‍‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ my (very messy) notes are here. 🤖 what I want to learn how to...

basics:

• ▨ add text / button to the UI
• ▢ add things to the UI programmatically
• ▢ make things happen on click/hover
• ▨ switch between scenes (e.g. Menus)
• ▨ make game settings
• ▢ make text appear on screen (as if typed out)
• ▢ get user text input
• ▢ make a pause menu
• ▨ make things happen on keyboard input
• ▢ make things happen on mouse movement
• ▨ save game data / state
• ▨ add sound effects
• ▨ add background music
• ▢ add volume sliders
• ▢ game loop?
• ▢ inventory (with data models)
• ▢ scrolling credits

2d basics:

• ▨ create a map/level
• ▨ move around a character
• ▨ make a character jump
• ▨ make a character collect things
• ▢ animate things in the scene/UI
• ▢ add a parallax background

testing:

• ▢ debug
• ▨ deal with screen resolution, window size, etc
• ▢ test game performance
• ▢ test the game in general

publishing:

• ▢ security for data (make game not cheatable)
• ▢ do version management
• ▢ do input remapping
• ▨ export a game for windows
• ▢ export a game for mobile
• ▢ export a game for web
• ▢ get your game on itch.io
• ▢ get your game on steam
• ▢ add Steam support (e.g. achievements)