So I posted a declaration to myself (and the world) to actually motivate my ass into doing something around game dev (https://itch.io/t/913100/first-dev-diary-concept-and-plan-of-action-space-statio...)

So, here's my work in progress so far: (try and ignore the huge watermark)

The starfield and rotating asteroids do look ok, I think, though I'm wondering if a more pixel art approach to the whole game would be best - maybe the low res look will make it easier to make the factories look busy and dirty without hampering gameplay

At some point I need to add click and drag for laying conveyer belts.

Anyway, onto the goals for next week:

* Switch to isometric for the factory and conveyor belts.

* Have the importing object (representing the supply of materials to the factory) actually spit out items periodically.

    -- Relatedly, have queues form from items blocking the conveyor belts.

* Add at least one work station, for example to convert ore into refined metals, and have that exit the station

Stretch goal:

* Add a start screen and menu.

Working on my isometric project I'm now realizing a challenge with things hiding behind taller structures. I'm thinking about two ways to solve it in the future: one is to being able to rotate the map, the other is to give a transparent view to the mouse pointer so moving the mouse over a tall building would make it, or the mouse area semi transparent. For my game it's not super important to see what's happening behind my buildings, but for you, placing the belts and building the tiles it's much more important, so perhaps the 2d top down approach is not a bad idea, it worked rather well for "Factorio". I would try the isometric view but keep an open mind that it might need to be scraped at the end.