Tower Defense Timer
This project is an archived course on GameDev.Tv that I’m going through again to reteach myself Godot and c#, but I’m using a more recent version Godot .4.4.1
The blog series for this project is here: Tower Defense Project 2025
- Game Dev Doc Suggested by ChatGPT
- Image Development Plan
- Break Down of tasks by Time Blocks
- Time Line by Week and Day of Week
Tower Defense game married with a WordCount tracker, Timer, and WordPress plugin. Gamification to help authors and bloggers publish serial stories on their own websites.
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Time LIne
June 2026
Full Release?
Steam Full Release
Steam Store Page
Play Testing
June 2026
Demo Ready?
Steam Demo
Steam Store Page
Play Testing
May 2026
Week 7
💻 DEMO Version
Publish just the game on itch.io
💻 Alpha testing
** Version 1 of game does not included word press plugin.
🎯 Goal: Test all features.
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 8
💻 Beta testing
🎯 Goal: Test all features
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 9
💻 Game Dev: Word Count Fetcher (WordPress API)
💻 Game Dev: Integration Testing Godot ↔ WordPress
💻 Game Dev: WordPress Plugin: Scene / Chapter Publish Endpoint
💻 Game Dev: WordPress Plugin: Word Count Endpoint
🎯 Goal: Create word press plugin so we can auto count words if they want to.
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 10
💻 Test plugin fully.
🎯 Goal:
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Final Full version
Sell the timer/game portion on itch.io for $5.99
Publish on WordPress as a free plugin.
April 2026
Tower Defense Timer
Week 5
💻 Game Dev: Complete Tower AI
💻 Game Dev: Add manual word count menu and functions.
🎯 Goal: Finish player functions. Need for the “player” tower to target enemies and missiles.
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 6
💻 Game Dev: Complete Enemy / Obstacle Setup
💻 Game Dev: Add menu for setting up writing project, and milestones. Word goals, chapter or scene goals?
🎯 Goal: Finish Enemy systems and targeting. Need enemies to fire randomly but to also target player village buildings and bipedal npcs.
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 7
💻 Game Dev: Tower Bonus Integration
💻 Game Dev: Gamification Systems (particle effects, milestone rewards)
💻 Game Dev: Alpha testing
🎯 Goal: Verify gamification systems work correctly.
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 8
💻 Game Dev: UI & HUD Polish (buttons, progress bars)
💻 Game Dev: Alpha testing
🎨 Catch up week for art assets.
🎯 Goal: Finish art, and polish for the game demo
💻 Game Dev: Record video.
💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
January 2026
January 2026
–Project shelved due to burn out and migraines. Only enough spoons to work on one project focusing on Hat Trick. Postponed to Q2 2026
❌ Migraines 4 out of 7 days (weekly).
December 2025
— Migraines stealing brain time.
Project shelved due to burn out and migraines. Only enough spoons to work on one project focusing on Hat Trick
❌ Migraines daily. No significant progress.
November 2025
Week 1
🟢💻 Game Dev: Adjust plan for hours available.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Setup New repository.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Setup blog.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Record video.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Setup repository on ipad for art work.
🟢🎯 Goal: Setup everything to make start of project easier.
Week 2
🟢💻 Game Dev: Timer Scene Skeleton
🟢💻 Game Dev: Timer Script & HUD integration
🟢💻 Game Dev: Record video.
❌💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
🎯 Goal: Timer function working.
Week 3
💻 Game Dev: Tower AI
❌ Started Incomplete
🟢💻 Game Dev: Record video.
❌💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
🎯 Goal: Need for the “player” tower to target enemies and missiles.
Week 4
💻 Game Dev: Enemy / Obstacle Setup
❌ Started Incomplete
🟢💻 Game Dev: Record video.
❌💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
🎯 Goal: Need enemies to fire randomly but to also target player village buildings and bipedal npcs.
❌ Migraines daily. No significant progress.
October 2025
Goals (Week 3 and 4)
🟢 Course Section 2.13 – Player HUD & Text UI 🖥️📝 (07:45)
🟢 Course Section 2.14 – Player Health & Scoring System ❤️📊 (11:34)
🟢Course Section 2.15 – Game Over & Restarting Game 💀🔄 (13:24)
🟢 Course Section 2.16 – Increasing Difficulty Over Time ⏳📈 (10:28)
🟢 Course Section 2.17 – CallDeferred & Debugging 🐞🔧 (05:30)
🟢Course Section 2.18 – Exporting Variables & Fine Tuning 🏷️⚙️ (11:38)
🟢 Course Section 2.19 – Polish & Particles ✨💨 (12:07)
🟢 Course Section 2.20 – Adding Clouds ☁️🌤️
🟢 Course Section 2.21 – Course Wrap Up 🎓🏁
❌ Migraines daily. No significant progress.
September 2025
🌟 Goals Completed 🌟
✅ Code for 2 hours / 4 Time Blocks 💻⏱️
✅ Course Section 2.11 📚
✅ Course Section 2.12 📘
✅ Course Section 2.13 📖
✅ Course Section 2.14 📙
✅ GitHub Backup 🗂️💾
✅ Compile Current Version 🖥️🎉
✅ Update Itch Page & Dev Log Entry (optional) 🌐📝
✅ Upload Compile ⬆️💻
✅ Update Discord Chat Thread 💬🔗
❌ Migraines daily. No significant progress.
August 2025
🌟 Goals Completed 🌟
✅ Code for 2 hours / 4 Time Blocks 💻⏱️
✅ Course Section 2.1 📚
✅ Course Section 2.2 📘
✅ Course Section 2.3 📖
✅ Course Section 2.4 📝
✅ Course Section 2.5 📄
✅ Course Section 2.6 📘
✅ Course Section 2.7 📖
✅ Course Section 2.8 📙
✅ Course Section 2.9 📕
✅ Course Section 2.10 📗
✅ GitHub Backup 🗂️💾
✅ Compile Current Version 🖥️🎉
✅ Update Itch Page & Dev Log Entry 🌐📝
✅ Upload Compile ⬆️💻
✅ Update Discord Chat Thread 💬🔗
❌ Migraines daily. No significant progress.
July 2025
🌟 Goals Completed 🌟
✅ Code for 2 hours / 4 Time Blocks 💻⏱️
✅ Course Section 1.1 📚
✅ Course Section 1.2 📘
✅ Course Section 1.3 📖
✅ Godot 4.4.1 C# Project Setup 🛠️
✅ First Compile & Hello World Test 🖥️🎉
✅ Setup Itch Page 🌐🎮
✅ Upload First Compile ⬆️💾
✅ Setup Discord Area & Update 💬🔗
❌ Migraines daily. No significant progress.
