HacknPlan Blog Archive
Explore older product updates, workflow deep-dives, and team insights from HacknPlan.
Chris Estevez - May 23, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! This new update comes with a pair of interesting features many of you were waiting for: the backlog panel and the email notifications. We had another cool feature we couldn't finally deliver this iteration, task dependencies (blocking tasks until others are completed) but we underestimated some of the backend work that was required to...
Chris Estevez - May 14, 2016
...or how to create feature based iterations of your game. When it comes to project management in general and prioritization in particular, many doubts arise among developers, especially in small teams and/or indies who don't have the clear figure of a producer. This does not apply to game development only, it happens to other kinds of projects too,...
Chris Estevez - May 8, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! As we announced in the last post, this new update comes with very important changes in the way the application is organized and how you navigate through the different sections and tools. For those who are very used to the old navigation scheme these changes might be a little confusing at first, but we...
Chris Estevez - April 26, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! This update comes with few but very important new features. First of all, we have rebuilt our authentication and authorization system to make use of the OAuth2 protocol, which allows you to use external providers to get access to the application among other things. And... surprise! We have implemented the first one: Google. This...
Chris Estevez - March 27, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! It's been a month since the last update of HacknPlan, instead of the usual 2-3 weeks cycle. The reason? Two wonderful weeks of vacations I enjoyed in the sunny Almeria, south of Spain (place where I come from, by the way). I'm sure you will forgive me :-). As a compensation, I come with a...
Chris Estevez - February 28, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! A new update is live! I have to say I couldn't deliver all the features I initially planned for this iteration due to personal impediments, however I managed to bring you some little improvements that are very useful and can make a difference. Let's check them out! Features and improvements Importance level for tasks: We...
Chris Estevez - February 14, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! We have a pretty interesting update here. Finally, we implemented one of the most requested features: file attachments! Many of you have requested this feature tons of times, in order to upload your screenshots instead of having to link them from external storage services. Now your files can be contained in HacknPlan and, most importantly, under the privacy...
Chris Estevez - January 20, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! This is the first devlog of the year. We already deployed some of these features a few weeks ago, mainly small improvements implemented during Christmas time, that I will also mention here. We start the year full of energy to work on the challenging and exciting roadmap we have in front of us and...
Chris Estevez - December 21, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! I've been quite busy recently, mainly working on the notification system which is the main feature we are launching this week. It's been quite a lot of work in the shadows to prepare the system for many new functionalities related to activity in HacknPlan. We are not only sending notifications to keep you updated about what's...
Chris Estevez - November 25, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! I'm back with some interesting updates. We've done a lot of backend work regarding the notification system that is not ready yet, but will come soon. In exchange, we implemented several usability features and visual improvements I'm sure you will like. Let's go! Features and improvements One of the most important changes is the...
Chris Estevez - November 15, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! It's been longer than expected since my last update. I try to do really short iterations and deploy new stuff into production every week or so, but I have to admit that I underestimated the main feature I had to develop this time and it ended up taking a lot more than expected. Anyway, all...
Chris Estevez - October 28, 2015
I was a solo game developer myself when I came up with the idea of HacknPlan, it was something I really needed in order to organize my work the way I wanted. Maybe I'm a control freak, but I really believe a proper work methodology and planning is key to make a serious project a success, no matter...
Chris Estevez - October 26, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! We don't have big visual changes this week, but we improved a bit the performance of the application and added several improvements and bug fixes. Let's take a look! Features and improvements We improved the performance of the kanban boards. There is still big room for improvement, but we reduced the loading time of...
Chris Estevez - October 14, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! I'm adopting this concept of weekly development diary to explain the changes I'm applying to the application and what I will be working on during the next iteration. Today we pushed live several interesting improvements and features. Here we go! Features and improvements We added some small badges with a number inside after the category...
Chris Estevez - October 5, 2015
It's been a week since I released the first version of HacknPlan beta and I asked the gamedev community for feedback. You people are amazing!! I received a lot of information, bug reports, suggestions, opinions... The comments are pretty good generally speaking, and even though this is just a beta and there is a long...
Chris Estevez - September 25, 2015
Sooo HacknPlan beta is live. Wow, it has been a crazy journey since I decided to start working seriously on this project, like 6 months ago, using just the free time I can steal from a full time job and my father responsibilities. I had this idea long time ago while I was working on...
HacknPlan Blog Archive
Explore older product updates, workflow deep-dives, and team insights from HacknPlan.
Chris Estevez - May 23, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! This new update comes with a pair of interesting features many of you were waiting for: the backlog panel and the email notifications. We had another cool feature we couldn't finally deliver this iteration, task dependencies (blocking tasks until others are completed) but we underestimated some of the backend work that was required to...
Chris Estevez - May 14, 2016
...or how to create feature based iterations of your game. When it comes to project management in general and prioritization in particular, many doubts arise among developers, especially in small teams and/or indies who don't have the clear figure of a producer. This does not apply to game development only, it happens to other kinds of projects too,...
Chris Estevez - May 8, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! As we announced in the last post, this new update comes with very important changes in the way the application is organized and how you navigate through the different sections and tools. For those who are very used to the old navigation scheme these changes might be a little confusing at first, but we...
Chris Estevez - April 26, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! This update comes with few but very important new features. First of all, we have rebuilt our authentication and authorization system to make use of the OAuth2 protocol, which allows you to use external providers to get access to the application among other things. And... surprise! We have implemented the first one: Google. This...
Chris Estevez - March 27, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! It's been a month since the last update of HacknPlan, instead of the usual 2-3 weeks cycle. The reason? Two wonderful weeks of vacations I enjoyed in the sunny Almeria, south of Spain (place where I come from, by the way). I'm sure you will forgive me :-). As a compensation, I come with a...
Chris Estevez - February 28, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! A new update is live! I have to say I couldn't deliver all the features I initially planned for this iteration due to personal impediments, however I managed to bring you some little improvements that are very useful and can make a difference. Let's check them out! Features and improvements Importance level for tasks: We...
Chris Estevez - February 14, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! We have a pretty interesting update here. Finally, we implemented one of the most requested features: file attachments! Many of you have requested this feature tons of times, in order to upload your screenshots instead of having to link them from external storage services. Now your files can be contained in HacknPlan and, most importantly, under the privacy...
Chris Estevez - January 20, 2016
Hi hacknplanners! This is the first devlog of the year. We already deployed some of these features a few weeks ago, mainly small improvements implemented during Christmas time, that I will also mention here. We start the year full of energy to work on the challenging and exciting roadmap we have in front of us and...
Chris Estevez - December 21, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! I've been quite busy recently, mainly working on the notification system which is the main feature we are launching this week. It's been quite a lot of work in the shadows to prepare the system for many new functionalities related to activity in HacknPlan. We are not only sending notifications to keep you updated about what's...
Chris Estevez - November 25, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! I'm back with some interesting updates. We've done a lot of backend work regarding the notification system that is not ready yet, but will come soon. In exchange, we implemented several usability features and visual improvements I'm sure you will like. Let's go! Features and improvements One of the most important changes is the...
Chris Estevez - November 15, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! It's been longer than expected since my last update. I try to do really short iterations and deploy new stuff into production every week or so, but I have to admit that I underestimated the main feature I had to develop this time and it ended up taking a lot more than expected. Anyway, all...
Chris Estevez - October 28, 2015
I was a solo game developer myself when I came up with the idea of HacknPlan, it was something I really needed in order to organize my work the way I wanted. Maybe I'm a control freak, but I really believe a proper work methodology and planning is key to make a serious project a success, no matter...
Chris Estevez - October 26, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! We don't have big visual changes this week, but we improved a bit the performance of the application and added several improvements and bug fixes. Let's take a look! Features and improvements We improved the performance of the kanban boards. There is still big room for improvement, but we reduced the loading time of...
Chris Estevez - October 14, 2015
Hi hacknplanners! I'm adopting this concept of weekly development diary to explain the changes I'm applying to the application and what I will be working on during the next iteration. Today we pushed live several interesting improvements and features. Here we go! Features and improvements We added some small badges with a number inside after the category...
Chris Estevez - October 5, 2015
It's been a week since I released the first version of HacknPlan beta and I asked the gamedev community for feedback. You people are amazing!! I received a lot of information, bug reports, suggestions, opinions... The comments are pretty good generally speaking, and even though this is just a beta and there is a long...
Chris Estevez - September 25, 2015
Sooo HacknPlan beta is live. Wow, it has been a crazy journey since I decided to start working seriously on this project, like 6 months ago, using just the free time I can steal from a full time job and my father responsibilities. I had this idea long time ago while I was working on...
