The teaching fails, not because she doesn't understand but because she and Bingo end up making up the fantasy of the game. (To the point that sacrificing a piece is a shock and abhorrent).

It ends up with the mother intervening, beating the dad at the game and saying "Work on the heads later, for now, just hearts."

So to you, I say: Bill Nye, yes. Bluey, yes too. Each in their own time... If the kids feel like it.

People will always explore the "what ifs."

Which is 129mm tall and has a 4.6 inches display.

Still, the Zenphone is about 15mm taller. I'll check it out. Thanks.

Five years ago I bought a Sony xperia zx1 compact, due to its form factor. I've been looking for a new phone for about a year, but all of them are too big or under powered for my liking.

To me, the alternative seems to be foldable phones.

I'll probably buy a Motorola razr 40 in the coming weeks.

Also, an iPhone is not a option.

Spent the following seven months making an Android game. I wasn't expecting to make any money from it, but really wanted to build and launch MY GAME :)

Following that, I spent two to three months interviewing... And I'm now employed at a foreign, fully remote early stage startup. So everything turned out just I wanted it to.

I have no children nor any loans, so all my finances were very flexible and manageable.

I'm in no way affiliated with him. Found his music on itch.io and fell in love with it. I was surprised by it's quality.

When I built the first prototype[0] I also used the opportunity to try out godot. I like it a lot. It's main concept (scene <==> node) felt really elegant.

Some other engines might have better features. But One Way Dungeon is a 2D game with no real-time gameplay or physics or networking... So ease of use is more important than high-end capabilities.

[0] you can read the whole story here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27208333

Could you please email me with the detail of the crash?

You can see my email in my profile. Or inside the app. Top left button in the title menu.

I'm currently trying to figure a way to make the "post battle" smoother.

Inside the dungeon, I'm planning on adding "events". To mix it up a bit from battles. But I want it to continue linear and simple. The game is, in fact, a "boss rush game" with a "dungeon crawler" look.

I know of that optimal strategy. And it's something I'll try "to fix" in a future version.

I'll take it into account in further improvements.

Out of the box, it allows you to export to Windows, Mac OS, Linux and web (HTML5 with WebAssemply, IIRC).

It also allows exporting to Android and iOS if you have the correct SDKs. (I don't have a mac, so I can't make a iOS build)

Some people also managed to export to consoles. But they don't share that integration because it would make them break the NDA.

[0] https://godotengine.org/

Some people quit their jobs and travel the world. I stayed home and made a game.

For that, I'd have to get a MAC and some iPhones to generate and test a iOS build.

When the app generates enough money to get them, I'll do it.

I definetely need to "speed up" the battles. And iterate a bit more in the UI.

IMO, putting it on PC/console would require the game to be more complex. And allow for longer play sessions (it is a bit repettitive and grindy).

November 24th I picked it up again, full-time. I plublished One Way Dungeon last friday. So it was about five and a half month work. While I'm a professional (backend) software developer, and have played around with game dev, I never worked on and finished a game.

Last weekend I shared it with a small group of people (just to check everything was OK on their devices and with downloading it from Google Play.) And yesterday I started sharing it on the internet.

I don't have any concrete numbers to share. Google's reports are still a couple of days late. And I predict a spike on users starting yesterday.

I'm going back to a normal job because:

- I am unemployed. I have some savings but I don't want to spend more than I already have.

- I don't predict One Way Dungeon to generate enough income to keep me working on it indefinitely. I might be wrong. But competition in mobile gaming is fierce!

- I'm kinda missing working on backend. And working with people.

It's no 100% mine. But anything that isn't I paid for it. So it "came from me" anyways.

You can see the assets I bought in the credits section. And I even hired a designer to help with UI/UX.

I have a dev blog, but as development went on I kinda skimped on it. Here it is: https://vaskivodev.gitlab.io/onewaydungeon/

I'll continue supporting the game and adding new content to it. But not at full time. I'm going back to a "normal life".

(For those who don't want to install it or don't have Android, you can play it here: https://vaskivodev.gitlab.io/onewaydungeon/builds/release-1-...)

I welcome all and any criticism. And I hope you like it. Thank you!