I made a video game ๐Ÿ• (100 year old birthday)

Build in Public ยท Dec 31 ยท Episode 14
all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my build and public log it’s December 30th build and public log it’s December 30th build and public log it’s December 30th 2024 uh I did not post the last few days 2024 uh I did not post the last few days 2024 uh I did not post the last few days um because number one I was busy all day um because number one I was busy all day um because number one I was busy all day long and I’ve been sick I have long and I’ve been sick I have long and I’ve been sick I have a I’m sick right now I have a pretty bad a I’m sick right now I have a pretty bad a I’m sick right now I have a pretty bad stomach bug thing that’s going around um stomach bug thing that’s going around um stomach bug thing that’s going around um last last last night uh I was shivering under the night uh I was shivering under the night uh I was shivering under the blankets and had a fever and I’m just a blankets and had a fever and I’m just a blankets and had a fever and I’m just a mess so um yeah productivity has mess so um yeah productivity has mess so um yeah productivity has been not great although I have something been not great although I have something been not great although I have something interesting to share today um first a interesting to share today um first a interesting to share today um first a random story story story uh one of the things I was uh one of the things I was uh one of the things I was doing uh the other day was I went to my doing uh the other day was I went to my doing uh the other day was I went to my great great great aunt’s 100-year-old aunt’s 100-year-old aunt’s 100-year-old birthday birthday birthday party uh so everybody calls her aunt party uh so everybody calls her aunt party uh so everybody calls her aunt beina even though they’re not her aunt beina even though they’re not her aunt beina even though they’re not her aunt she’s this we really old school lady 100 she’s this we really old school lady 100 she’s this we really old school lady 100 years old obviously um really religious years old obviously um really religious years old obviously um really religious but like really independent um funny but like really independent um funny but like really independent um funny lady you know just everybody loves her lady you know just everybody loves her lady you know just everybody loves her quite quite a quite a charismatic lady quite quite a quite a charismatic lady quite quite a quite a charismatic lady um when we were when I was um when we were when I was um when we were when I was young uh my dad was switching careers young uh my dad was switching careers young uh my dad was switching careers and just like me actually he was close and just like me actually he was close and just like me actually he was close to my age right now I’m trying to switch to my age right now I’m trying to switch to my age right now I’m trying to switch careers um he he we the whole family was careers um he he we the whole family was careers um he he we the whole family was broke he didn’t have a job he was going broke he didn’t have a job he was going broke he didn’t have a job he was going to school uh we were flop broke sounds to school uh we were flop broke sounds to school uh we were flop broke sounds very familiar to my situation and uh we very familiar to my situation and uh we very familiar to my situation and uh we we moved in with Aunt Bina in our house we moved in with Aunt Bina in our house we moved in with Aunt Bina in our house our whole family you know was me and my our whole family you know was me and my our whole family you know was me and my two sisters in one room really sucked it two sisters in one room really sucked it two sisters in one room really sucked it was horrible was horrible was horrible uh you know with the bunk bed I mean it uh you know with the bunk bed I mean it uh you know with the bunk bed I mean it we were really kind of sluming it and we were really kind of sluming it and we were really kind of sluming it and she took us in but part of her her um she took us in but part of her her um she took us in but part of her her um her deal was okay you guys can live here her deal was okay you guys can live here her deal was okay you guys can live here for a while but the children must go for a while but the children must go for a while but the children must go to church they must go to catechism she to church they must go to catechism she to church they must go to catechism she was she’s a devout Catholic like really was she’s a devout Catholic like really was she’s a devout Catholic like really serious Catholic and uh so we had to go serious Catholic and uh so we had to go serious Catholic and uh so we had to go to church every week she forced us to go to church every week she forced us to go to church every week she forced us to go to um I call it and doctrination class I to um I call it and doctrination class I to um I call it and doctrination class I I’m not very religious I I hated it I I’m not very religious I I hated it I I’m not very religious I I hated it I hated going to a church especially a hated going to a church especially a hated going to a church especially a Catholic Church I I don’t like Catholic Catholic Church I I don’t like Catholic Catholic Church I I don’t like Catholic churches I found it as was a little kid churches I found it as was a little kid churches I found it as was a little kid I was miserable you know as a little kid I was miserable you know as a little kid I was miserable you know as a little kid you’re Bor to death and uh yeah so we you’re Bor to death and uh yeah so we you’re Bor to death and uh yeah so we had to go for those few years like to had to go for those few years like to had to go for those few years like to church I had to go you know do those church I had to go you know do those church I had to go you know do those classes and once we once we we moved out classes and once we once we we moved out classes and once we once we we moved out after a few years I didn’t have to do after a few years I didn’t have to do after a few years I didn’t have to do that anymore but um so anyways we went that anymore but um so anyways we went that anymore but um so anyways we went to her birthday she’s 100 years old that to her birthday she’s 100 years old that to her birthday she’s 100 years old that was her goal she was like I want to make was her goal she was like I want to make was her goal she was like I want to make it to 100 and uh yeah today is it to 100 and uh yeah today is it to 100 and uh yeah today is officially her birthday she officially officially her birthday she officially officially her birthday she officially turned 100 years old so really cool um turned 100 years old so really cool um turned 100 years old so really cool um it was really cool to see it was really cool to see it was really cool to see her uh and see how many people turned her uh and see how many people turned her uh and see how many people turned out for this you know woman she touched out for this you know woman she touched out for this you know woman she touched so many people you know like there was so many people you know like there was so many people you know like there was well over 100 people at this party you well over 100 people at this party you well over 100 people at this party you know it was a little Hall that was know it was a little Hall that was know it was a little Hall that was filled with people really cool um anyway filled with people really cool um anyway filled with people really cool um anyway so so so on to the important stuff I have been on to the important stuff I have been on to the important stuff I have been really sick really sick really sick um so I’ve slowly worked a little bit um so I’ve slowly worked a little bit um so I’ve slowly worked a little bit more on the agent routing for AI chat more on the agent routing for AI chat more on the agent routing for AI chat email but I just couldn’t concentrate on email but I just couldn’t concentrate on email but I just couldn’t concentrate on serious serious serious serious serious serious work so instead I did this I made a work so instead I did this I made a work so instead I did this I made a game yeah when you can’t think and game yeah when you can’t think and game yeah when you can’t think and you’re laying there you’re laying there you’re laying there and you’re a software engineer you make and you’re a software engineer you make and you’re a software engineer you make games so I made this stupid game okay games so I made this stupid game okay games so I made this stupid game okay why am I why am I telling you about this why am I why am I telling you about this why am I why am I telling you about this there’s there’s a reason I swear there’s there’s a reason I swear there’s there’s a reason I swear um number one I just was bored and I was um number one I just was bored and I was um number one I just was bored and I was just sitting there laying there and just sitting there laying there and just sitting there laying there and slowly slowly throughout the day slowly slowly throughout the day slowly slowly throughout the day yesterday I built this yesterday I built this yesterday I built this um part of why I did this was I want to I I’m I’ve been experimenting a lot to I I’m I’ve been experimenting a lot to I I’m I’ve been experimenting a lot with um posting things on social media with um posting things on social media with um posting things on social media to try to go viral okay um threads to try to go viral okay um threads to try to go viral okay um threads Twitter Youtube you know this is my Twitter Youtube you know this is my Twitter Youtube you know this is my attempt at YouTube attempt at YouTube attempt at YouTube um Reddit Hacker News so I built this um Reddit Hacker News so I built this um Reddit Hacker News so I built this and I sent it to a few people oh hey and I sent it to a few people oh hey and I sent it to a few people oh hey look at this funny thing I made I’m I’m look at this funny thing I made I’m I’m look at this funny thing I made I’m I’m kind of bored and not feeling well and kind of bored and not feeling well and kind of bored and not feeling well and people were playing it and I was like people were playing it and I was like people were playing it and I was like huh people are actually playing it like huh people are actually playing it like huh people are actually playing it like for real I was sitting there playing for real I was sitting there playing for real I was sitting there playing playing it on my phone and I was like playing it on my phone and I was like playing it on my phone and I was like okay let me okay let me okay let me let me share this let me experiment and let me share this let me experiment and let me share this let me experiment and I posted on Reddit hours ago like look I posted on Reddit hours ago like look I posted on Reddit hours ago like look at literally just hours ago um and look at literally just hours ago um and look at literally just hours ago um and look at it has like 2 200 views you I was at it has like 2 200 views you I was at it has like 2 200 views you I was like wow what the hell like so and and like wow what the hell like so and and like wow what the hell like so and and over 100 up like um up votes tons of over 100 up like um up votes tons of over 100 up like um up votes tons of people commenting one guy said he got people commenting one guy said he got people commenting one guy said he got like to a thousand which is insane I like to a thousand which is insane I like to a thousand which is insane I didn’t get anywhere near that um bunch didn’t get anywhere near that um bunch didn’t get anywhere near that um bunch of people were like oh it’s fun I I of people were like oh it’s fun I I of people were like oh it’s fun I I played play it I just tons and tons of played play it I just tons and tons of played play it I just tons and tons of um traction and I mean look at this um traction and I mean look at this um traction and I mean look at this bunch of sources uh so anyways I’ve attempted in the past to anyways I’ve attempted in the past to anyways I’ve attempted in the past to post on Reddit and everything always post on Reddit and everything always post on Reddit and everything always gets blocked you know everything gets um gets blocked you know everything gets um gets blocked you know everything gets um uh you know you’ll get banned so it’s uh you know you’ll get banned so it’s uh you know you’ll get banned so it’s interesting to see what actually will interesting to see what actually will interesting to see what actually will work what what what got uploaded without work what what what got uploaded without work what what what got uploaded without being banned we got a lot of comments being banned we got a lot of comments being banned we got a lot of comments and clearly this is a just fun little and clearly this is a just fun little and clearly this is a just fun little thing um um there’s no ads you know thing um um there’s no ads you know thing um um there’s no ads you know there’s there’s you know very very there’s there’s you know very very there’s there’s you know very very minimal tracking for like analytics you minimal tracking for like analytics you minimal tracking for like analytics you know there’s nothing I’m not selling know there’s nothing I’m not selling know there’s nothing I’m not selling anything so clearly that kind of content anything so clearly that kind of content anything so clearly that kind of content is popular but um is popular but um is popular but um just you know makes me think okay how just you know makes me think okay how just you know makes me think okay how how could you how how could you post how could you how how could you post how could you how how could you post this kind of content and get you know a this kind of content and get you know a this kind of content and get you know a links or you know reviews to your links or you know reviews to your links or you know reviews to your product I don’t know maybe I could have product I don’t know maybe I could have product I don’t know maybe I could have um you know at the bottom made by you um you know at the bottom made by you um you know at the bottom made by you know so and so person or so Ando company know so and so person or so Ando company know so and so person or so Ando company anyways interesting experiment so the anyways interesting experiment so the anyways interesting experiment so the other day I did um a threads other day I did um a threads other day I did um a threads post uh again a lot of experimenting and post uh again a lot of experimenting and post uh again a lot of experimenting and that got over 10,000 views so I was like that got over 10,000 views so I was like that got over 10,000 views so I was like Wow but interesting it seems like the Wow but interesting it seems like the Wow but interesting it seems like the negative stuff works really really well negative stuff works really really well negative stuff works really really well or something cutesy like this where it’s or something cutesy like this where it’s or something cutesy like this where it’s um you know like a dumb little game or um you know like a dumb little game or um you know like a dumb little game or something trivial or novel uh so anyways something trivial or novel uh so anyways something trivial or novel uh so anyways something to think about um how to kind something to think about um how to kind something to think about um how to kind of replicate of replicate of replicate that for an actual real useful tool and that for an actual real useful tool and that for an actual real useful tool and a real product that you can make money a real product that you can make money a real product that you can make money off of so um yeah pretty cool pretty off of so um yeah pretty cool pretty off of so um yeah pretty cool pretty cool to to make something that people cool to to make something that people cool to to make something that people actually like I kind of needed that to actually like I kind of needed that to actually like I kind of needed that to be completely honest with you so anyways be completely honest with you so anyways be completely honest with you so anyways um that’s all I have for today um um that’s all I have for today um um that’s all I have for today um hopefully tomorrow I’m feeling much hopefully tomorrow I’m feeling much hopefully tomorrow I’m feeling much better CU today is pretty rough uh better CU today is pretty rough uh better CU today is pretty rough uh yeah although I’m probably gonna if I’m yeah although I’m probably gonna if I’m yeah although I’m probably gonna if I’m feeling well I’ll probably go out of feeling well I’ll probably go out of feeling well I’ll probably go out of town tomorrow so again and then it’s New town tomorrow so again and then it’s New town tomorrow so again and then it’s New Year’s Eve Year’s Eve Year’s Eve so holidays are almost over and then so holidays are almost over and then so holidays are almost over and then I’ll be back to being much more I’ll be back to being much more I’ll be back to being much more productive um so yeah bear with me productive um so yeah bear with me productive um so yeah bear with me anyways anyways anyways uh that’s all I got for today

Description

Today’s highlights:

  • Created pizzzza.lol game while sick
  • Marketing experiment results
  • Celebrating a 100-year-old’s birthday

Summary

Summary of the Video: Daily Update: Build and Public Log The video is a personal update from December 30, 2024, where the speaker discusses being unwell with a stomach bug, attending his great aunt's 100th birthday, and working on his build. He shares how a simple game he developed for social media received unexpected traction, reflecting on content strategy and his creative process.

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