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Adana K. Washington
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Solo Game Developer at Neon Noods Games. Makes weird little card games to amuse herself. Would live solely on ramen and Mountain Dew if left to her own devices. Returns to Hell in the winter.

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Adana K. Washington @adanawtn.itch.io · 8d
Rules of Engridment is now available for download on @itch.io :

adanawtn.itch.io/rules-of-eng...

Go check it out if you are so inclined.

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Rules of Engridment by Adana Washington
A casual grid-based Solitaire.
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Took a break to think through something, and realized that I need to rip apart the thing I just built.

Send ramen.

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December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Almost done adding this feature, and I already know that I'm going to have to learn a lot about balancing a game.

Should be interesting. But might also be torture, because I feel like there's math involved.

I do not care for math.

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December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I've been really leaning more towards having a cartoony art style for my games lately. Really helps that I'm enjoying drawing in that style, even though I haven't quite gotten used to it yet.

Something to think about as I work on the next big feature for this game.

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December 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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So, instead of watching a movie the other night, I made a game.

A roguelike deckbuilder management game...? Yes, that is what we'll call it.

Still want to add upgrades for cards (among other things), but it's been a fun two days.

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December 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I've been coding all day to get this game to a state where I can actually test it.

But now that I have, I'm so tired. And I know that I'm just going to get super frustrated with every bug that I find.

It's times like these where it's best to just go the fuck to sleep.

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Have you ever watched a video and found yourself wondering, "How high are they -- and on what?"

And yet, you continue watching?
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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So after I picked myself back up after this morning's realization, I got a good amount of stuff done. Did a lot of thinking and brainstorming, and also made myself some game dev-related tools in Godot.

Gonna treat myself to Chinese food and watch a movie or something.

#gamedev #solodev
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Maybe it's the lack of caffeine, or maybe it's a sudden spot of clarity after a good night's sleep, but...

I think I shot myself in the foot by adding art too early.

Now that it looks cool, changing anything feels like pulling teeth.

Sigh.

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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This took me two days of making art and some hours to implement (neither of which are done), but I am so fucking giddy right now. It looks so fucking cool!!!

Gotta take a food break, though. Totally forgot to eat. Again.

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December 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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You know what would be awesome?

Having a guide with all of the dimensions and shapes for all of the nodes in a Godot GUI theme.

That would make my life so much easier right now...

#gamedev #solodev #GodotEngine #indiedev
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I am so tired, but I really wanted to implement at least one of the ideas that made me go on an arting frenzy today.

It's just a background for the game (with another version for shell menus), but it came out just the way I wanted, and that makes me happy.

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December 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I've been making art all day.

All.

Day.

Long.

My fingers hurt, and I'm nowhere near done.

Send ramen.

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December 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Okay, I'm having a lot of fun with this one now that I've added a couple more mechanics and started to iron out the kinks. Makes me wonder how much better it would be with better visuals and some juice.

Something to work on after a sleep.

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December 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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A good sign that I'm on the right track with a game project is if I'm yelling, laughing and cursing all at once while playtesting.

I think I'm getting somewhere with this one.

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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Ezra put the thoughts about game design -- and what it is that I actually like in games -- that I couldn't quite pin down into words. Great video.

#gamedev
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Decided to take another crack at this idea today, and it's turning out a lot better than last night's attempt.

Unfortunately, it's also turning out to be way more involved than I thought it would be.

Gonna have a snack and rethink my life choices.

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev
December 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I went to sleep and woke up thinking about the same thing, so I think I've found my new obsession.

Time to get some caffeine and start a new project.

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December 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Got this far into this project, and I'm having a "what the fuck was I thinking?" moments. It makes so little sense that I'm not even mad. Just... sadly impressed.

Sigh.

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December 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Started working on the other half of this, and it's taking me *forevvveerrr*.

But now I'm not sure if I still want to combine the two, or do something different. Something to ponder before I dive back into the code.

Send Mountain Dew.

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adanawtn.itch.io Adana K. Washington @adanawtn.itch.io · 7d
Finally figured it out and I am very proud of myself right now. (Just ignore the terrible art -- I needed it for visualizing).

I'm also excited, because this means I can move on to the other part of the game.

You know the part. Who do you think I am?

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December 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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I've spent the entire day rebuilding this game in Godot 4.5 and I'm over it. I haven't even gotten this new version working because I changed crap during the transcription. Ugh!

I'd rather just make something new now.

Send ramen.

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I find myself wanting to revisit this game today. I already like it, but I feel like it could be even more fun.

I still have no idea how to make that happen, though...

Send Mountain Dew.

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adanawtn.itch.io Adana K. Washington @adanawtn.itch.io · 27d
Some minor changes here and there, but I'm really digging this game so far. But I would like to tweak a few more things and see if I can improve the gameplay.

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December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I was watching a video from GodotFest about making cards in the game Fogpiercer, and I'm kind of shocked that it's taking me this long to realize that I can pass names of callables in resources.

And there's something card-related that I've been wanting to do for a while now...

#gamedev #solodev
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Finally figured it out and I am very proud of myself right now. (Just ignore the terrible art -- I needed it for visualizing).

I'm also excited, because this means I can move on to the other part of the game.

You know the part. Who do you think I am?

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Okay, one thing I do like about using VS Code with Godot is that it actually treats regions like links in the code map thingie. So I can actually click to where I want to go instead of squinting and guessing. Yay!

#gamedev #solodev #Godot
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM