#028 - Today was a good day

Daniel L

Aug 23, 2024 — 1 min read

It was a good day. As I progress through this project I realize I need to take advantage of momentum. With a tight deadline like September 1st I need to make as much progress as possible daily. This isn't to say I need to burn the midnight oil each day, but I need to be efficient with time and which features to implement. It's easy to get taken away all the features I could implement, but time is of the essence. My mindset for this project is "addition by subtraction." Focusing on the core features like, game logic, inputs, outputs, and some basic error handling is about all that is needed at this point. Keep pushing!

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Disables/removes the input guess box when the user guesses correctly

Messed around with creating the greyscale images. Manual for now, but should be automated down the road

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