INDEPENDENT VIDEO GAME STUDIO
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I am Daniel.
How did I get here?
Well... first and foremost I've been an avid film lover my entire life. So much so that to this day, I have imbedded in my brain a fair amount of — some could say, useless movie knowledge.
I started off writing screenplays with nothing but an endless imagination, a wish and mostly naivety. Passion burned bright, but eventually my hunger for story grew into a starvation. The only cure was expansion into the written world.
For years I have had two sizeable projects waiting in the wings to be finished and developed further into novels.
So why am I here?
A writer who loves the visual of film and the poetry of prose. Why does building a small video game company make any sense?
Because I love games as well.
I am a Sega kid. Graduated to Sony and eventually to Steam, but one genre has stood out in my mind ever since I experienced it back there in the Sega days.
The side scrolling cinematic platformer.
I will be brutally honest here. I can't code, but I have a well rounded concept and desire to bring it forth into reality. With the advent of AI, I lost steam in my own writings. I know the pain and pleasure of creation, however I have debated the morals of using these tools for a while. And in the end, seen the power of what can be achieved.
Hear me when I say, I don't want to use AI to build a game or write my story. I want to use it to learn how one works so that I may build a vertical slice. To show to developers and artists far more talented at this gig than I, to communicate the story I wish to tell. So that I may bring it all together and produce, I hope, a memorable experience that might just sit in the halls of all the greats.
Can I achieve this?
We will find out together...
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Building this in public — progress updates land here, however small. Hold & drag the screen to scroll the archive ↓
27 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 014
Hello world 👋
The website is now live!
25 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 013
I am now a Steamworks developer.
21 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 012
Signed up for the pro version of Claude. Continued to work on the website. Claude coding is super crazy! Not in a million years would I have been able to build and develop what is quickly becoming a pretty cool little website. I am very impressed!
19 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 011
I applied to become a Steamworks developer. In the meantime, whilst waiting for approval I have decided to work on a website design.
18 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 010
Registered my domains and set up my business email as hello@dedicatedcabs.com. Then began securing my social handles.
17 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 009
I spent a good long while trying to figure out a good name for my company. Side note: I love names, especially with multiple meanings. I usually start with a title and draw the essence of a story, characters and concept from it. What I have found which is quite challenging though, is trying to find something relatively unique that has not been taken. I went through a lot of ideas and nothing truly sang to me.
Lo and behold, after many iterations, I was amazed when I stumbled upon what you would now know as Dedicated Cabs. I actually could not believe it when I got it, as it hails from the old school arcade days, meaning: an original or factory-built machine designed to house just one specific game, featuring custom artwork, marquees, and specialized control panels built explicitly for that title.
I was excited. And so, Dedicated Cabs was born. A one man, independent video game company, whose mission is to bring a dedicated virtual experience to whoever wants to play.
15 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 008
Applied for an ABN and now I am a Sole Trader!
14 JUL 2026 — ENTRY 007
I learned to build a movement system, a standing jump and a momentum jump. I used a placeholder spritesheet from one of my favourite games — and which is also a large inspiration to Prototype #2 — so I could find what animations I would eventually need for my own game. I did run into problems in the way I set up my original animations in Construct, but then learned the power of a state machine!
Eventually, I burned through my 50 free events and arrived at something I was very happy with.
Of course, it was far from finished, but far out! I was impressed!! And all of this was achieved on next to no money. To move forward required spending some real hard cash and thus, I was convinced that I could bring Prototype #2 to life.
23 JUN 2026 — ENTRY 006
Enter Claude...
Claude proved to be the best fit for me in learning Construct 3. The free version gave me the ability to upload multiple photos. Soon, I was able to convince myself that utilising the enhancements of Claude to fast track my learning of Construct 3 would be, for the most part, a success.
22 JUN 2026 — ENTRY 005
Gemini proved better at tutorials as I could upload a photo of my event sheet and follow along. But again, I was capped at 1 photo per turn in the free model. It was giving me question marks in the code as well. I went back and forth with the process: photo, follow, mistake, etc, until eventually it proved frustrating enough for me to find another model.
My concept was strong in my mind and I did not want to give up on it.
5 JUN 2026 — ENTRY 004
After dabbling with ChatGPT, I used it for placeholder art and built a basic jump system. I then learnt about coyote time and jump buffer in Construct 3, but soon realised I was being guided and did not feel I actually needed them. Evidently, ChatGPT proved difficult to acquire a good tutorial process — for me at least. It gave me code that just did not match and confused me. I gave up on that iteration and went back to basics. I ventured toward Gemini.
23 MAY 2026 — ENTRY 003
I created a draft of what I wanted to achieve. Distinct level biomes were created. A main mechanic was developed and the core concept was brought to the forefront and into fruition.
22 MAY 2026 — ENTRY 002
I decided to pick Construct 3 as I discovered it is mostly a visual based system. I attempted to use ChatGPT to guide me through understanding the program along with YouTube videos and written tutorials so I could learn how to build my first ever vertical slice.
15 MAY 2026 — ENTRY 001
Prototype #1 developed into something far too ambitious for me. Lesson learned. Moving on. Original concept stripped back. Reconfigured into something more manageable for my burgeoning skill set.
Prototype #2 begins...
24 APR 2026 — ENTRY 000
Concept for Prototype #1 created. Idea, story, and mechanics developed.
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Dedicated Cabs is a one man independent studio at the moment, building original games for PC. I am very early in development and working on my first release.
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