Progress, tangents & evil plans.

Kelpie Ridge Estate continues to prove that every tiny system is secretly three larger systems wearing a coat. A simple quest menu quickly turns into tracking conditions, rewards, dialogue states, save data and all the strange edge cases players will absolutely find.

That scope creep is frustrating, as I keep thinking every small addon will be easy. But it's never easy. Systems connect to each other: choices affect relationships, relationships affect choices, and suddenly a menu is carrying much more code than I expected.

For now I am focusing on getting those foundations reliable before piling more content on top. I believe this is the best way to move forward. With a solid foundation, everything else can go ontop of it. Even if it's taken 2 years and there is still no art.... but my menu's are very sexy now.

Online tutorials have taught me a huge amount, especially when I need to solve one specific problem quickly. Proper lessons feel different because I feel like I'm not learning as much. Recently finished a class on unity, and I didn't get much out of it. It could be teaching style, however I much perfer having someone sit me down and explaning indepth what each button does, what each menu means, and so on.

I do enjoy my classes, but their not aimed for me. Their aimed for everyone, which means doing alot of my own research on the side to figure things out. I don't belive that online replaces school, as there's alot I wouldn't get from school, and it's the reason I found my passion for coding in the first place. But independent research has been so beneficial to me, and I'm glad I have more ways to learn.