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I added some silly little interactions, wrote a README and fixed a funky bug where characters with character codes perfectly divisible by 20 wouldn't decode correctly after lengthening.

Everything looks a bit nicer now! I also added a shortcut to copy the link.

Updated the styling a tad! Unsure what else to add, really. It's basically working.

Links now redirect!

Hell yeah, it works! It was some really dumb mistakes in certain (very important) functions. I'm happy!

AAh! I've been trying to get decoding to work. It - for now - is not going well. That's alright, though, for I'll keep working on it!

Among other things, Rob now tries to press the button for you! I also tried to add speaking SFX for Rob, but it sounded weird. Oh, and the map looks a bit better now!

I added some fancy click-dependent dialog for Rob, and implemented a basic map! This is basically a working thing now. I'm so happy!

I fixed the bug! Weird browser throttling things, basically. I just had to clear the timeout each time before setting it - not just at a scene switch, which is what I was doing to fix the other related bug.

I made a few changes to dialogs and laid some groundwork for more dialogue! I also fixed a bug where, when you left the elevator and came back, a new Rob loop would be registered, leading to some silly behaviour. I've also been trying to solve another similar extremely weird bug where if you switch tabs for long enough in conditions I haven't been able to reproduce nonaccidentally, Rob'll just keep registering loops.

new project! I got the lengthening function working. the formula is basically this (pseudocode):
divider = 20
qty(a) = ((charCode - (charCode % divider)) / divider)
qty(h) = characterCode % divider

i updated the sprites for the inside of the elevator, and also changed some other, minor things!

I moved around and redrew a bunch of stuff in the start screen and added some new animations

I'm working on a map function and also a major colour overhaul (consistency is key!). This is what the elevator looks like right now:

i tweaked the sound effects and the font! also, based on the new rules that allow multiple files, i'm doing some refactoring. next up, i'm gonna link to the other scenes.

I updated the API to allow checking old puzzles, and also organized the repo a bit!

I tweaked so many tiny things (including at last removing the twist-in animation), did some major refactoring and implemented the new hints system!!

I made a bunch of small changes, mostly to code, to make space for the new hints system.

I added a word similarity checker to the API!! This is so I can implement a thermometer-like hints system!

I updated the design a bit, incorporating a few suggestions (for example, the end screen now shows the correct word). It feels a lot better, I think!

I wrote a README and tweaked a bunch of tiny things (text input text is not centered anymore, who cheered)

forms are slightly nicer and now submit on enter!!

AAA i forgot to devlog, oh no! well, i've worked on a lot of things. i rewrote the API, basically, and it actually Works now (woohoo!) I also made the colors a lot nicer, and tweaked the UI a bit, and rewrote some code!!

There's a bunch more interaction - including the elevator button!

I implemented a lot of the actual elevator part!! It's starting to shape out :)

Say hi to Rob!!

It works!!

NOO!! I've forgotten to make devlogs. Well, okay- I'm working on this!! I made a few sprites and am now trying to implement the basic scene switching flow.

Uh. I'm not really sure what I was on yesterday, but it seems the API wasn't really working correctly - mostly because of CORS and implementation issues on the frontend side. It works now though !!

Among other things, I'm starting work on the backend!! I implemented a small FastAPI API and used it in the API function instead of the mock one I was using. Setting it up was... complicated, especially because I've not really done anything server-side like this before. I struggled for HOURS with Nest before realising it was just an issue I could fix by typing four (4) characters. Oh, anyway!

THE UI IS FINALLY FULLY FUNCTIONAL WOOHOO

Ah - seems past devlogs' images didn't embed. That's fine, though! Since then, I've been working a lot on smaller things (sorry, I'm REALLY bad at this coding thing). Here's a peek of what the UI currently looks like (I still need a win/lose flow, but it's shaping out!!)

I haven't much to show for it fancy features-wise, but I've been working a lot on code quality (it's spaghetti, but at least it's not that sticky) and behind-the-scenes logic.

I'm doing some refactoring; my code is a mess. I tried a few things but I got overwhelmed so I decided to roll them back and start over. Currently, I'm attempting to move game state and other variables upstream.

AAAh, i don't think devlogs are devloging correctly (aw) - I really hope this one embeds. Anyway, I've done a bunch of things, mostly related to the experience, mainly
- animations (woohoo)
- actually working snippets
- a splash screen!!

I'm refining interactions! Buttons feel more fun now :)

I'm working a bit on making the hints functionality... well, functional. I also tweaked some other things!!

I'm tweaking the web site to look a bit better on phones!!

Okay. Guyse? Pauseth? Pauseth for a second? So I haveth a UI updatete.

I finished some work on styling! It actually looks somehow acceptable now - great! I also made some tweaks to the logic and the way I was using Svelte components (this whole project will need a rewrite someday haha). Yay!

I'm styling the game a bit!

I added some basic functionality and did a bunch of work under the hood to start properly handling data!

I decided to start from scratch using Svelte! I thought it would probably be easier to do everything using a framework and I'm happy to report that's been the case so far. I'm currently implementing basic scorekeeping.

I've been working a bit on the UI to make it better. Right now, I'm making a tiny Figma prototype (unfortunately I can't log that time, but oh well). It's quite nice, I think! Look at it:

AAA! I forgot to devlog yesterday evening. I worked a bit more on the website part of the game - sketching out some basic functionality and figuring out the styling. !!

I'm starting work on this project! Right now I'm focusing on laying the groundwork; I settled on an idea (finding missing words on text), set up a repo and am now making a mock API function (the game will have two parts).

I added some TODOs, wrote a README, and set up builds + did some other smaller things!!

I MADE IT WORK WOOOHOOO
In these 4 hours of grinding I've done so many things (for example, I've streamlined a lot of code and handled many edge cases!!) You can now add 'states' to tags - they're basically a counter you can add to and remove from using logs and they're the main idea behind this app!

So yeah, MVP! Who cheered! (Next up: docs and maybe, hopefully, cadences).

I worked a lot, lot, lot on reading! You can read tags now and the tables are nicer and slighly more informational :)

I also did some other, more minor things (especially trying to improve my spaghetti code). Oh, anyway!

I updated some things and did some refactoring! One notable thing: a finalized tag deletion flow!

What's that? Oh, a ~~table~~!

I strayed a bit from my initial roadmap and added some important features, like
- data controls (including resetting the app data folder) and
- tag controls (including tag deletion).

Next up, I'm gonna try and finish some other important things (like deleting logs) and make it a bit prettier (tables are REALLY NECESSARY).

I've started work on this project! For now it's barely working, but I'm about halfway through my checklist:

• [x] Basic interface setup
• [x] Database and data folder (SQLite, stored in OS-appropriate user data dir)
• [x] Basic tag storage (flat tag.subtag IDs, semantic nesting only in UI)
• [x] Interface to create tags and write logs
• [ ] Interface to read last n logs
• - [x] Log reading logic
• - [x] Basic log printing logic
• // ...

So yeah!!! I'm gonna start working on table output (desperately needed), log deletion and advanced log features: stateful logs and hopefully soon cadences.

I made some design changes, most prominently to the poetry section!!

I started work on this website! I added a few things, like a short index and also a few poems I've written and liked. Hopefully I can add more stuff tomorrow!

Two new features! /answer and /define, which rely on APIs for Wolfram Alpha, Merriam-Webster and Urban Dictionary!!! This was, um, hell to implement, but hey!!

I tried (and failed) to make a /motivate command which created inspirational images. I got 2/3s of the way there but it's just very hard to do within my timeframe (the satori library I'm using is finnicky and also I'm dumb). It's okay though! I did some good work on other things, and I hope I can do some more stuff before Converge ends!! (Also, sorry for the last devlog. I was sleepy.)

I spent some work on adding a few new features and adding a few other ones!

Woah! What's that - a new feature?!!?! If it isn't /soothsay, an 8-ball-like clairvoyance thingy!

I'm working on the layouts for a new inspirational quotes feature!

IT'S WORKING (kind of) (somewhat) (give me some time) (pls dont make me confront reality i am happy right now)

WOOHOO! IT WORKS! IT WORKS GUYS! IT'S WORKING! WOOHOO!

I've been working on updating the code and adding a new feature! It is a command supposed to make a framed faux-screenshot of someone's message - you know, for the sillies. But it's hard! I'm trying to use Vercel's Satori library + reSVG, although I've been having quite a bit of trouble as I'm using NodeJS w/ CommonJS modules (because I'm too lazy to make everything use ES modules). Wish me luck!

Started work! I set up discord.js, npm and git and added a few basic commands.

I made a bunch of improvements to performance, added binaries for more architectures and added tiny things (like adding file links to filenames in previews). I also wrote a neat README file and submitted my project to TerminalCraft!!

woah, improvements!!! I:
- successfully packaged the app for various platforms
- brute forced my way through GitHub actions
- made some quite dramatic performance improvements
- updated the CLI, making it more intuitive and adding more settings
- wrote a README file, including documentation

woohoo!!!

I'm so sorry for the lack of devlogs so far - I just coded for checks notes a day straight. I have a working version now! Basic functionality! Arguments! Pretty errors! Syntax highlighting! It's a lot. I'm quite proud!