Digital Game Development Doc, and project planner. Designed to help indie game developers plan out their games, and to maintain a blog with updates from the planner software. Designed for autistic brains.

April 2026

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Phase 8: Integration & Gamification (Weeks 20โ€“21)

Week 21 (Mar 31โ€“Apr 6)
๐ŸŽฎ Tues: Add XP, badges, progress tracking
๐Ÿ’ซ Thurs: Add sound effects or simple celebration animations

๐Ÿงน Phase 9: Final Polish (Week 22)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Make everything feel cohesive.

Week 22 (Apr 7โ€“13)
๐Ÿงช Tues: Final playtest & fix UI bugs
๐ŸŽ‰ Thurs: Final polish + export first playable build

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ โœจ Project Completion:

๐ŸŽฏ Thursday, April 9, 2026

March 2026

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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Phase 6: Major Tasks Scene (Weeks 16โ€“17)

Week 17 (Mar 3โ€“9)
๐Ÿ“‹ Tues: Tasklist & Kanban views
๐Ÿ”— Thurs: Link to goals/milestones

๐Ÿงฉ Phase 7: Minor Tasks Scene (Weeks 18โ€“19)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Fine-grained task management.

Week 18 (Mar 10โ€“16)
๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Tues: Minor task CRUD
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thurs: Add calendar view

Week 19 (Mar 17โ€“23)
๐Ÿ“‹ Tues: Tasklist & Kanban views
๐Ÿ”— Thurs: Link minor โ†’ major tasks

๐ŸŒŸ Phase 8: Integration & Gamification (Weeks 20โ€“21)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Make it fun and rewarding to use!

Week 20 (Mar 24โ€“30)
๐Ÿ”— Tues: Final data linking (all levels connected)
๐Ÿงฉ Thurs: Cross-scene syncing & bug fixes

February 2026

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๐Ÿชœ Phase 4: Milestones Scene (Weeks 11โ€“13)

Week 13 (Feb 3โ€“9)
๐Ÿ”— Tues: Connect milestones to projects
๐Ÿงน Thurs: UI cleanup & refactor

๐ŸŽฏ Phase 5: Goals Scene (Weeks 14โ€“15)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Manage goals with full visual views.

Week 14 (Feb 10โ€“16)
๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Tues: Goals CRUD system
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thurs: Add goals calendar

Week 15 (Feb 17โ€“23)
๐Ÿ“‹ Tues: Tasklist & Kanban views
๐Ÿ”— Thurs: Link goals โ†” milestones

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Phase 6: Major Tasks Scene (Weeks 16โ€“17)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Task tracking structure for larger to-dos.

Week 16 (Feb 24โ€“Mar 2)
๐Ÿงฑ Tues: Major task CRUD
๐Ÿ“… Thurs: Add calendar view

January 2026

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๐Ÿงฑ Phase 3: Project Scene (Weeks 7โ€“10)

Week 9 (Jan 6โ€“12)
๐Ÿ“‹ Tues: Tasklist-style project view
๐Ÿงญ Thurs: Add sorting & filtering features

Week 10 (Jan 13โ€“19)
๐Ÿงฑ Tues: Kanban-style board for projects
๐Ÿงฉ Thurs: Polish & connect all project views

๐Ÿชœ Phase 4: Milestones Scene (Weeks 11โ€“13)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Milestones CRUD + multi-view system.

Week 11 (Jan 20โ€“26)
๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ Tues: Milestones CRUD interface
๐Ÿ“… Thurs: Add calendar integration

Week 12 (Jan 27โ€“Feb 2)
๐Ÿ“‹ Tues: Milestone tasklist view
๐Ÿงฑ Thurs: Kanban view setup

December 2025

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๐Ÿ’พ Phase 2: Core Systems (Weeks 5โ€“6)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Build reusable base UI and functional saving/loading.

Week 5 (Nov 25โ€“Dec 1)
๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ : Build basic Save/Load functions (write to JSON file)
๐Ÿ“ : Add Load-on-start and Save-on-quit logic

Week 6 (Dec 2โ€“8)
๐ŸชŸ : Create base UI layout (tabs/panels shared across views)
๐Ÿงฐ : Test the base layout in multiple resolutions


๐Ÿงฑ Phase 3: Project Scene (Weeks 7โ€“10)

๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Make Projects fully functional with all views.

Week 7 (Dec 9โ€“15)
๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Tues: Project CRUD (Create/Edit/Delete project)
๐Ÿ“‚ Thurs: Add project list view

Week 8 (Dec 16โ€“22)
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ : Calendar view for projects
๐Ÿ” : Sync calendar display with project data

๐ŸŽ„ Holiday Break (Dec 23โ€“Jan 5)

November 2025

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๐Ÿ Phase 1: Foundation Setup (Weeks 1โ€“4)

๐ŸŸข๐ŸŽฏ Goal: Get the structure, menus, and save system groundwork ready.

Week 1 (Oct 28โ€“Nov 3)
๐ŸŸข๐Ÿงฑ : Set up Godot project folders & base scenes
๐ŸŸข๐ŸŽจ : Create Title Page scene (simple animation or fade-in logo)

Week 2 (Nov 4โ€“10)
๐ŸŸข๐Ÿงญ : Build Main Menu (buttons + scene switching)
โš™๏ธ : Add transitions between Title โ†’ Menu โ†’ Settings

Week 3 (Nov 11โ€“17)
๐ŸŸข๐Ÿงฉ : Start Settings Scene UI (basic toggles/sliders)
๐Ÿ’พ : Implement saving/loading settings (ConfigFile or JSON)

Week 4 (Nov 18โ€“24)
๐Ÿ“˜ : Design core data structures (Project, Milestone, Goal, Task)
๐Ÿง  : Connect classes and signals for data updates

๐ŸŽ„ Holiday Break (Nov 26โ€“Nov 30)

October 2025

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Goals

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Week 1
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๐ŸŸข Brainstorm, and plan

๐ŸŸข Create repository for GD4.4.1 project.

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Week 2
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๐ŸŸข Make website pages and organize blog

๐ŸŸข Update discord group.


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Week 3 and 4

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๐ŸŸข Create logo and timeline for the project

๐ŸŸข Create planner/dev doc, listing out the features.
๐ŸŸข Create website pages for digital planner.

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