Production Journal

Hey, my name is Daniel Foth. This is my journal which logs and reflects on the work done for my MSc project called “Life lessons from Irish Folklore via video games”. As part of it, I’m producing a 2D cozy narrative game called “Exercise Your Demons” with some dark themes based on the ‘good people’ from Irish fairy tales and folklore.

Kudos for the support!

Platform
Narrative
Design
Kudos
While the development continues and the narrative integration is now completed, there are a few people I would…
Nov 9, 2025

Steam Store Page is Live

Steam
Platform
Exercise your Demons is available to Wishlist on Steam. The game is being built beyond the MSc project and will be available soon.
Oct 17, 2025

Final Delivery

Design
Research
User Testing
After…
Jun 5, 2025

Beta Testing

Demo
Research
User Testing
This blog entry discusses the user testing that occurred after the game demo was completed and ethics approval was granted.
Apr 5, 2025

Final Additions

Programming
Design
Assets
Environment
Narrative
Characters
The…
Mar 28, 2025

Game Menus

Programming
Design
I added 3 menus to the game. They are very rough around the edges but they serve their purpose.
Mar 19, 2025

Changing the game fonts

Programming
Design
Assets
Fonts are hard but they are important to branding. Choosing the right one is always tough. Programming…
Mar 16, 2025

Narrative is ready for the beta

Narrative
Programming
Research
The narrative script scoped for the beta release is now fully integrated into my game. I’m satisfied with how this came out. The narrative engine made this easy and quick.…
Mar 14, 2025

Alpha Delivery

Demo
Project Management
This is the first project delivery. I took some time to create a demo, update my timeline and resolve some minor issues to make the game more appealing.
Mar 10, 2025

Narrative Engine

Programming
Narrative
A lot of work has gone into the system that runs the narrative in my…
Mar 8, 2025

Visual & Audio Improvements

Programming
Design
The…
Mar 1, 2025

Script: First Draft

Narrative
Assets
Design
The latest narrative script is available here.
Feb 26, 2025

Character Select & Movement

Programming
This week I managed to add 2 features to the game: the character selection and player movement on the overworld.
Feb 16, 2025

Character & Map Design

Assets
Design
Characters
Environment
This week was mostly spent designing the 2D assets. I have made a decision to use physical media scans as the…
Feb 9, 2025

Paper Prototype

Concept
Design
The Paper Prototype defines the…
Feb 7, 2025

Refining Concept Reasearch Question

Concept
Research
The…
Feb 5, 2025

Initial Concept

Concept
Design
User Testing
Project Management
This blog entry discusses the initial concept for a game called “Exercise your Demons”.
Jan 29, 2025
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