Thanks! Yeah I think I kept the scope so small just to make sure I actually put something out, but I've been experimenting with actual upgrading mechanics, a better UI/layout and all the other things that are pretty standard in idle games. I might keep building on this for more than just the game jam space, i think it could become a fun way to kill a lot of time. I appreciate your supportive words.
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It's cool, I like it. Consider adding a scrollbar as a UI element, when I played in full screen i couldnt scroll down at all, which made a lot of features unplayable throughout the game, when not in full screen i could scroll down easy enough, but adding it as a UI element in the game might make the UX a bit better. Cool idea, relaxing game, UI could use some work.
Mitch, you might as well submit it to AI Game Gen Jam, it's still open
The worst hole I've fallen into in regards to writer's block was due to my own ambition, I always had problems with keeping a small scope and therefore I would start projects and never finish them because no clear finish line was ever defined or in sight. This led me to a point where after releasing my first game, it took me legitimately a decade to put something else out, because I finally kicked the idea of making some gigantic, life changing project, and just made fun little micro-games, as far as ideas, i usually get them from playing games, watching devlogs etc, seeing things other people do usually makes me wonder how I could implement things better, what other kind of games could benefit from such and such feature, or something else along those lines. Most recently, I played a lot of cookie clicker this year, and so with my love of idle games and clicker style games, I decided to make a little micro-game in that same style, and thats what my newest project was.
I just made a small prototype Visual Novel style zombie apocalypse/survival management simulator, the entire game is like a 3 minute experience and it is obviously a prototype, but if that sounds like anything that might interest you guys, please feel free to check it out and let me know what you think about it. Rebuild by Frontline Studios