Polymatrix: Developer Diary | What I’d Tell Myself Before Starting (Lessons Learned)
Reflections on Polymatrix, July 7 to September 14, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play Polymatrix started as a shower thought: could Fable 5 make polygon…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Rejected Over an Icon, Then Live on Google Play (September 14, 2026)
Monday, September 14, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play The icon discrepancy Polymatrix actually got rejected because of an icon discrepancy. I was using a…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Production Access Granted and Shorter Mini Games (September 12, 2026)
Saturday, September 12, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play Approved for production I checked Google Play Console and saw that Polymatrix had been approved for…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Fourteen Days Done: Submitting Polymatrix to Google Play (September 10, 2026)
Thursday, September 10, 2026 (early morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play The end of closed testing Yesterday was the final day of testing. Polymatrix had…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Hunting the Whack-a-Mole Bug (September 4, 2026)
Friday, September 4, 2026 (the night before into the morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play A mini game that wouldn’t finish The night before, testing…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | The Tutorial Goes Live (September 2, 2026)
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (morning to late night) Get Polymatrix on Google Play First thing in the morning When I woke up at 8:15 a.m.,…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Designing a Level Zero Tutorial (September 1, 2026)
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play A tutorial with pointing fingers I wrote out a big prompt to add a tutorial at…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Taming the Globulator Life Rafts (August 31, 2026)
Monday, August 31, 2026 (evening) Get Polymatrix on Google Play The globulator was too generous I upgraded my Claude plan, and the first thing I…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Fixing the Ad Timing and Testing Analytics (August 28, 2026)
Friday, August 28, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play The game started under the ad I was testing Polymatrix to see whether Google Analytics would…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Four Mini Games and a Lottery Bowl (August 27, 2026)
Thursday, August 27, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play Helping testers, cleaning screens By 10:50 a.m. I had worked with some closed testers, sending them…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Twelve Testers and a Cleaner Home Screen (August 26, 2026)
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 (into the early morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Testers testing I did some closed testing for other developers, and they…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Closed Testing Begins, a Neon Look and Irregular Flasks (August 25, 2026)
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (morning to late night) Get Polymatrix on Google Play A 3D look While I was getting Lance ready, I quickly created…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Packaging Polymatrix for Google Play (August 24, 2026)
Monday, August 24, 2026 (evening into the early morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Pivoting back to Polymatrix I was thinking of pivoting back to…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Pretty Much Complete, and No Pay to Win (August 8, 2026)
Saturday, August 8, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play Next on the whiteboard With another app going through its publishing steps, I could start the…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | The Hot Water Bubble and a Higher Exit Target (July 18, 2026)
Saturday, July 18, 2026 (late afternoon) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Building the hot water bubble I got home at 4:55 p.m., and the first…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Pulling Baddies Forward and Merging Two Versions (July 17, 2026)
Friday, July 17, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play Gaming the usage clock I played Polymatrix in the shower before heading home. I’d worked out…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | A Console-Log Build, Long-Press Tilt and the Jellyfish (July 15, 2026)
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (all day into the late night) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Testing on the go After my shower I loaded the…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Building a Game Without Knowing Physics (July 14, 2026)
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play Explaining Polymatrix at home I showed the Polymatrix game to a family member at home and…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Spin the Bottle, Hot Beads and a Tuning Guide (July 13, 2026)
Monday, July 13, 2026 (into the early morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Talking the game into my phone Yesterday was a super manic day:…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Polymatrix on My Phone (July 12, 2026)
Sunday, July 12, 2026 (afternoon into the night) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Waking up to the game Today I woke up at about 4:50…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Music That Follows Your Fingers, and the First APK (July 11, 2026)
Saturday, July 11, 2026 (early morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Thirty minutes of usage left At 6:30 a.m. I had thirty minutes of usage…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Polymatrix Gets Its Name and 100 Glass Chambers (July 10, 2026)
Friday, July 10, 2026 (into the late night) Get Polymatrix on Google Play Burning usage on a Friday It was Friday, and I had two…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Version 5 and the Two-Finger Swirl (July 8, 2026)
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Get Polymatrix on Google Play A game without a name Lance showed me the new level he was building, and after…
Polymatrix: Developer Diary | A Fable 5 Experiment Becomes a New Game (July 7, 2026)
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 (late night into the early morning) Get Polymatrix on Google Play An idea in the shower When I finished at the…