Build notes, progression experiments, and milestones from the ongoing development of Infinite Miner.
The blog should feel like the rest of the Infinite Miner site: direct, readable, and focused on the game. This page tracks development updates without burying the latest posts under a separate visual system.
If you want the current direction of the project, jump to the roadmap. If you want a quick plain-English summary first, read What Is Infinite Miner?. If you want the running story of how the game is being built, start with the newest post below.
When to press the button, what to do with your Shards, and why resetting is not losing.
When to press the button, what to do with your Shards, and why resetting is not losing. The Star Drive is the moment Infinite Miner players often hesitate at longest. You have spent time...
Read guideSeeded randomness, deterministic galaxies, and keeping things fair while keeping them fresh.
Seeded randomness, deterministic galaxies, and keeping things fair while keeping them fresh. One of the questions I get most often from players is some variation of this: Are the planets...
Read dev logThinking through the systems that give each run its shape.
Thinking through the systems that give each run its shape. Since the alpha launched, most of my energy has gone into two areas: balance and the contract system. They are connected in ways...
Read dev logInfinite Miner is now live in alpha.
Since writing the first devlog, I've been heads-down building. A lot of the work lately has been less about big dramatic features and more about getting Infinite Miner into a state where it...
Read dev logWhere it started, what it is, and where it is going.
Where it started, what it is, and where it’s going. Infinite Miner began, as many small projects do, with a simple question: why are “number go up” games so compelling? A few YouTube videos...
Read dev log