Greetings! Medinut here, and this is my very first Devtober. I am far from "skilled" as I barely hold any game development experience except for one board game I did for a short-term project. I kinda want to keep this devlog as a record for a desperate noob trying to find a way better off. So yeah! I really hope it goes well for everyone.

Day 1:

I want to start with some short ideas formed in the structure of "xxx, but xxx". This is a way I found pretty helpful to test out possibilities when everything is just starting because the process from "nothing" to "at least something" is the most challenging step for me. I will update my notes tomorrow and then you can see how far I've got. Good luck to me...

Day 2:

Ehehehe...it's technically day 3 and I kinda feel guilty but let's just say the whole thing is about keeping updated. So today I have the idea down, and I cannot stress how magical it is to just put everything down. I got very frustrated for the whole day thinking there was nothing in my brain that is worth putting down, and as soon as I toss down the pieces that I have things started to link together like a miracle. It's like playing a jigsaw puzzle without even knowing it is a jigsaw puzzle. A great majority of the ideas actually came from some of the songs I listen to and I hope it doesn't count as plagiarism...

This is the mind map. Sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes and my messy handwriting...English is not my mother tongue and I use it purely because I feel like it is more convenient and I need to write things down really fast without caring much about the action of writing.

My To-Do List for Tomorrow:

Now I have the rough outline of the story, I think I need to start building it. I don't want to make it as a reality-show-like thing so I want to use a ton of symbolism in the story. I think I am going to do some research tomorrow about what symbolism I should imply and build a "bank" about everything I might be using, analyze it and save it for later.

Good! ...so my symbolism ability (I really don't know how to express this) is actually worse than I ever thought. Luckily I have the character trait settled down, and I can save the settings for later. 

To-Dos:

I think I need to start doing character designs tomorrow, and perhaps (if it is possible, meaning if I suddenly have the inspiration or overloaded energy) I can extend some more on the setting. 

Character design checklist:

-shape language

-personality

-motive, relationship with each other (optional)

Oh yes! I need to start working around the engine...I don't know if I should go for Ren'py or try out Game Maker Studio or RPG Maker, so I might need to do a bit of research first. Therefore, I have all the information I need after I complete the game process. (But this is not like, that urgent. I might just  do it as breaks I take during the day.)