Pacific (Sep 12 2025)

Another 2 minigames for the memory game. Probably within 1 or 2 weeks I'll call it done and release it. The first minigame this time is simple. You get shown a random number, and you must press space in that amount of seconds. The closer you get, the better. It can sometimes be difficult to make my brain think of simple minigames like this, because they aren't exactly super engaging to play. But minigames with a bit more going on require more testing and then they make me think, maybe this can be expanded into a full game, and I don't want to add it to this game.

Then I made another memory game. This one you have to remember numbers, and repeat them back later. Another thing is that the way to input the numbers gets shuffled every time, which forces you to spend time and mental energy to find the correct number, which then makes it harder for you to remember what's next. Again I don't really like memory games, so it's hard for me to want to make a bunch of them, but they do have the advantage of being simple.

Earlier today I looked at my copy of Pacific and thought, this game doesn't look too hard to program. I took a few hours to try programming it, and while there are some cards that will be tricky, a lot of it was super easy. I already finished 60 / 80 cards (although the actual gameplay isn't done). The hardest parts is probably the UI, as there's a lot of stuff to fit on the screen. I don't know if I can / will release it, it'll just stay private on my github for now, but it's a fun distraction from things.

Finally here's a fairly old song I recently found, and I almost immediately added it to my playlist, I like it a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaqpQ1UNzeU