(Non)-progress
Well, yeah, this is what I’ve done during the first day – the three meters. Actually, I set up some classes to use and wrote some internal data structures, so it’s still a little more than the meters. After all, I worked only a few hours on this game today, which is far less than my intention. I should seriously do much better the next day. I’m a very slow developer, and I don’t have enough experience yet.

it helps me to establish a todo list in advance. make a list of what you need to do to get your not-game ready, and establish some priorities. only work at one item at a time, and when you finish one item, write the date/time you finished.