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title: "Tiddler Dev Blog #1 - Making a Plan"
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date: 2026-02-10T14:18:57Z
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- gamedev
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- godot
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- tiddler
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Since actually finishing and releasing [Whittler](/games/whittler) a few weeks ago I've been thinking hard about what kind of game I want to make next. I've got a massive list of projects I've started and not progressed with, ranging from a nature game with a fully generative forest that spawns trees based on moisture levels, soil quality and terrain height through to an underground cavern simulator with destructable terrain.
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None of these ideas have really stuck for very long beyond the initial idea and rush of building the first few Cool New Things.
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I've always had a thing for fishing in games, I have multiple 100 skill fishers in Final Fantasy XI, and making a cosy fishing game has always been on the cards.
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I did, however, need to make sure I would follow through with it. So I started where any good idea goes first - and started writing a list of ideas.
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This was the initial list of ideas I came up with:
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- Core catch mechanic
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- Quick bar on screen that has zones to trigger catching which affects success and quality of catch
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- Nailing the catch gives you a bonus to your next cast
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- Fish should be affected by environment affects, location, time of day, weather, and moon phase.
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- There should be some sense of progression
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- New fishing locations
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- Upgraded rods
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- Access to new baits
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- There should be some big grindy quest chain that involves catching a lot of fish
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- This won't be to everyones taste, but I am making this game for myself.
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- There should be mythical fish that require some uncovering to find out how to catch and with what.
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This was the absolute base list, it's since grown a bit and got slightly more meat on the bones. Side note, I have started using UpNote for keeping notes, drafts and ideas. It's very handy and syncs across devices.
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Using this list of ideas I came up with with a list of mechanics I would need to create:
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- Fish database
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- Fishing game interaction
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- Fishing levels / reputation
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- Time progression
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- Inventory management
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- Shop
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- Quest system
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This was a pretty tasty list to get started with, so I started where anyone would with a clear list of mechanics they need to make and opened Tiled to start drawing a map.
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After I got a cop on myself I closed Tiled and opened up Godot and started getting the main classes in place, even if they were only placeholders. I knew I would need a central event bus and a strong event driven system in order to not become severely unstuck when I got to implementing quests, so that gave me some clear architectural pieces to work towards.
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After a few days of tinkering, I did have what could be considered the bones of a game.
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{{< img src="tiddler-1.png" alt="Tiddler - The First Screenshot" width="900x" >}}
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Yes, I did make some more of a map - it wasn't fun watching some boxes move around the screen.
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My very rough plan is to put out regular blogs going over each of the major features as I get to refining them... So maybe pop back some time if that kind of rambling interests you.
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# Clean up public folder and create redirect files
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echo -e "${BLUE}Cleaning public folder...${NC}"
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rm -rf public/
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# Build the Hugo site
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# Create index.html with redirect to https://ritual.sh
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echo -e "${BLUE}Building Hugo site...${NC}"
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cat > public/index.html << 'EOF'
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hugo
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<title>Redirecting...</title>
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<p>Redirecting to <a href="https://ritual.sh/log/">ritual.sh/log/</a>...</p>
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"blog"
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EOF
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"buttons"
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"now"
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"resources"
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echo -e "${BLUE}Removing excluded folders from public...${NC}"
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