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
Key: ✅ Completed 💜 In progress 🧭 Stalled 🐞 Major Game Breaking Bug
Genre:
Theme:
Core Scenes:
Key Assets:
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
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Monthly SUmmary
MAY 2026
Week 9 (5/3)
Assigned
Completed
None
Week 10
Completed
Week 11
Completed
Week 12
Completed
Monthly Summary
Despite lots of migraines, work progressed.
APRIL 2026
WEEK 7 (4/19)
Week 8 (4/26)
Assigned
Completed
MARCH 2026
Tower Defense Timer
Week 4
March 8 to 14
❌🎯 Goal: Finish player functions. Need for the “player” tower to target enemies and missiles.
❌💻 Game Dev: Complete Tower AI
❌💻 Game Dev: Record video.
❌💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 5
March 15 to 21
❌🎯 Goal: Finish Enemy systems and targeting. Need enemies to fire randomly but to also target player
🟢💻 Game Dev: Add manual word count menu and functions.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Add menu for setting up writing project, and milestones.
🟢💻 Game Dev: Add menu for setting up word goals, chapter or scene goals
❌💻 Game Dev: Record video.
❌💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Week 6
March 22 to 28
— over flow week to make up work not completed this month.
❌💻 Game Dev: Add functions for adding money in response to wins with the players projects.
❌💻 Game Dev: Add menu for setting up village buildings and bipedal npcs. (Earn currency in game, and buy more buildings, npcs, and upgrade shields and towers.
❌💻 Game Dev: Record video.
❌💻 Game Dev: Make and upload Youtube VLOG.
Sick most of the month, very few work days.
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.
