Hey! This is my first  time writing a devlog.

Day 1

I decided to spend the first 24 hours just planning the game idea. Initially, I came up with something simple: the player controls a small black circle that goes around eating everything. Honestly... I kinda liked it but was not sure about going with it.

Day 2  

But the next morning, I woke up and got a completely different idea. I thought: "If everything can be a resource, why not make dopamine a resource?" The main reason behind this change? I've never made a clicker/idle game before. And turning a hormone like dopamine into a game mechanic sounded fun and different.

So I spent the day roughing out a sketch of the game's core loop and made a very early, non-working prototype.

Day 3  

My original plan was to have a small boy lying on a sofa who you'd click on for dopamine. But... my pixel art skills is bad. Here's how the poor boy turned out:

So I scrapped that and grabbed a phone sprite from itch.io instead. Honestly, it looked way better. I also added a cool parallax background.  

By the end of the day, the prototype was fully playable, and I had about half the artwork done.

Day 4  

I really wanted to finish the game today, but the hardest part ( for me) was still left: implementing settings and a save system.

I'll be honest, I absolutely hate making save systems. Doesn't matter if it's for settings or game progress, I just don't enjoy it. But it had to be done.

It took me around 4-5 hours, but I finally managed to build a proper settings menu and a working save/load system. I was originally going to use Godot's Resource system, but for some reason, I went with Config file instead.

Also on this day:

* Added particles for all the social media icons 

* Implemented scene transitions ( used a Godot addon) 

Scene transitions are still something I struggle with. I've been using Godot for 5-6 months now and no matter how many times I try, I just don't get them right when doing it manually. I think I need to sit down and properly learn the AnimatedSprite2D node one day.

Day 5  

Today was super busy, so I didn't get much time to work on the game. I spent the night organizing the codebase and writing this devlog.  

The game is now complete, but I'll be publishing it tomorrow. It's late, I'm tired, and honestly... I need sleep.

Day 6  

The game is now published!

I really enjoyed working on this project. It was a great experience, and writing this devlog has been a lot of fun too.

My next steps:

* Add a leaderboard (planning to do that after the jam ends)  

* Implement changes based on feedback from the community.

Thanks for reading! 🎉