MANIFEST

Devlog

• Pulling the numbers out of the code
  June 28, 2026 by Scotchable

  Most of what I shipped this week is invisible. No new screen, no new ship, nothing you can point to in a screenshot. It's plumbing, and plumbing doesn't demo well. But this is the work that decides wh... Continue reading
• Making the Management Layer Honest
  June 18, 2026 by Scotchable

  Since the last post, a lot of the work on MANIFEST has been about turning the idea into a game that actually behaves the way it says it does. The big theme has been truthfulness. If the Run Planner sa... Continue reading

  
• Starting with systems, not screenshots
  May 17, 2026 by Scotchable#strategy, #simulation, #management, #tycoon, #space, #singleplayer

  I started MANIFEST in a slightly backwards way. Before there was much of a game to look at, there were a lot of documents. That was deliberate. This is not the kind of game where I can just throw a sh... Continue reading