PLog!
When developing for the Playdate it is important to keep in mind that this is a ll a relative new scenario where there is practically no abundance of work from other sources or the data collected over years of statistics; neither in terms of hardware, nor in terms of the software. Sherlock mode on! 
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As we move towards the end of this adventure, it is time to focus on the Major Project module.  By the end of this first sprint I should have a complete collection of relevant research material to construct appropriate hypotheses, questions and/or aims to set you on your journey towards the completion of my project.
Things are getting really serious!
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Up to this point, the space monster has two behaviours: wandering and detecting a door through which to escape. As simple as it sounds, I have spent several days testing how to implement this in C, which necessarily required me to learn how to access different types of information within different scripts and objects, which necessarily led me to deepen my knowledge of OOD.
Never surrender!
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A short detour to dwell on some details of the graphic aspect of the project, including animation and pixel art.
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After several days of reflection, I have reformulated my ideas to comply with the required guidelines. As I stated before, I have a strong preference for using a general algorithm that does not rely on Unity tools, to be able to take it to re-use it on other platforms or programming languages without having to export it with the mentioned engine. This is getting complicated!
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When I first started planning the main guidelines of this new project, I missed one of the most critical requirements for the assignment: the game’s mechanics must include some innovation or unique element. What a plot twist! Realizing this caused me to rethink the whole concept for several days because my plan was everything but original… until now!
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As excited as I was to start this new term, and after how stressful the last one was, I’m ready for another round!
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For the next few weeks, my focus will be on learning how to create procedurally generated random zones, starting with a study of some recent games that use these techniques and trying to learn more about these methods through reference material in order to create a relatively simple but effective way to do so with Unity.
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Breaking news!
My first point ‘n‘ click graphic adventure Sol 705 has been nominated for the Swiss Game Awards 2021, I can’t stop celebrating! 
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 Many things have happened over the first days of this new study block. Welcome to the party!
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During this week our team had the opportunity to engage in discussion over many meetings. With several members in different time zones, we had to develop the best way to find an opportune moment to hold at least one online conference a week, using other additional tools such as messaging and emails as support.
We have had to overcome some resistance to learning how to use new tools and some well-known ones in a more professional way as Trello, Miro or the popular Discord.
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Without any prior warning, surprisingly, our team suffers the first ‘casualty.’
Waite a minute, what is going on here?
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In an unexpected twist of the events, from now on, I am the new team leader.
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Taking advantage of this week’s rubric, normalisation of tasks, I think it is appropriate to talk about how Phil and I approached the coding management of the prototype.
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