I'm writing a computer game called The Eldritch Zookeeper (https://store.steampowered.com/app/654960/The_Eldritch_Zooke...), it's a spooky management/tycoon game where you're a cursed zookeeper and have to run a zoo full of monsters. Very much inspired by old Bullfrog games. Lots of fun to dream up weird creatures and program a very data/systems-driven simulation that still uses lots of physics!
Indie game dev is my full time job, so this isn't so much a personal project as my regular job that I thankfully get to continue in my small home office. Getting to paint and animate and design monsters, as well as write code, or do the marketing parts - it's all interesting and engaging in different ways.
Theme Park World is a big influence. Remember the advisor character, kind of looked like an ant? My game also has an advisor (not an ant, though) that is also voiced by a Scottish accent. I hadn't even meant to make that same choice, but the effect of that game runs deep!
Indie game dev is my full time job, so this isn't so much a personal project as my regular job that I thankfully get to continue in my small home office. Getting to paint and animate and design monsters, as well as write code, or do the marketing parts - it's all interesting and engaging in different ways.