100 Things To Do On Your Game

Writing: 1. Add 1 section/scene to outline; 2. Break down 1 section of outline; 3. Fill out 20% more of character sheet or expand character sheet; 4. Use the Character Interaction Wheel; 5. Do a Character Interview; 6. Edit 1 scene of your draft; 7. Do 1 page of Leviathan Worldbuilding; 8. Write to the next hundred; 9. Dive into 1 character's backstory; 10. Start a word crawl; 11. Read dialogue out loud
Coding: 12. Bug Hunt; 13. Fix 1 bug; 14. Decouple something; 15. Code part of 1 feature; 16.Study the coding language your WIP is written in; 17. Plan out classes need for 1 feature; 18. Add comments to code; 19. Progress on a feature; 20. Work on AI; 21. Plan a tool; 22. Consider optimization; 23. Create way to simulate states; 24. Simulate game scenario; 25. Have a rubber duck session
Game Design: 26. Chart ideal difficulty curve; 27. Break feature into tasks; 28. Calaulate progression curve; 29. Make/edit choice map; 30. Playthrough like a noob; 31. Edit UI; 32. Test for accessibility; 33. Work on tutorial; 34. Develop core mechanic; 35. Cut or justify 1 feature; 36. Edit one pager; 37. Fine tune menu system; 38. Consult game accessibility site; 39. Work on game feel; 40. Attempt a speedrun; 41. Evaluate systems; 42. Collect gameplay refs; 43. Test controls; 44. Playtest all the way through
Research: 45. Research a similar setting; 46. Research time period; 47. Research weapons/tech; 48. Research sensitive topics; 49. Research flora/fauna
Art: 50. Design 1 map/bg; 51. Design a character; 52. Animate 2 frames; 53. Make a ref board; 54. Work on a model; 55. Finish an asset; 56. Make a background; 57. Color something; 58. Work on a sprite; 59. Draw UI asset; 60. Touch up an old asset; 61. Design an item; 62. Work on an expression; 63. Light a scene; 63. Storyboard a scene; 64. Make/find VFX; 65. Make asset list; 66. Make animation list; 67. Test animations; 68. Make/find particle effect; 69. Check animations
Audio: 70. Make/Add to SFX list; 71. Balance audio levels; 72. Find music; 73. Add UI sounds; 74. Make a loop seamless
Marketing: 75. Determine target audience; 76. Plan 1 post; 77. Determine competing products; 78. Analyze competing product's fans; 79. Write a devlog; 80. Write blog post highlighting a feature; 81. Locate target audience; 82. Edit game page; 83. Plan release date; 84. Plan prelaunch
Community: 85. Support another dev; 86. Seek support; 87. Create thanks screen; 88. Get feedback; 89. Check credits screen
Project Management: 90. Chart time taken on a task; 91. Update kanban board; 92. Add tasks to backlog; 93. Estimate time costs; 94. Plan next milestone; 95. Work on 1st task in todo list

“But wait, these don’t add up to 100!”

That’s because whenever I was stumped coming up with my list last year I added something I often forget to do: rest. So for each category imagine there is another entry at the end telling you to rest.