Gem Forge Idle
The development journal and verified milestones for Gem Forge Idle.
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How I Synced Unity Game Saves Between Android and a Browser
How I used the same Google account to sync Unity game progress across Android and WebGL, while keeping Guest play and local saves available.
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Gem Forge Idle — My First Sales in Just Three Weeks
Eighteen days after I launched Gem Forge Idle on Google Play, its first paid orders came in. Three of them showed up on 4 November. A fourth followed…
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Gem Forge Idle’s Mine Comes Alive: Bonus Crystals, Career Levels and a New Progression Path
Gem Forge Idle’s latest update adds collectible bonus crystals, permanent crystal upgrades, career XP and a clearer path through Prestige and Ascension.
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Designing Progression in Gem Forge Idle: Upgrades, Workers and Automation
How I layered immediate upgrades, automatic mining, offline progress, workshop timers, workers, quests and prestige inside Gem Forge Idle.
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From Copy-Paste to Codex: A New Way to Build Gem Forge Idle
After building Gem Forge Idle by manually carrying code between ChatGPT and Unity, I tried Codex with the project files. It changed the workflow—but not who made the…
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Gem Forge Idle Is Now Live on Google Play
Gem Forge Idle is now publicly available on Google Play. I document its first public day, the first 10+ downloads milestone and what comes next.
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Before Codex: Building Gem Forge Idle Between ChatGPT and Unity
During the first week of Gem Forge Idle, every script, error and revision travelled manually between ChatGPT and Unity. This is how the rough prototype became a recognisable…
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From Rough Stones to Finished Gems: Building the Gem Forge Idle Workshop
How Gem Forge Idle grew beyond mining as rough specimens entered a workshop of faceting machines, workers, cabochons, finished gems and diamonds.
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Building the Real Gem Forge Idle Loop: From Mining to Prestige
How Gem Forge Idle grew from separate experiments into a connected progression loop built around mining, discoveries, specimens, quests and prestige.
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How Gem Forge Idle Began
A year after abandoning my first attempt to make a game with ChatGPT, I opened Unity, placed the two windows side by side and tried again. This is…