My first game jam experience and first completed game! 

Read the full post-mortem: https://homerdilpleu.github.io/articles/postmortem-cathedral-builder.html

I spent months preparing for JS13KGAMES 2023: building a custom mini game engine, learning Web Audio API, and creating tools. When the theme "13th Century" was revealed, I knew I wanted to make a game about cathedral construction. 

Key takeaways: 

   - Game design is harder than coding (spent a full week just sketching!) 

   - Building your own engine gives you complete control 

   - The Web Audio API is challenging but rewarding 

   - Gothic architecture is absolutely fascinating 

The result: a clicker game where you extract rock, cut stone, and build a cathedral stone by stone, watching it rise progressively with a homemade 3D perspective engine.