Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Building Parachute-Down Mode (May 31, 2026)
Sunday, May 31, 2026; approx. 10:40 p.m. to 1:55 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The parachute-down mode, built in two hours With…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Three Games Move to Firebase (May 30, 2026)
Saturday, May 30, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Three games on Firebase A quick confirmation entry: War Chest Vastaria became the third…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Thinking About Publishing, and Two Ideas From the Bench (May 30, 2026)
May 30, 2026. 10:00 p.m. at the gym. Get BeStreak on Google Play Time to make it live At 10 p.m. I arrived at the…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Humming a Copyrighted Melody (May 29, 2026)
Friday, May 29, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Humming into cavern mode music An attempt at an original theme for cavern mode…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | A Day of Small Pieces (May 28, 2026)
Thursday, May 28, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play A day of small pieces A planning-heavy day rather than a building one. The…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Premium Skins and the Path to Google Play (May 27, 2026)
Wednesday, May 27, 2026; approx. 9:15 a.m. to 11:32 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Premium skins Morning session added premium groundwork: 20…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Teaching the Voice Button to Match Exercises (May 27, 2026)
May 27, 2026. About 9:00 p.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play Listen, parse, match After the gym I typed in that I wanted a new…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Moving to Firebase Hosting (May 26, 2026)
Tuesday, May 26, 2026; approx. 12:29 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Ambient background art Added a more animated background…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Building the Horizontal Platformer and Cavern Mode (May 25, 2026)
Monday, May 25, 2026; approx. 12:10 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play A horizontal platformer, recycled from what already exists…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | The Vertical Platform Section and Mine Train (May 24, 2026)
Sunday, May 24, 2026; approx. 11:00 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The Vertical Platform section After nearly two weeks away from new…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Speak Your Sets: The Voice Input Idea (May 22, 2026)
May 22, 2026. Afternoon gym session, then 4:50 p.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play A halving bug Before my workout I checked the PB Tracker…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Reusing the Login and Database Code (May 21, 2026)
Thursday, May 21, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Floor Is Lava as a reference module Floor Is Lava’s own code became a…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | A Toast to a Stable Build (May 20, 2026)
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play A toast to a stable build A short, reflective entry marking a real milestone:…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Version 152: Good Enough (May 20, 2026)
May 20, 2026. Morning, then 8:25 p.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play Ninety nine percent done I did some work with Claude AI on the…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | The Desktop Version Takes Shape (May 19, 2026)
May 19, 2026. Morning to late afternoon. Get BeStreak on Google Play Starting on desktop In the morning I continued the coding session from last…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Twelve Bugs, Three Batches (May 18, 2026)
May 18, 2026. Morning until 2:00 a.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play Fix one, break one In the morning I was still butting my head…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Pinning Up the App Icons (May 17, 2026)
Sunday, May 17, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Printed icons on the window pane A small, physical piece of housekeeping: sitting down…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | The Night One User Could See Another User’s Data (May 17, 2026)
May 17, 2026. Afternoon until 1:35 a.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play Icons on the board Around midday I cut out the printed icon for…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | An Old Build Catches Up With Me (May 16, 2026)
Saturday, May 16, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Playing side by side with Lance An old-build bug turned up during a quiet…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Coding Without Claude (May 15, 2026)
May 15, 2026. Evening. Get BeStreak on Google Play Handing over the reins I gave DeepSeek and ChatGPT the reins so they could go through…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Setting the Ad Philosophy (May 14, 2026)
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Showing the game to a friend Demoed Floor Is Lava; music on, power-ups and…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Measurements and Progress Photos (May 14, 2026)
May 14, 2026. Afternoon gym session, then evening. Get BeStreak on Google Play A bug found mid workout At the gym I found a small…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Building Timer Mode (May 13, 2026)
Wednesday, May 13, 2026; approx. 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Turning Lance’s idea into Timer Mode Lance’s Time…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Adding an Exercise After the Fact (May 13, 2026)
May 13, 2026. Morning. Get BeStreak on Google Play Edit, then add I made some more changes to the Personal Best Tracker app. Some were…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Monetization Plans, a Feature Profile and a Privacy Policy (May 12, 2026)
May 12, 2026. Morning until 1:15 a.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play What a paid version could look like I’ve been using my PB Tracker…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | A Failed Import and a Missing Chest (May 11, 2026)
May 11, 2026. Morning. Get BeStreak on Google Play The JSON that would not load I started working on the PB Tracker app. I tried…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Swipe, Voice Notes and My First APK (May 10, 2026)
May 10, 2026. 9:20 p.m. into the early hours. Get BeStreak on Google Play Two features I wanted From 9:20 p.m. I was back working…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | A Real-World Playtest at McDonald’s (May 9, 2026)
Saturday, May 9, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Four games, one stable A stocktake across everything I’m building: Sky Finder mostly built,…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | A Stable Build at Six in the Morning (May 9, 2026)
May 9, 2026. 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., then evening. Get BeStreak on Google Play Three sub-tabs In the last three hours I worked on…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Drawing a Line Under Development (May 8, 2026)
Friday, May 8, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play A line drawn under development A short but important entry; the first time I…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | One Long Prompt: Sessions, Calendar, BMI and BMR (May 8, 2026)
May 8, 2026. Morning to late evening. Get BeStreak on Google Play A comprehensive prompt It took me until 11:30 a.m. to write out the…
BeStreak: Developer Diary | Moving to Firebase and the Black Screen Bug (May 7, 2026)
May 7, 2026. Afternoon until midnight. Get BeStreak on Google Play The best candidate for Google Play I figured I’ve got a few games and…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Balancing Power-Ups With the Platform Configurator (May 7, 2026)
Thursday, May 7, 2026; approx. morning to 11:45 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Balancing the power-ups by spreadsheet logic Fixed the teleport…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Lance’s Train Track Mode Idea (May 6, 2026)
Wednesday, May 6, 2026; approx. 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Morning bug pass Working on the bad guy’s…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Fixing the Watch-Ad Coin Bug, Version 100 (May 5, 2026)
Tuesday, May 5, 2026; approx. 4:30 p.m. to 12:10 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The Firebase piggy bank bug A bug that…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | The Bad Guy Enemy and an Online Leaderboard (May 4, 2026)
Monday, May 4, 2026; approx. 11:30 a.m. to past midnight Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The bad guy Today’s headline feature: a recurring…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Vine Swings and the Story Mode Coin Bug (May 3, 2026)
Sunday, May 3, 2026; approx. 12:40 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Vines, and a two-to-three-minute rule Testing yesterday’s build…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Ice Platforms and the Story Mode Concept (May 2, 2026)
Saturday, May 2, 2026; approx. 5:00 p.m. to 11:50 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Ice platforms, finally built A two-hour programming session,…
Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Debugging Sheets and Mobile Fixes (May 1, 2026)
Friday, May 1, 2026; approx. 10:00 a.m. to 3:10 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The debugging sheet Claude’s latest build had no…