Primus Devlog #9: Hitting My Biggest Roadblock Yet

So, we hit our biggest roadblock yet. It turns out that building features super fast with AI tools can backfire, leaving the project buried under a mountain of half-finished systems and loose ends right as the demo submission deadline looms less than three weeks away.

In this devlog, you’ll see:

• The Trap of "AI Clutter": Dealing with massive feature creep and realizing that just because tools like Cursor let you build something quickly, doesn't mean you should.

• Scoping the Demo Scene-by-Scene: Aggressively deleting, merging, and simplifying code to lock down a tight core gameplay loop featuring the first two gatekeeper bosses.

• Desperate Miro Board Sketching: Resorting to drawing terrible, incoherent sketches on a digital whiteboard just to find an ounce of clarity when the Trello board stopped helping.

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Thanks again for checking this out.

I’m looking forward to sharing progress with you each week as I work toward the full game release!

– Ethan