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The hardest part wasn't building the game. It was making it PLAYABLE. 🎮
While building Shadow Heist, I hit errors that broke the game, interrupted missions, and forced me back into debugging more times than I expected.
But that's where the real development happened.
I fixed the issues, tested the gameplay, pushed through the final mission, and turned the idea into something people can actually play.
Build. Break. Debug. Fix. Repeat.
That's what development really looks like behind the screen.
What's the toughest bug you've ever had to solve? 👇
#WebDevelopment #GameDevelopment #JavaScript #FullStackDevelopment #BuildInPublic
It was great working on this project together💕👌✌️
Gladly love it
Nice work
Good to hear that💕💕💕
Toughest for me was a rich text editor that swallowed the first keystroke when it took focus. No error, no crash, the text just published with the first letter missing. It stayed hidden a while precisely because nothing failed loudly. Now I read the field back before submitting....
That's a great example of a "silent" bug. Those can be much harder to catch because everything appears to be working normally until you notice the actual user experience is wrong. I really like your point about reading the field back before submission sometimes the best...
Only after, mostly. Checks everywhere and you end up with code nobody reads and warnings nobody trusts.
The one I add by default is a read-back on anything that leaves the process: form submit, API write, file upload. Confirm it landed by asking the system again, not by checking...
That's a really valuable lesson. I hadn't looked at verification from that angle before especially the difference between confirming what my code thinks happened and confirming what the actual system received.
The "source of truth" point really stands out to me. For something...
Debugging is where the real learning happens; great job pushing through and making Shadow Heist playable! 🎮🔥
This maps onto design work more than people expect: the first version comes together fast, then most of the real time goes into the edge cases and states nobody sees in the demo. Shipping something that holds up under real use is the actual job.
i love this
can i colaborate with you
Exceptional 🙌
Nice game🔥 . Hard to believe its JS based
That first keystroke vanishing is such an annoying and silent bug. Reading the field value directly before submitting rather than trusting the visible output is exactly the right instinct.
good Ridwan
The gap between built and playable is where product engineering really lives. The best fixes are almost invisible: no broken state, no lost progress, no confusing recovery. Which bug forced the biggest architectural change during Shadow Heist?
Interesting perspective, but a robust pre-production phase and strict testing setup usually prevents these endless debugging cycles altogether.
Interesting, do you have a link to try it out?
Very nice
Weldon 👏👏
Really nice UI direction😍 the visual style and overall presentation look great. If you ever need help with game UI/UX, interface design, or polishing the visual system, feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to collaborate.🙌
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Been playing around with 3D on the web and ended up building this.
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wait you can actually play roulette in there? how long does it take to load?