#monthlyrecap — Public Fediverse posts

#MonthlyRecap 2026-07

- read Absolute Batman volumes 1 & 2
- BBQs and birthday parties
- accepted a job offer
- saw The Odyssey

#StarSpark / #GameDev:
- tournament bracket
- added gameplay options for combos
- made a timer bar for combo inputs
- made the playtest live 🙌

#MonthlyRecap 2026-07

- read Absolute Batman volumes 1 & 2
- BBQs and birthday parties
- accepted a job offer
- saw The Odyssey

#StarSpark / #GameDev:
- tournament bracket
- added gameplay options for combos
- made a timer bar for combo inputs
- made the playtest live 🙌

What a month this has been! It feels like I haven't done much, but in truth I just didn't take enough pictures!

I ate a lot of winter foods despite the fact it's been quite hot here lately, and I've also been to the gig of all gigs!

Let's hope August is as kind! 🩵

#July2026 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

What a month this has been! It feels like I haven't done much, but in truth I just didn't take enough pictures!

I ate a lot of winter foods despite the fact it's been quite hot here lately, and I've also been to the gig of all gigs!

Let's hope August is as kind! 🩵

#July2026 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

#MonthlyRecap 2026-06

- helped finish up a deck on a house
- played pickleball for the first time
- started a small project related to my static site generator
- job hunting

#StarSpark / #GameDev:
- finished event revisions
- made a splash screen and codex
- improved enemy ai
- playtest prep 🙂

#MonthlyRecap 2026-06

- helped finish up a deck on a house
- played pickleball for the first time
- started a small project related to my static site generator
- job hunting

#StarSpark / #GameDev:
- finished event revisions
- made a splash screen and codex
- improved enemy ai
- playtest prep 🙂

📝 April/May 2026 Recap

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/april-may-2026-recap.html

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap

📝 April/May 2026 Recap

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/april-may-2026-recap.html

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap

#MonthlyRecap 2026-05

- Job hunting
- Saw The Book of Mormon
- Finished Smallville
- Did some work on my static site generator

#StarSpark / #GameDev:
- Made battles feel faster
- Finished rewriting events
- Finally hit 600+ wishlists
- Got a playtest version working on Steam with cloud saves

#MonthlyRecap 2026-05

- Job hunting
- Saw The Book of Mormon
- Finished Smallville
- Did some work on my static site generator

#StarSpark / #GameDev:
- Made battles feel faster
- Finished rewriting events
- Finally hit 600+ wishlists
- Got a playtest version working on Steam with cloud saves

#MonthlyRecap 2026-04

- Job hunting
- Read the Steel Ball Run manga
- Lifting more at the gym

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Got Omen's sprite in
- Revised skills
- Started revising events
- Character starting decks planned
- My podcast interview released (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75-F3P8iqs)

#MonthlyRecap 2026-04

- Job hunting
- Read the Steel Ball Run manga
- Lifting more at the gym

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Got Omen's sprite in
- Revised skills
- Started revising events
- Character starting decks planned
- My podcast interview released (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75-F3P8iqs)

#MonthlyRecap 2026-03

- Job hunting
- Multiple family gatherings
- Played Resident Evil 9
- My birthday! :D

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Gave cards rarities
- Got new enemies in game
- Small map updates
- Did a podcast interview about JoyFlow/Star Spark/GameDev (will post when available)

#MonthlyRecap 2026-03

- Job hunting
- Multiple family gatherings
- Played Resident Evil 9
- My birthday! :D

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Gave cards rarities
- Got new enemies in game
- Small map updates
- Did a podcast interview about JoyFlow/Star Spark/GameDev (will post when available)

📝 March 2026 Recap

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/march-2026-recap

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap

📝 March 2026 Recap

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/march-2026-recap

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap

I can't believe #March is already over! It's been a bit intense, but I hope April will be smoother 💪🩵

#March2026 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

I can't believe #March is already over! It's been a bit intense, but I hope April will be smoother 💪🩵

#March2026 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

#MonthlyRecap 2026-02

- Job hunting
- Saw some standup comedy
- Started watching Smallville
- Went to several bday parties and a baby shower

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Made a new KO graphic
- Updated the battle UI for the deck system
- Designing new map enemies
- Received some Star Spark fan art

#MonthlyRecap 2026-02

- Job hunting
- Saw some standup comedy
- Started watching Smallville
- Went to several bday parties and a baby shower

For #StarSpark / #gamedev:
- Made a new KO graphic
- Updated the battle UI for the deck system
- Designing new map enemies
- Received some Star Spark fan art

📝 February 2026 Recap

Talking about what I did in February.

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/february-2026-recap

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap

📝 February 2026 Recap

Talking about what I did in February.

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/february-2026-recap

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap

After the 81 days of January, #February went by very quickly!
It was a very nice month, despite the nearly constant rain 🙈

Let's hope March is even better 🩵

#MonthlyRecap #february2026

After the 81 days of January, #February went by very quickly!
It was a very nice month, despite the nearly constant rain 🙈

Let's hope March is even better 🩵

#MonthlyRecap #february2026

#MonthlyRecap 2026-01
- Job hunting
- Played #Firewatch
- Had a stomach bug
- Watched seasons 1 and 2 of #Primal
- Started watching Better Call Saul

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Deck system
- Updated the options UI
- Changed speech bubble layout
- Came up with a plan to release this year!

#MonthlyRecap 2026-01
- Job hunting
- Played #Firewatch
- Had a stomach bug
- Watched seasons 1 and 2 of #Primal
- Started watching Better Call Saul

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Deck system
- Updated the options UI
- Changed speech bubble layout
- Came up with a plan to release this year!

📝 January 2026 Recap

Thought it'd be fun to start doing these monthly recaps! Here's the post for January:

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/january-2026-recap

#indieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling

📝 January 2026 Recap

Thought it'd be fun to start doing these monthly recaps! Here's the post for January:

https://sainthood.xyz/blog/posts/january-2026-recap

#indieWeb #SmallWeb #PersonalWeb #PersonalWebsite #blog #blogging #monthlyRecap #bloggingRecap #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling

This #January flew by in a second (while usually I'm one of those people who feel like it lasts three months on its own 🙈)

I can't complain about this start of the year! Thank you Jan, you were lovely! 🩵

Let's hope February keeps up the trend <:

#January2026 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

#MonthlyRecap 2025-12
- Celebrated our anniversary
- Attended a few Christmas dinners
- Started reading Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- Started playing Cave Story
- Had a fun NYE! 🥂

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Damage previews
- Mael's battle sprite
- Remade some VFX
- A lot of planning

#MonthlyRecap 2025-12
- Celebrated our anniversary
- Attended a few Christmas dinners
- Started reading Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- Started playing Cave Story
- Had a fun NYE! 🥂

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Damage previews
- Mael's battle sprite
- Remade some VFX
- A lot of planning

#MonthlyRecap 2025-11

- Saw some jack-o-lanterns
- Had a big pizza
- Had two Thanksgiving dinners

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Impact frames
- Improved hitstop
- Made a pitch deck
- Added better sounds

The highlight was definitely having Star Spark show up on Kotaku on Thanksgiving Day!

#MonthlyRecap 2025-11

- Saw some jack-o-lanterns
- Had a big pizza
- Had two Thanksgiving dinners

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Impact frames
- Improved hitstop
- Made a pitch deck
- Added better sounds

The highlight was definitely having Star Spark show up on Kotaku on Thanksgiving Day!

#MonthlyRecap 2025-10
- Started playing Final Fantasy Tactics
- Staying consistent with the gym and guitar

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Finished the Thug sprite
- Made the JoyFlow Games website
- Started on sound effect improvements
- Launched the Steam page for Star Spark 🎉

#MonthlyRecap 2025-10
- Started playing Final Fantasy Tactics
- Staying consistent with the gym and guitar

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Finished the Thug sprite
- Made the JoyFlow Games website
- Started on sound effect improvements
- Launched the Steam page for Star Spark 🎉

#MonthlyRecap 2025-09
- Job hunting
- Worked on my static site generator
- Read #Bakuman
- Played some of #WanderStars and #TicTactic

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Steam trailer 95% done
- Steam page contents updated (not live)
- Made a Thug sprite for the Thug Battle event
- End of run stats

#MonthlyRecap 2025-09
- Job hunting
- Worked on my static site generator
- Read #Bakuman
- Played some of #WanderStars and #TicTactic

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Steam trailer 95% done
- Steam page contents updated (not live)
- Made a Thug sprite for the Thug Battle event
- End of run stats

I know I say it every time, but I can't believe that this month is already over!

Thank you #September - you were rich in friends, places and foods! 🩵

#September2025 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

#MonthlyRecap 2025-08

- Job hunting
- Started on a static site generator
- Started playing #MetalGearSolid Delta

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Made all 10 battle arenas use parallax
- Added 14 new skills
- Added pre and post-fight character dialogue
- Started working on the Steam trailer

#MonthlyRecap 2025-08

- Job hunting
- Started on a static site generator
- Started playing #MetalGearSolid Delta

For #StarSpark #gamedev:
- Made all 10 battle arenas use parallax
- Added 14 new skills
- Added pre and post-fight character dialogue
- Started working on the Steam trailer

#MonthlyRecap 2025-07

- Started going back to the gym
- Saw the new Superman
- Went to some birthday parties
- Job hunting

For #StarSpark:
- Updated the combat UI
- Tweaked the damage formula
- Bugs fixed
- Credits updated
- Rebalanced character stats
- Key art planned out

#gamedev #indiegamedev

#MonthlyRecap 2025-07

- Started going back to the gym
- Saw the new Superman
- Went to some birthday parties
- Job hunting

For #StarSpark:
- Updated the combat UI
- Tweaked the damage formula
- Bugs fixed
- Credits updated
- Rebalanced character stats
- Key art planned out

#gamedev #indiegamedev

I blinked and #July was over!!! What?!

It's been another busy month with work and stuff, but I've also attended exhibitions, eaten good food, enjoyed some sunshine and realised that markers paper is really something else! <;

And now, welcome #August!

#July2025 #MonthlyRecap #Wisesnail

#MonthlyRecap 2025-06

- Cooked out, swam, went to a wedding
- Applied to more jobs

For #gamedev, I mostly got some art for #StarSpark squared away
- Rissio's sprite is in
- Enemy sprites updated
- Volcanic and Forest arenas updated
- Got some great feedback from watching videos of people playing

#MonthlyRecap 2025-06

- Cooked out, swam, went to a wedding
- Applied to more jobs

For #gamedev, I mostly got some art for #StarSpark squared away
- Rissio's sprite is in
- Enemy sprites updated
- Volcanic and Forest arenas updated
- Got some great feedback from watching videos of people playing

It feels like this #June has lasted forever and a microsecond at the same time - it's been challenging, and fun, and sad, and healing and tasty!

And now, on to July!

#MonthlyRecap #Recap #June25 #Wisesnail

#MonthlyRecap 2025-05

May was a busy month, but nothing too exciting.

- Went to some cookouts
- Watched The Pitt
- Finished Days Gone

For #StarSpark:
- Finished making equipable skills
- Serj's sprite is in
- Updated powered up effects
- Renamed planets/maps
- Started on a generic map enemy

#MonthlyRecap 2025-05

May was a busy month, but nothing too exciting.

- Went to some cookouts
- Watched The Pitt
- Finished Days Gone

For #StarSpark:
- Finished making equipable skills
- Serj's sprite is in
- Updated powered up effects
- Renamed planets/maps
- Started on a generic map enemy

#MonthlyRecap 2025-04

- started playing Days Gone
- finished watching You
- more job hunting

For #StarSpark:

- I made a Steam page with placeholder art (not public, waiting on more key art)
- Polished/juiced up some features
- Zaelar's sprite is in
- Started working on the remaining skills

#gamedev #godotengine

#MonthlyRecap 2025-04

- started playing Days Gone
- finished watching You
- more job hunting

For #StarSpark:

- I made a Steam page with placeholder art (not public, waiting on more key art)
- Polished/juiced up some features
- Zaelar's sprite is in
- Started working on the remaining skills

#gamedev #godotengine

#MonthlyRecap 2025-03

- My birthday was this month!
- I had cinnamon rolls instead of a cake and one of my friends grilled some steaks.
- We also went to Texas to see our new niece.

For #StarSpark:

- After a big map event code refactor, all 32 events are in game
- Coda's sprite is in now too

#MonthlyRecap 2025-03

- My birthday was this month!
- I had cinnamon rolls instead of a cake and one of my friends grilled some steaks.
- We also went to Texas to see our new niece.

For #StarSpark:

- After a big map event code refactor, all 32 events are in game
- Coda's sprite is in now too

#MonthlyRecap 2025-02

This was a slower month, but good overall :)

- Watched the superbowl with some friends.
- We have a new niece!
- I might have a new job lined up.

For #StarSpark:

- I came up with more map events for 32 total.
- Grav and Xeke's sprites are now in game.
- I started talking to an artist for key art.

#MonthlyRecap 2025-02

This was a slower month, but good overall :)

- Watched the superbowl with some friends.
- We have a new niece!
- I might have a new job lined up.

For #StarSpark:

- I came up with more map events for 32 total.
- Grav and Xeke's sprites are now in game.
- I started talking to an artist for key art.

#MonthlyRecap 2025-01

- Completed an Unreal tutorial series.
- Found a copy of Super Gokuden at a book store.
- Started exercising again (I'd taken a break to let my rib muscles heal).
- The demo for #StarSpark got played 124 times on itch and I've been iterating on it based on the feedback so far.

#MonthlyRecap 2025-01

- Completed an Unreal tutorial series.
- Found a copy of Super Gokuden at a book store.
- Started exercising again (I'd taken a break to let my rib muscles heal).
- The demo for #StarSpark got played 124 times on itch and I've been iterating on it based on the feedback so far.

#MonthlyRecap 2024-12

- I started playing #Cyberpunk2077
- I pulled an intercostal muscle 🥲
- We went to 5 Christmas parties
- I did some of #AdventOfCode
- I started doing #leetcode problems
- I made some combat improvements to #StarSpark and got a demo up on itch

https://jeremyjackson89.itch.io/star-spark

#gamedev #indiegamedev #godotengine

#MonthlyRecap 2024-11

- I started reading #Dandadan
- I played #Superliminal
- I went to 4 Thanksgivings 🍗😮‍💨

For #StarSpark

- Players can now find skills during runs and equip them to use in combat
- I planned out some map events and enemies

#gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

#MonthlyRecap 2024-10

- One of my best friends had their first child and I got to meet them! :D
- I played #DragonBallSparkingZero and the Lake House DLC for #AlanWake2

As for #gamedev:
- I'm still learning #UnrealEngine and C++
- #StarSpark main mode got a complete overhaul and that went well!

#MonthlyRecap 2024-09

- I no longer work at Plato, but I've been job hunting and have some potential prospects.
- I attended a couple of birthday parties and a baby shower.

For #gamedev:

- I started learning #UnrealEngine and #cpp.
- #StarSpark got some polish tweaks and the main mode is currently getting an overhaul.