Devlog Entry #9
Saturday, 12 November 2023
Updates:
  • various updates to about me page
  • changed art style of game
  • made game only accesable through chat page as it is still under development
  • various images were broken from a new firefox update so i fixed them
  • Devlog Entry #8
    Saturday, 25 February 2023
    Updates:
  • Updated layout and content of Resume Page
  • Worked further on games story
  • implemented health system and animation for game
  • Devlog Entry #7
    Saturday, 11 February 2023
    Updates:
  • Moved to Melbourne so a little break from programming
  • Fixed bug on Resume page which showed a blank scroll bar next to the Experience and Education section on Chrome and Edge
  • Fixed bug on home page that showed blank image icon next to home nav button on Chrome and Edge
  • created layout for character system
  • Next Steps:
    Devlog Entry #6
    Saturday, 14 January 2023
    Updates:
  • created logic behind game map and movement system
  • created system to distinguish what each map tile is and actions relevant to each one
  • created event logic including random selection from array and action upon choice
  • added 500+ lines of js for game alone
  • Next Steps:
  • Character system(inspired by FTL) in game to replace text area on left side
  • Devlog Entry #5
    Wednesday, 28 December 2022
    Updates:
  • Took a break to focus on study and deal with my burnout but this progress is reflective of all the updates since last devblog but most have been completed in the last 3 days or so
  • created new clean footer
  • created proper new nav with content behind each link and no repeats
  • created resume page
  • created Dev Blog page
  • created progress towards my web game finally and have planned out a story and gameplay mechanics
  • created baseplate for my web game
  • created cross site account system
  • created simple chat app
  • reduced paralax scrolling image sizes from 12.3 MB to 4.20MB
  • reduced image size of dev blog page from 14.8MB to 1.68MB
  • did some basic seo
  • added google analytics
  • Next Steps:
  • Profiles
  • further SEO
  • finish Game :)
  • Devlog Entry #4
    Friday, 14 October 2022
    Updates:
  • Failed attempts at chat app
  • Devlog Entry #3
    Thursday, 13 October 2022
    Updates:
  • Created and finished 5 part paralax scrolling home page from an AI generated artwork
  • Found Placeholder images to hold spots on website while i work on creating content
  • Created Navigation bar and default structure for all web pages
  • Created basic Footer
  • Next Steps:
  • Fill main page
  • Create Resume/about me part
  • profiles
  • chat
  • fix up footer, main page and nav once design is finalised and i have more content
  • Devlog Entry #2
    Tuesday, 11 October 2022
    Updates:
  • Gave up on the game idea after 2 weeks of bashing my head against the wall and decided to focus on making the platform around the game first aswell as a resume site
  • Registered https://landgrab.dev
  • Created basic Favicon
  • Next Steps:
  • Decided to experiment with paralax scrolling on the main page like the firewatch and apple websites
  • Decided to intergrate profile systems and a chat app/feed to show dev skills
  • Devlog Entry #1
    Thursday, 29 September 2022
    Updates:
  • Started work on a new website
  • Had the idea to create a text based web game that was inspired by A Dark Room
  • Decided to replace my old website