas:
- Core Timer Mechanics
- NPC Tower AI
- Word Count Integration
- WordPress Plugin Features
- 📅 Duration: ~5 weeks
