Devlog – The beginning of a new adventure

Hi there !
I started an adventure of creation of a new video game in solo and i’ll try to share with you a maximum informations regarding the design stages of the project.
This brand new project will be a little Side-scroller City Builder game. I’ll use the theme and the universe i have made in my previous game « Battlechiefs Legends ». The game takes place in a medieval fantasy world. Players will construct a city and manage it and his villagers to makes them happy and reach a level of confort and prosperity, will permit to attract several travelers, mayby, some heros!

🎯 Project Objectives
I have fix some objectives to reach for this new project:
- Create a little simple, develop in short delay (6-7 months)
- Work only 4.5 days week without exceeding 40 hours per week
- Release a game fully finished on Steam platform
- Participate to the february 2026 Steam Next Fest
- Participate to the Steam Medieval Festival
📅 Project Schedule
In addition of these objectives, i established a provisional schedule for the development i’ll try to respect more than it's possible.
🟢 July: Design Phase – Start prototyping
🟢 August: Prototype creation
🟡 September: Start of development phase – Demo creation
⚫ October: Development – Demo creation
⚫ November: Development – Demo creation
⚫ Décember: Steam Next Fest subscription/preparation – Development – Demo creation
⚫ January: Demo Polishing for Steam Next Fest – Development
⚫ February: Release of Steam Next Fest demo
⚫ March: Game release – Bugfix
⚫ April: Bugfix – Steam Medieval Festival
I’ll try to post every month a development report to share with you the advancement state of game and my full time gamedev schedule!
Last but not least, i invite you to follow me on socials to obtain more informations and contents i’ll post regularly:
Bluesky
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Discord
I would like to thank you for reading these lines and tell you see you soon to the next of the adventure. 🙏
David ✨