Brainstorming
🟢 Started brainstorming HatTrick: Hockey Hearts.
🟢 Signed up and completed the GameDevTv RoadMap and Finish It Courses.
🟢 Plan the games roadmap, milestones, and timeline.
🟢 Make a kaban board to track progress.
HatTrick Timeline
May 2024
Build the Menu Scenes
Create the basic scenes for each of the menu features the game needs.
🟢 Title
🟢 Start / Main Menu
🟢 About Us
🟢 Settings
🟢 Save / Load Game
🟢 Star Menu (Win State)
🟢 Character Menu (New / Edit)
🟢 Scores
🟢 Dialogue
🟢 Help Menu
June 2024
Version 1 prototype
🟢 Build the game window.,
🟢 Build basic match 3 functionality.
🟢 Build basic character animations.
🟢 Build scoreboard.
🟢 Build win and loose states.
July 2024
Dialogue Tree Prototype
🟢 Create a dialogue db.
🟢 Write chapter 1 of dialogue.
🟢 Storyboard visual concepts for chapter1.
🟢 First art class and attempts at pixel art.
🟢 Build dialogue scenes.
August 2024
Prototype Deadline
🔥 OS Failure after update. Rebuild Dev PC.
❌ 🧭 Missed Prototype Deadline.
🟢 Replan the RoadMap, account for migraines, and DR visits.
🟢 Redo the kaban board.
🟢 Play testing on backup linux laptop, making notes of issues, and changes that are needed.
🟢 Pixel Art classes, character design classes, ipad digital art classes
September 2024
🔥 OS Failure after video driver update. Rebuild Dev PC.
🟢 Play testing on backup linux laptop, making notes of issues, and changes that are needed.
🟢 Installed Godot for linux,
🟢 Installed Github desktop for linux.
🟢 Started debugging and troubleshooting errors.
🟢 Purchased human character pixel art books.
🟢 Worked through book examples with analog art supplies.
🟢 Worked through book examples with ipad clip studio pain art program.
🟢 Retook the Jazza character design class.
October 2024
🔥 OS Failure after audio driver updates. Rebuild Dev PC.
🟢 Purchased pixel art classes on GameDevTv.
🧸🟢 Pixel Art Characters: Design & Animate a 2D Character!
🧸🟢 Pixel Art Fundamentals: Learn the Basics of 2D Game Art
🟢 Worked through book examples with analog art supplies.
🟢 Worked through book examples with ipad clip studio pain art program.
🟢 Purchased pixel studio for the ipad, and windows to work with.
November 2024
🟢 Bought books on creating Game Maps for RPG and DND.
🟢 Made a variety of 2d maps for different game ideas.
🟢 Added world maps into the game.
🧸🟢 Pixel Art Environments: Design & Animate 2D Environments From Scratch!
🟢 Started working on backgrounds RPG style, for animations.
❌ 🧭 Missed 2ND Prototype Deadline.
🟢 Replan the RoadMap, account for migraines, and DR visits.
🟢 Redo the kaban board.
December 2024
Goal: Functional Demo by April.
🟢 Rebuild scenes, and built button action into items.
🟢 Added features to the load and save menu.
🟢 Worked on data management for player.
🟢 Worked on data management for levels.
🟢 Changed data file structure to json.
🟢 Rebuild scoreboard and score tracking.
🟢 Rebuild the dialogue gui, and testing.
🟢 Bought GUI art Assets on Itch.io
🟢 Rebuild settings scene, added in sound sliders.
🟢 Simplified the about us scene.
🟢 Rebuild the score menu to only have the top scores.
🟢 Rebuild the help scene to show input controls.
🟢 Rebuild chapter 1 story db in json.
🟢 Debugged NODE and path errors.
🔥 PC DIED
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January 2025
Goal: Chapter 1 Demo
🟢 Play testing and coding on backup linux laptop
🟢 Digital 2d Art Classes for ipad.
🟢 Animation for 2d Art classes.
🟢 Character designing courses.
🟢 Polar Bear 2d Character, and Animation Ver. 1
🟢 RedWolf 2d Character, and Animation Ver. 1
🟠 In Progress Rebuild of Dev PC. Hardware ordered + Shipping delays due to weather ❄️.
February 2025
Goal: Chapter 1 Demo
🟢 Play testing and coding on backup linux laptop.
🟠 In Progress Rebuild of Dev PC. More Hardware ordered + Shipping delays due to weather ❄️
🟢 Continued Digital 2d Art Classes for ipad.
🟢 Continued Animation for 2d Art classes.
🟢 Continued Character designing courses.
🟢 Continued troubleshooting node and path issues.
🟢 Started adding multi language support.
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March 2025
Goal: Chapter 1 Demo
🟢 Computer partial rebuild completed, Dev PC is functional.
🟢 Bought character art assets on Itch.io to help bridge the gaps in my understanding of character design and animation.
🟢 Bought GUI and Icon bundles on itch.io to save time.
🟢 Rebuilt Scenes using new backgrounds, gui, and icons.
🔥 Autistic BurnOut. No Dev. At All.
April 2025
Steam Next Fest Deadline Apr 30th
🟢 New polar bear animation.
🟢 Improved character creator.
🟢 Resolved path and node issues, match 3 grid is loading correctly.
🟢 Updated menus, and testing functionality.
🟢 Updated fileio to work with json.
🟢 Updated player data to work with json.
🟢 Play testing to confirm functionality is consistent and accurate.
❌ 🧭 Missed 1st Demo Deadline.
🟢 Replan the RoadMap, account for chronic health issues.
🟢 Redo the kaban board., start day of May.
May 2025
Chapter 1 Demo Published by May 30th.
🟢 Fail – Migraines starting back up.
June 2025
Shelved for one month.
Abnormal heat triggering migraines daily. Switched to simpler REDM projects until severe heat passes.
July 2025
Reboot Project
🟢 Health coming back under control. Restarting project.
🟢 Replan, Remap, Review GDD
🟢 Update websites
🟢 Update release date in steam to December.
🟢 Fix Match 3
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