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 20–21)

Week 21 (Mar 31–Apr 6)
🎮 Tues: Add XP, badges, progress tracking
💫 Thurs: Add sound effects or simple celebration animations

🧹 Phase 9: Final Polish (Week 22)

🎯 Goal: Make everything feel cohesive.

Week 22 (Apr 7–13)
🧪 Tues: Final playtest & fix UI bugs
🎉 Thurs: Final polish + export first playable build

🗓️ ✨ Project Completion:

🎯 Thursday, April 9, 2026

March 2026

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🛠️ Phase 6: Major Tasks Scene (Weeks 16–17)

Week 17 (Mar 3–9)
📋 Tues: Tasklist & Kanban views
🔗 Thurs: Link to goals/milestones

🧩 Phase 7: Minor Tasks Scene (Weeks 18–19)

🎯 Goal: Fine-grained task management.

Week 18 (Mar 10–16)
🖊️ Tues: Minor task CRUD
🗓️ Thurs: Add calendar view

Week 19 (Mar 17–23)
📋 Tues: Tasklist & Kanban views
🔗 Thurs: Link minor → major tasks

🌟 Phase 8: Integration & Gamification (Weeks 20–21)

🎯 Goal: Make it fun and rewarding to use!

Week 20 (Mar 24–30)
🔗 Tues: Final data linking (all levels connected)
🧩 Thurs: Cross-scene syncing & bug fixes

February 2026

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🪜 Phase 4: Milestones Scene (Weeks 11–13)

Week 13 (Feb 3–9)
🔗 Tues: Connect milestones to projects
🧹 Thurs: UI cleanup & refactor

🎯 Phase 5: Goals Scene (Weeks 14–15)

🎯 Goal: Manage goals with full visual views.

Week 14 (Feb 10–16)
🖊️ Tues: Goals CRUD system
🗓️ Thurs: Add goals calendar

Week 15 (Feb 17–23)
📋 Tues: Tasklist & Kanban views
🔗 Thurs: Link goals ↔ milestones

🛠️ Phase 6: Major Tasks Scene (Weeks 16–17)

🎯 Goal: Task tracking structure for larger to-dos.

Week 16 (Feb 24–Mar 2)
🧱 Tues: Major task CRUD
📅 Thurs: Add calendar view

January 2026

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🧱 Phase 3: Project Scene (Weeks 7–10)

Week 9 (Jan 6–12)
📋 Tues: Tasklist-style project view
🧭 Thurs: Add sorting & filtering features

Week 10 (Jan 13–19)
🧱 Tues: Kanban-style board for projects
🧩 Thurs: Polish & connect all project views

🪜 Phase 4: Milestones Scene (Weeks 11–13)

🎯 Goal: Milestones CRUD + multi-view system.

Week 11 (Jan 20–26)
🗃️ Tues: Milestones CRUD interface
📅 Thurs: Add calendar integration

Week 12 (Jan 27–Feb 2)
📋 Tues: Milestone tasklist view
🧱 Thurs: Kanban view setup

December 2025

Carry Over from Previous Month
🧩 : Start Settings Scene UI (basic toggles/sliders)
💾 : Implement saving/loading settings (ConfigFile or JSON)
⚙️ : Add transitions between Title → Menu → Settings
📘 : Design core data structures (Project, Milestone, Goal, Task)
🧠 : Connect classes and signals for data updates

💾 Phase 2: Core Systems (Weeks 5–6)

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

Week 5 (Nov 25–Dec 1)
🗂️ : Build basic Save/Load functions (write to JSON file)
📁 : Add Load-on-start and Save-on-quit logic

Week 6 (Dec 2–8)
🪟 : Create base UI layout (tabs/panels shared across views)
🧰 : Test the base layout in multiple resolutions


🧱 Phase 3: Project Scene (Weeks 7–10)

🎯 Goal: Make Projects fully functional with all views.

Week 7 (Dec 9–15)
🖊️ Tues: Project CRUD (Create/Edit/Delete project)
📂 Thurs: Add project list view

Week 8 (Dec 16–22)
🗓️ : Calendar view for projects
🔁 : Sync calendar display with project data

🎄 Holiday Break (Dec 23–Jan 5)

November 2025

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🏁 Phase 1: Foundation Setup (Weeks 1–4)

🟢🎯 Goal: Get the structure, menus, and save system groundwork ready.

Week 1 (Oct 28–Nov 3)
🟢🧱 : Set up Godot project folders & base scenes
🟢🎨 : Create Title Page scene (simple animation or fade-in logo)

Week 2 (Nov 4–10)
🟢🧭 : Build Main Menu (buttons + scene switching)
❌⚙️ : Add transitions between Title → Menu → Settings

Week 3 (Nov 11–17)
🧩 : Start Settings Scene UI (basic toggles/sliders)
❌💾 : Implement saving/loading settings (ConfigFile or JSON)

Week 4 (Nov 18–24)
❌📘 : Design core data structures (Project, Milestone, Goal, Task)
❌🧠 : Connect classes and signals for data updates

🎄 Holiday Break (Nov 26–Nov 30)
Schedule was too ambitious for a holiday month.

October 2025

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Goals

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Week 1
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🟢 Brainstorm, and plan

🟢 Create repository for GD4.4.1 project.

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Week 2
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🟢 Make website pages and organize blog

🟢 Update discord group.


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Week 3 and 4

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🟢 Create logo and timeline for the project

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

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