[Copied from community post]
Taking a break today, never caught my breath after the sprint session.
Might draw some thumbnails for the streams, and I'm playing with the idea of posting notifications to twitter/bluesky/instagram. Still not sure what the purpose is of streaming outside of time keeping/progress tracking but I reckon it's a place to listen to podcasts and/or talk game dev. If anyone wants to use it as a co-working stream than by all means hop in and let me know what you're up to.
Other than that, I decided I'm going to post a playable demo on to itch.io and move some of my dev log updates to there and/or make small video 'write-ups' for Youtube. I do this already in the form of stream descriptions where I talk about the previous day and my thoughts for that days goal but I think it'd be fun to have a more curated form of updates since the streams are usually just slow work on code or small changes to an animation.
I've yet to see a game or project that is quite exactly the kind of game I want to play. When I'm done working on [current project], I like to unwind by putting on a podcast or livestream while playing a video game. In the past, the most relaxing and enjoyable game to play for me was The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild back in '17. This is where I started the habit of 'background noise + open world gaming' that fulfills me the most when it comes to enjoying free time.
There is definitely a plethora of games that you can play in a 'brain-off' mode, but there's still a particular experience I'd like to have that is a mix of exploration, discovery, and satisfying active gameplay that you can choose to play focused or un-focused while enjoying music, podcasts or the company of others. Until this game exists, I'll continue working on [current project]. I'm excited that the direction of this theoretical game can be decided by my hand, and I really hope to add in all the fun quirky ideas that come to mind. At the end of the day, I'm making an experience catered towards my own desires - but most of the media I enjoy is typically content that has a huge fanbase and holds a quality and care that naturally speaks to anyone willing to engage with the media. All that to say, if I ever feel like the quality and content of [current project] is worth sharing, then I will. And if you're someone looking to try something familiar but new, than I hope this game is something you find worth engaging with as well.