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Day 7 – Editing, Refactoring, and Switching Platforms

Hi, I’m back again!

Today, I continued working on the furniture edit system. I did a live stream while developing it — though, as expected, no one’s really watching yet. (Still part of the challenge!)

Originally, I had it set up so that objects could be interacted with using a single click. But to make the interaction more robust, I changed it to require a prolonged click (long-press). Once the click is held long enough, the player enters edit mode and can move the furniture around. This feels more intentional and prevents accidental moves.

Another feature I’m planning — but haven’t implemented yet — is unsummoning: removing a placed object from the world and returning it to the inventory. I’m thinking of assigning this to the right-click action, similar to the movement interaction.

On the UI side, I wasn’t happy with the default font and text color. So I switched the font to Open Sans, which definitely improved readability. I'm still experimenting with color schemes, though.

My main interaction script, PlayerInteraction, is... long. Like, really long. It’s tightly connected to a Singleton class called PlayerStateManager, which makes it a bit of a pain to refactor. I asked Copilot to help restructure it, but the results weren’t great — so I’ve added that to my “later” list.

I also spent time thinking about how to handle my studio blog.

Until now, I’ve been running BHB Studios on Next.js. I loved how customizable it was, and at one point, I even used an excellent open-source template built with Tailwind and Next.js (link).

But I’ve decided to move the blog to Substack.

Why? I wanted to enable email subscriptions and commenting more easily. While tools like Buttondown work great, they felt a bit clunky to manage. Substack gives me both in one place, with minimal setup.

I’ve already uploaded my first progress post there — featuring the summoning system. (Side note: I realized the title might sound like I’m summoning monsters, but it’s actually about pulling furniture or items from the inventory into the world.)

I’m still setting up my blogs, YouTube channel, and other social media platforms — but the pieces are slowly falling into place.

If you’re interested in following my dev journey, you can:

Thanks for reading — and I’ll be back again soon!