Galaxy19 – The Value Was in the Config File. It Was Not in the App.
Call the Cat: Galaxy — devlog #19 TL;DR: The app installed but would not launch. The ad app ID was sitting in the config file exactly as expected. It just never made… Read entry →
Development notes
Author: rurununky
A chronological record of shipping Call the Cat, rebuilding Galaxy in Unity, and learning what each decision costs.
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Galaxy00 – I Cut Features and Set One to Three Minutes per Planet
Call the Cat — devlog TL;DR: Starting the sequel, I wrote down what to leave out before what to add. One run is 1–3 minutes; the goal is 100% conquest and planting… Read entry →
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08 – Shipping Was the Start Line, Not the Finish
Call the Cat — devlog TL;DR: I thought the store listing was the finish line. It was the start line — so I built a second mode on top of the game… Read entry →
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07 – 122 Days to Early Access, 178 to Three Stores
Call the Cat — devlog TL;DR: 178 days from opening the engine for the first time to being on three stores. 46 of those days weren’t spent making the game. The question… Read entry →
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01 – I Aimed at Shipping Before I Knew How to Use the Engine
Call the Cat — devlog TL;DR: I had never opened a game engine. The first thing I decided wasn’t “finish the tutorials” — it was “ship it.” Because I had no skill,… Read entry →
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Every Launch, I Redrew the Same Table
Call the Cat — devlog TL;DR: Across four games I kept re-solving “how do I attach login, payment and save.” The words were the same every time; the actual thing behind each… Read entry →
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I Deleted a Feature as “Impossible,” Then Undid It
Call the Cat: Delivery — launch devlog TL;DR: I deleted Google login, cloud save, and payment, convinced our web-based tech stack made them impossible. What actually got deleted was the code path… Read entry →
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Call the Cat: Come Here, Master! + Dream
Games — game page #02 Two games in one app. Now on Google Play only. One title screen, two doors. This is where the series started. Call the Cat: Come Here, Master!… Read entry →
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Call the Cat: Galaxy
Games — game page #01 The third game. A cat in a spacesuit, tiny planets, and a paint roller. Call the Cat: Galaxy is a casual action game about landing on small… Read entry →
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I Treated Google Login and Payment as One Switch
Call the Cat: Delivery — launch devlog TL;DR: Login and payment share the same account and the same app, but they check completely different things. Fixing one checklist does nothing to the… Read entry →