Weekly Dev Roundup: Aug 17–24
Special Bylaw Unit roars through a complete courtroom trial flow in a single sprint, Infinite Scribe and Headline Harmonies get tablet-ready for an upcoming convention, and two other games take a well-earned breather.
The Dev Blog
Developer notes, post-mortems, and release updates from the heart of the Canadian Prairies.
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Weekly Dev Roundup: August 10–17
Special Bylaw Unit built its entire trial loop in a single week — prosecution opening, cross-examination, and the moment a witness breaks. The rest of the lineup took a quiet week.
Behind the Scenes: Special Bylaw Unit's First Week
The courtroom doors are open. A look at how Special Bylaw Unit went from a fresh repo to a living, breathing animal courtroom with LLM jurors in its first week of development.
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ShutterClash — The Camera-to-Card Battler That Made Me Shelve Another Game
When an idea hits so hard you shelve another game mid-planning — ShutterClash turns your camera into a card factory, with Gemini as the AI artist, a homegrown battle simulator, and a Mega Man design epiphany that saved the project.
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Behind the Scenes of Doodle Doo — What the Commits Won't Tell You
Doodle Doo was built in a three-month sprint across a single repo. It survived a preview model with an availability problem, a cheating detection system that became a feature, and a rooster who needed to stop repeating himself.