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Month: June 2026

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Real Payments Tested End to End (June 29, 2026)

Monday, June 29, 2026: approx. afternoon to past midnight Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Showing a friend: “It’s pretty good” Demoed the game…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | A Logo That Would Not Behave, and Version 207 (June 29, 2026)

June 29, 2026. 2:00 a.m. to 4:15 a.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play Logo trouble I got home around 2 a.m. and had the idea…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Filling Out the Google Play Store Listing (June 28, 2026)

Sunday, June 28, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Filling out the shop Steady admin progress on the Google Play Console listing: three…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | PB Tracker Becomes BeStreak (June 28, 2026)

June 28, 2026. Afternoon and late evening. Get BeStreak on Google Play The new name I rebranded the PB Tracker to be called BeStreak. It…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | The 12-Tester, 14-Day Path to Google Play Release (June 27, 2026)

Saturday, June 27, 2026; approx. afternoon to 9:30 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Showing a friend the pipeline Walked a friend through…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Next Step: Google Play and a Name of Its Own (June 27, 2026)

June 27, 2026. Evening, and after midnight. Get BeStreak on Google Play Where it stands The PB Tracker app is right up there in the…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Play Store Screenshots and Mode-Switch Bug Fix (June 26, 2026)

Friday, June 26, 2026; approx. evening to 1:05 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Screenshots for the Play Store listing Spent the evening…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | A Roadmap, a Domain, and a Serious Bug Caught (June 25, 2026)

Thursday, June 25, 2026; approx. 1:45 a.m. to 2:50 a.m. the next night Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play A roadmap and a Gantt…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | A New Death Screen and Layered Map Backgrounds (June 24, 2026)

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play A restless day, but a good death screen Not every session is a burst…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Why Analytics Matter for Launch (June 23, 2026)

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Analytics as the missing piece Realised Google Analytics makes publishing worthwhile beyond just having…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Analytics, Ads and Native Sign-In Setup (June 22, 2026)

Monday, June 22, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Four setup tasks toward launch A documentation-and-configuration day, listing out what’s left before launch…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Playtesting Feedback and Teleport Bug Fixes (June 21, 2026)

Sunday, June 21, 2026; approx. 8:15 p.m. to 3:35 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play His mom plays the game: and finds a…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | The Game Already Has Name Recognition (June 20, 2026)

Saturday, June 20, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play “Floor is Lava!” A small but telling moment showing the game already has some…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Twenty Two Exercises by Voice, and One Stuck Recording (June 18, 2026)

June 18, 2026. Evening at the gym. Get BeStreak on Google Play The calendar keeps me honest When I came into the gym I looked…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | A Night Off From the Update Queue (June 17, 2026)

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Choosing what not to touch A short, deliberate note rather than a build session….

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Practically Complete, Heading to Play Console (June 16, 2026)

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Practically complete A short check-in: the game is now practically complete, sitting in Play…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Recording Audio Alongside Speech to Text (June 16, 2026)

June 16, 2026. Late night into the next morning. Get BeStreak on Google Play The idea I had a new idea for an audio recorder…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Redesigning the Power-Up Buttons (June 15, 2026)

Monday, June 15, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Redesigning the power-up buttons Uploaded the newest build to Play Console, then turned to…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | A Whole Session Without the Voice Recorder (June 15, 2026)

June 15, 2026. 1:20 a.m., after the gym. Get BeStreak on Google Play Confidence in the app I just completed my gym session. It’s interesting:…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Wiring In the Last Story Mode Animations (June 14, 2026)

Sunday, June 14, 2026; approx. 7:20 p.m. to past 2:00 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Wiring in the last animations A relatively…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Six Bugs, Four Fixed (June 14, 2026)

June 14, 2026. Afternoon to 7:20 p.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play The list I opened up the PB Tracker prompt window and listed the…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Not a One-Pass Developer (June 13, 2026)

Saturday, June 13, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Not a one-pass developer A reflective entry, prompted by watching online creators brag about…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Not a One Pass Developer (June 13, 2026)

June 13, 2026. After midnight. Get BeStreak on Google Play One pass versus two hundred I’m seeing people online who use AI and make videos…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | A Storage Map and the Personal Bests That Were Not Saving (June 12, 2026)

June 12, 2026. Midday and afternoon. Get BeStreak on Google Play Mapping where data lives I noticed that I would save a gym session and…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | The Floor Is Lava Dance (June 11, 2026)

Thursday, June 11, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The Floor Is Lava dance A lighter entry; real-world play built around the game…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Building Episode End Animations (June 8, 2026)

Monday, June 8, 2026 Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play End animations, episode by episode Working steadily through the end-of-episode animations in Claude Design:…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | All 51 Story Mode Animations Complete (June 7, 2026)

Sunday, June 7, 2026; approx. evening to 3:00 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play All 51 sprites, all 51 start animations Cropped and…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Fixing the Duplicate Animation Bug (June 6, 2026)

Saturday, June 6, 2026; approx. 8:30 p.m. to past 2:00 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The duplicate-animation mystery A genuinely maddening bug…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Testing Space Mode, Version 209 (June 4, 2026)

Thursday, June 4, 2026; approx. midday to 1:50 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Lance’s portal idea Shown the new space section, Lance…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | Mobile Ads Go Live (June 3, 2026)

Wednesday, June 3, 2026; approx. 9:15 a.m. to 1:40 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Ads land on mobile, desktop lags behind Published…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Seven New Color Themes and Version 172 (June 3, 2026)

June 3, 2026. Afternoon until 1:40 a.m.. Get BeStreak on Google Play Dumbbells and themes The app still does not correctly show dumbbell weights. It…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | First Steps Into Google Play Console (June 2, 2026)

Tuesday, June 2, 2026; approx. GP waiting room to 1:20 a.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play The lava ship level: story mode’s finale…

BeStreak: Developer Diary | Machine Settings and a Personal Best Badge, Tested on Leg Day (June 2, 2026)

June 2, 2026. Morning build, 12:50 p.m. gym. Get BeStreak on Google Play From gym notes to a build I took all of the notes…

Floor Is Lava: Developer Diary | First APK Build and Ghost Race Multiplayer (June 1, 2026)

Monday, June 1, 2026; approx. 9:10 a.m. to past 10:00 p.m. Get Floor Is Lava on Google Play Building the first APK Up to now…