Oh wow thanks so much, this is genuinely gonna be so helpful for future games :D
My plan for this game looked something a little more like this:
- First, spend 30 minutes on the music
- Second, spend another 30 minutes on the visuals
- Third, begin programming the player and tile engine, while adding tons of visual polish
- Fourth, panic because there's only half an hour left and the game is barely in a playable state
- Finally, make some really basic AI, add some more visual polish, then add really basic you win/game over screens
...I clearly don't have the best time management skills lol
But seriously, thanks so much for this advice - really appreciate it :D