I just deployed my first Make automation to track stock prices and update my Google Sheet, which I used to do manually from time to time. Now it’ll be updated to the last close price every day.

Now that the Macros app is out: I am working on an update to add a few features I think are necessary. Mainly statistics and cleaning up the UI. Then, it's time to pivot. There's something I've wanted to build for years and have always been afraid of: A role-playing game.

This is version 1 of the player character. There are a few things I want to change (like adding the tail 🤣) but it’s a good start I think.

Facebook: goes down. Calm:

I started muting users. I took a wrong turn somewhere and landed in the wrong side of X.

Added stats and daily goals to the macros app. Only a few more changes before releasing v1.1 #buildinpublic

Just figured out how to use promo codes for the app stores. It’s not hard to do, but I didn’t find any straightforward docs on it. #buildinpublic

I was watching some videos recently about how to optimize a steam page and it’s basically the same concepts as any other sales/landing page. They just have a specific layout.

It’s fun to see how half the people that started here with saida and I a few months ago are now gone. The other half are now doing cooler, bigger stuff. We just have to keep going, keep building, keep shipping.

Chat GPT can’t estimate macros from liquid. But I added an optional description and it went from “I can’t see” to “here it is”.

Yesterday I finished everything I wanted to do for version 1.1 of the app. Now a weekend of admin work to release it and then I switch to the next project.

Now watching an almost-3-hours long video on the story of RPG games. youtube.com/watch?v=8o3i10…

I’ve been following a tutorial for the game and got most of the things I need working. I understand how everything works now. I just need to finish the virtual joystick 🤣 for mobile controls and I can start my own game. #gamedev #buildinpublic

Yesterday I got the on-screen controls working. But, when running on an iPhone they won’t show up. My next goal is to understand how the camera and the screen work so I can draw UI regardless of size and aspect ratio. The white squares are my buttons, testing draw positions 😂

I’ve been wanting to start creating content on another platform, focused more on long form and flexibility. Im torn between YouTube: seems more fun and handles discoverability. A newsletter: it’s easier to produce and I have more over the audience.

After a few days of digging through docs, I got the controls in place for every screen! Now it’s time to go design some gameplay.

I’ll start making weekly videos with the progress on my first game. Here’s the first week!