Dev Diary
Behind the scenes of building Road to Headliner.
Dev Diary
How We Model Band Chemistry Between Real People
A band is four or five moods sharing one stage. A dev diary on our band chemistry system: what we simulate, what we refuse to, and why cohesion must fall.
Oct 28, 20265 min read
Dev Diary
How We Built the Festival Circuit (and What Broke)
A dev diary on festival circuit design: four tiers, season-long seeding, the timezone bug that cost a player his slot, and what we changed after.
Oct 27, 20265 min read
Dev Diary
Behind the Music: How We Figure Out If a Song Is Any Good
A look behind the curtain at how Road to Headliner decides if a track is a hit or a dud, and why we threw out our first version.
Jul 12, 20263 min read
Dev Diary
Behind the Music: How We Built the Song Quality Algorithm
A developer diary on designing fair, exciting, and strategic song quality mechanics with deterministic RNG.
Feb 9, 20267 min read
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