Idle Holdings
After release: working towards Era 8
Idle Holdings is released. Its next content step needs to build on the existing holding.
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Development is a series of small decisions. Here I share the work behind the games and tools.
This archive contains original posts and newly written retrospectives. Retrospectives show both their period and their actual publication date.
The Distiller’s Path
The distillery needs to work as a room
From placing individual machines to walls, doors and routes in a 2.5D distillery.
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An autopilot needs understandable limits
Why visible decisions and a clear pause matter more to me than grand promises.
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Sirenstead
A neighbourhood is more than a row of houses
Roads, lots and routes in Sirenstead need to work as a city and as an emergency response area.
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Avoiding a new foundation for every game
Why I am bringing recurring battle systems into a Unity framework.
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Sirenstead: From an Idle Idea to Mobile Emergency Command
How Idle Emergency became a mobile emergency management game, and the design choices shaping Sirenstead today.
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Idle Holdings
Frontier is here
How Frontier became a set of long-term projects and Family Programs, and why the late-game interface had to grow with them.
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Idle Holdings
A First Look at Idle Holdings: Frontier
A behind-the-scenes look at how I am extending Idle Holdings with a new later-game scale, clearer information and long-term projects without losing its original identity.
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Idle Holdings
Reworking the Interface of Idle Holdings
How I rebuilt the mobile interface around clearer businesses, resources, actions and long-term progression without replacing the game underneath it.
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The previous era should not disappear
Why completed businesses belong in the portfolio while the current era stays at the centre.
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Production chains need a readable next step
What the early eras taught me about requirements, resources and stalled production.
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The first business needs to make sense
Looking back at the opening of Idle Holdings: buying, producing and understanding what happens next.
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