In this video I play through the whole game and walk through the Xcode project: the game loop, physics contact delegates, tower and creep definitions, and wave spawning. I also talk about why the game never shipped (balancing broke me) and the local multiplayer idea using Multipeer Connectivity that I never got to build.

This is everything I learned: what the science says is actually happening, the popular advice that did nothing for me, and the two boring things that finally stopped it.

If you deal with this too, I hope it helps.

Apps in this video:

• Billy by Simon Lou: https://usebilly.app/
• Juicy by Dominik Sobe: https://getjuicy.app
• WhyFi by James Potter: https://whyfi.network
• Markdown Preview by Fauzaan: https://markdownpreview.app/
• Cliptop by Razvan Ilin: https://cliptop.app/

Browse 100+ apps built with Amore: https://amore.computer

So I built an environment where that's not possible anymore. In this video: a Little Snitch deny rule that blocks my escape hatches in Safari (and why the urge disappeared after two or three days), permanent Do Not Disturb across every device with exceptions only for family, and why I'm exploring single-purpose devices like the reMarkable for reading.

Apple's RCS support document: https://support.apple.com/en-us/104972

We walk through the whole setup on an open source demo project (Pomodoro), configure the repository secrets, trigger releases from a Git push and manually from the Actions tab, then wire up release channels in the app itself with a Sparkle updater delegate.

Links: Amore: https://amore.computer/help/github-actions Amore release action docs: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/amore-release Pomodoro demo project: https://github.com/AmoreComputer/Pomodoro Sparkle channels documentation: https://sparkle-project.org/documentation/publishing/#channels

Every sound and image is sourced under open licenses and documented in-app, so you can see exactly where each asset came from.

The whole app is completely free. No subscription, no tracking, no ads.

I've been using it myself for about a month and my partner and I both love waking up to it.

Pre-order now, launches next Thursday.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alam-nature-sound-alarm-clock/id6777901566?ct=lucas.love

In this quick walkthrough, I show why so many app icons end up oversized in the dock (they skip the safe area and get dropped raw into Xcode assets), and the cleaner workflow: drag the Icon Composer file directly into your project so you can edit it in place, commit it to Git, and always ship the latest version. It renders perfectly on Tahoe and scales down correctly for older macOS versions too.

https://amore.computer/help/why-your-mac-app-icon-looks-too-big/

Pagi is a distraction-free writing app built around the practice of daily morning pages: every morning you sit down and write 750 to 1500 words of stream of consciousness.

No trackers. No accounts. If you want it for free, just text me, and I'll unlock it.

pagi.lucas.love

Push to a branch, hit run, and it builds your app, packages it, creates a DMG, notarizes, code signs, and uploads to Amore or your own S3 bucket. No touching your local machine.

Amore: https://amore.computer

My site now has a dedicated section for the 100 videos project on https://lucas.love/100.

The whole thing is also available as a podcast: https://lucas.love/podcast.xml

So I built something: Zeit, a little timer app for the Playdate. It's got sound effects, works great for Pomodoros, and it's written entirely in Swift. Not a game (yet), more of a utility, but it was a ton of fun to make.

Zeit is a free download. I wrote up how I built it and where to grab it here: https://lucas.love/projects/zeit

If you've got a Playdate and you've built your own projects for it, I want to hear about it, especially game dev resources, because a tiny Swift game is next on my list.

It's two parts: a broadcaster and a receiver. Hit "On Air" and anything playing on your Mac (music, your mic, any app's audio) gets transmitted to your own radio station. Anyone can tune in from a browser with just a link, no setup.

There are also native Mac and iOS apps for a nicer listening experience, plus an ephemeral peer-to-peer chat that wipes itself the moment the station goes offline.

Every button is handmade. We put way more love into the details than we probably should have, which is the whole point.

It's free to use. Give it a try.

https://macrowave.co

Download Amore: https://amore.computer Pomodoro (demo app): https://github.com/AmoreComputer/Pomodoro

Here is why.

This is the first little side effect from these videos. Ram saw my 'Mirror' app and asked me for help with his. He figured it out, and now we have a polished app that everyone can use. ❤️

Here's why.

Created an app icon using Icon Composer and pushed it to TestFlight.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/1XRavJ88

What works and what doesn't.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6766152470

Makes it super easy to create your own radio station to share with your friends. Has been super fun so far.

I will syndicate the videos on my social platforms. Additionally, I will self-host and archive all the videos on my website, lucas.love and offer them as a podcast.