Hey everyone!
We just published a new article on our devlog:
📝 "Using Daily Notes for lightweight, indie-friendly Game Design documentation"
It's a behind-the-scenes look at how we design Loan Shark as a two-person team.
Instead of using a traditional GDD, we keep our process fast, messy, and effective with daily design notes in Obsidian.md. We log playtest results, sketch ideas, track tasks, and document decisions as we go. The system is minimal, async-friendly, and reflects how we actually work.
Read it here
Let us know what you think, and if you’ve got your own hacks for keeping design clear and creative, we’d love to hear them.
Nicola & Luca 🦈
More from Loan Shark
Other announcements
The Old Flesh of Nuraga Demo at Next FestHello there, anglers! In case you missed it, the demo for our new horror game, The Old Flesh of Nuraga , is part of Steam Next Fest. The demo will stay up after Next Fest ends as well, but now is a great time to try it out and leave a review if you'd like to help Nuraga reach as many people as possible. Stay fishy (and nuragic), Luca from Studio OrticaLoan Shark nominated for Best Italian Debut Game at IVGAHello there anglers, I'm very excited to be writing this post. Loan Shark has been nominated for Best Italian Debut Game at the Italian Video Game Awards. We'll be attending First Playable, the Italian industry meetup for game developers, from June 10 to June 12. It's the most important live event for professional game developers in Italy, and the IVGAs are part of it. We're really excited abou…Loan Shark among the Italian Hidden GemsHello there anglers, we want to share a small but exciting news: starting from today, Loan Shark is included in the Italian Hidden Gems, a bundle gathering a variety of games made in Italy. You can buy Loan Shark and the other games at a discounted price clicking on the link below: Speaking of links, have you seen the page of our upcoming new horror game? In case you haven't, it's titled The Ol…