DETOUR Devlog - itch.iohttps://ryanpond.itch.io/detour[IN DEVELOPMENT] A road-trip game where every shortcut is dangerous and every safe road is longer.https://ryanpond.itch.io/detour/devlog/1675406/day-4-turning-out-the-lightsDay 4 — Turning Out the Lightshttps://ryanpond.itch.io/detour/devlog/1675406/day-4-turning-out-the-lightsThu, 24 Sep 2026 11:48:15 GMTdevlog

Day 3 was mostly about making the car feel better. Day 4 was about making the world around it feel like a place. Up until now, DETOUR had been taking place on what was basically a perfectly visible ro...

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At the start of Day 3, DETOUR was technically doing most of the things I needed it to do. You could drive. You could dodge obstacles. You could collect fuel. You could choose between a shortcut and a...

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Day 1 was about answering one question: Can I get DETOUR playable from start to finish? The answer was yes. It was ugly, almost everything was made from colored rectangles, and the UI looked like debu...

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I started this game jam late. Work ate the first few days, which left me with seven days to go from an empty Godot project to a finished submission for GoedWare Game Jam #17. The theme is: THE LONG WA...

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