✰The Garden's Table - DEVLOG✰

Helloo Everyone,

This is the devlog for my game "The Garden's Table" :) It's already released so go check it out!

This game was created in 5 days, for the My First Game Jam: Summer 2022. Before starting on this game, I was working on a different idea., but I decided to scrap that idea in favor of this one for a few reasons.

1.  I didn't really feel a connection to any of the ideas I was coming up with for that game.
2.  There was no clear idea of where the project was going. I was just adding things randomly and it was STRESSING me out.

So, I decided that work on a simple concept, using themes and things I enjoy. One night, when I was lying down to sleep I thought, "...plants.." and thus, "The Garden's Table" game idea was born :)

THE BEGINNING

Starting out, i created an entire list of the BARE MINIMUM things this game needed to function. Ingredients, objects, buttons, flavors, mechanics, whatever. After implementing these bare minimum mechanics, I went back to the list and found places where i could again add features, to make the game feel/look nicer (once again keeping it simple so there weren't too many things to add early on). This helped to keep the motivation i would've lost if I just had a mountain of tasks (some of which unnecessary for a functioning game)

I created the prototype of everything that could be done in the game first, using various colorful squares and rectangles :) once i was satisfied with that, I started working on the art. which took a VERY long time, because of the art style I chose. 

ISSUES

I tried to solve each issue using the simplest solution I could come up with, so as to keep the experience light, stress-free and fun :)

one of the main issues I faces was having the player switch between tea flavors. The ending the player would get was always of the first flavor they selected, rather than the last. I just added an "empty cup?" button as an easy fix, so the ending would now be reset if the player chose a different flavor. yay.

THE FUTURE

I want to do a few more things with this game.

1. Add more recipes, ingredients, and flavors to the game.
2.  work on the "Gathering Ingredients" part of the game a little.
3. Initially, I wanted a few more characters (besides the cute black cat:))
4. The art was really fun to make, so I wanted to share the process/videos of the making of it with everyone.

Thanks for reading<3 don't forget to try out the game for yourself :)