git init fujoguide

The Roadmap

From our Kickstarter, to your digital (and physical) inboxes, discover where FujoGuide is currently at and where it's going!

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Pre-work

The often-unseen work of figuring out the work: locking in concepts, mapping out tasks and blockers, and tallying up our funding so we know how much we have available. And did we mention...creating this very website?

  • c72f0 feat(site): launched fujoweb.dev live on stream
  • 18b3e docs(plan): mapped out the project plan
  • a3f9d chore(budget): created costs spreadsheet
git:(issue-1)

First Draft

Time to, as we say, "git working"! Here, we dove deep into outlines, explanations, surrounding content... then scrapped it all, reworking this foundational-but-malleable material into a hands-on learning adventure (that is, a Yaoi-tastic™ dress-up game).

  • c72f0 docs(outline): reworked structure towards hands-on learning
  • a3f9d feat(content): drafted first two chapters
  • 18b3e feat(lore): developed Git + HTML/CSS/ARIA character dynamics
zine-maker.html notes.md

Zine Maker

To make a zine (that is really a book), a developer must first code their own zine maker. This powerful tool (that is really an Astro website) lets us use our web skills while writing, then turns our HTML, CSS, and Markdown into multi-format zines when shipping!

  • built an Astro-based zine maker
  • added browser zine preview
  • prototyped printable zine(s) export
file:///dressup.html

Art Wave

With the concept set, we get to commission more art: clothes for HTML, a cover for the zine, and—at the center of our scenario—some choice artisanal sketches by our lead... writer. We'll bring in the real professionals once we're closer to final print!

  • Scenario art locked-in jokes
  • Commissioned HTML's clothes
  • Created cover art concept
git:(issue-1)

Issue 1 (Beta 1)

The zine's first review round, featuring our ethically-sourced Git newcomers. Feedback is critical at this point: everything is still subject to change if that's what our glorious (and generous) beta readers ask for! Their verdict? Fun, approachable, “like a legit textbook”.

  • f41c8 feat(content): assembled first zine draft
  • 9d270 test(content): recruited beta readers and ran feedback round
  • 31f9a fix(structure): split Volume 0 into multiple issues

Digital rewards

Now shipping: our exclusive digital pack! Featuring: wallpapers of our characters in every size we could think of, a printable HTML paper doll, a pile of Boba-tan emoji, website goodies (like a corner buddy you can drop into your own site), behind-the-scenes pitch decks, character notes, and yes!—a nostalgic, git-alicious 88×31 badge.

Wallpapers/ 18 sets · 5 sizes each
  • all-characters/ digital ensemble
  • characters-git, -html, -css/ for those with a favorite
  • localhost-trio, browserland-trio/ nothing like a good OT3
  • Background Patterns/ hearts, ducks & nyan gits
Behind the Scenes/ how the guide got made
  • Initial Pitch.pdf where it all started
  • Worldbuilding Doc.pdf
  • Character Notes/ 6+ PDFs · git, html, terminal & co
Website Goodies & More/ decorate your own corner
  • Shimeji-Corner Buddy/ drop-in JS website buddy
  • Paper Doll/ Dress up HTML...on paper! · PDF
  • Emoji Set/ 30+ Boba-tan reactions · PNG
git_website_badge_88x31.gif exclusive badge
learn.astro notes.md

Launched learn@fujoweb.dev

Our home for free FujoGuide material is born! Our first zine beta revealed an important constraint: we made learning Git fun, but figuring out a Terminal...still not quite! So, instead of putting these fundamental skills in a zine, we built a free learning site where everyone can pick them up.

  • Deployed Astro Starlight site
  • Fundraised for more guides
  • Wrote guide to the Terminal
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Issue 1 (Beta 2)

Precious feedback in hand, our production machine smoothly turns. This time, our betas get a rubric to guide their feedback—and bond over passionate arguments on comma placement (it's how you know they're having fun)! In the end, there's no need for an extra round.

  • b84e6 feat(process): created structured beta round process
  • 2fa09 test(content): gathered fresh feedback from returning and new betas
  • d6138 fix(details): handed comma-level disputes to neutral editor
file:///extra-characters

Getting more Gits

How do you fill more volumes? With more Gits, of course! With preparations for Issue 2 on the horizon, we start expanding our "panthe(r)on" of Git-based characters.

  • Designed GitLab
  • Designed Gitea
  • Designed Forgejo
git:(issue-1)

Digital Preview Assembly

It's go time! Last round of revisions to catch pesky typos and other tiny inconsistencies, plus helping our callout boxes (and terminals) survive page breaks...featuring a few textual tweaks to avoid ugly page gaps. This is when the lore pages get designed, and our back cover is born. One thought carries us forward: everything we did here will carry over to Issue 2!

  • 4c7a1 fix(copy): corrected final typos and inconsistencies
  • 8e30f feat(layout): finalized preview styles and international layouts
  • 1bd59 fix(pdf): resolved PDF conversion issues

Shipped issue 1 digital preview

After a lot of work, our backers finally get to hold the zine in their hands! The zip folder is heavy, but chock-full of goods: printable zines come foldable like a real zine booklet, or as half/full-page PDFs that look as great on screens as they do on paper. Not to mention, everything is available in both A4 and Letter, to be enjoyed all over the world!

FujoGuide-Vol0-Issue1-Git.pdf 16 MB · 119 pages
printables.zip 18 PDFs · Letter & A4
  • git-full-Letter.pdf 92 pages
  • git-full-HalfLetter.pdf half sheet
  • git-full-HalfLetter-foldable.pdf zine fold
  • git-main-Letter.pdf main only · 61 pages
  • git-extras-Letter.pdf extras only · 28 pages
  • A4 (Rest of the World)/ the same nine, in A4 & A5
exercise-files.zip 3 lookbooks · 44 MB
  • html-lookbook.zip
  • html-lookbook-with-history.zip
  • html-lookbook-with-catfight.zip
exclusive-badge.gif 88×31
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Issue 2 1st Draft

As Issue 1 gets its round of praise and feedback, we charge ahead with issue 2! This issue is a step up in complexity, adding topics like branches, remote, and merges...and, even more scary, rebases! But where there's a will, there's a way—and that way (as we know) is hot fictional characters and the websites that celebrate them.

  • 2d8f4 feat(content): completed Issue 2 first draft
  • a61e7 feat(story): devised another engaging, kinda wild teaching scenario
  • 74c2f fix(structure): incorporated lessons from Issue 1 beta feedback
file:///sexyman-shrine

Boba-tan's Sexyman Shrine

To fully commit to the bit, our yaoi-brained protagonist must first be given her own blorbo-filled website. What better way to invite people to learn than to invite them to play around with a real, 00s-web inspired character shrine, featuring our very own Funblr Sexyman?

  • built shrine layout
  • added lore sections
  • sprinkled small site challenges
learn.astro notes.md

Learn Site Expansion

Our free learning resources grows beyond the terminal: not only we add sections for JavaScript and NodeJS, but for the very first time we hire community contributors to do so!

  • Hired community contributors for writing
  • Experimented with writing process
  • Added new sections to learn@
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Issue 2 (Beta 1)

Back at it again with our favorite assembly of Betas (outside of fanfictions, at least)! With the process now worked out, our beta coordinators swiftly gather them in a not-so-secret group chat lair to uncover frustrations and ensure everything is smooth—even when the content isn't.

  • 2d8f4 feat(betas): recruited Issue 2 beta readers
  • a61e7 feat(process): assembled readers in a dedicated group chat
  • 74c2f docs(feedback): aggregated feedback into beta report
https://store.fujocoded.com/

Issue 1 Limited Sale

Issue 1 is out, but only for backers...until we bring out the preview to our first con for its first, exclusive pre-sale! After it swiftly outsells every paddle and tote on the table (yes, even those emblazoned with "yaoi"), we make pre-sale at special events a regular part of our presence.

  • Sell preview printouts at our first con
  • Add secret unlisted direct-link items
  • Sell digital preview at online events
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Issue 2 Restructuring

Much like with Issue 1, our beta readers raved about Issue 2. But unlike Issue 1, their feedback showed a "sure, I was confused at times, but that's just me" undercurrent. Not in this zine! Rejecting the easy "it's not your zine, it's me" explanation, we poke and prod at issue 2's structure until it's tamed.

  • 2d8f4 docs(feedback): processed Beta 1 feedback
  • a61e7 fix(structure): rearranged, cut, and re-rearranged zine content
  • 74c2f refactor(chapters): finalized the improved outline and chapter structure
learn.astro notes.md

learn@ GitHub edition

Not everything lives between two covers—and some of the content cut from our restructured Issue 2, sure didn't need to! Instead, it gets a roomier home on learn@, where anyone can read it and find it...useful.

  • Wrote "Connecting to GitHub via CLI"
  • Wrote "Connecting to GitHub with SSH"
  • Final typos and content review
HEAD (we're here)
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Issue 2 (Pre)²view

It's time to put our work back into readers' hands—and this time, we go almost-straight to our backers! Our (pre)²view turns a slice of the newly-restructured Issue 2 into a public Beta: enough material to show off the zine restructure(which we're so proud of!), get real feedback on the new flow, and give everyone a fun new scenario to play with right away.

  • ····· feat(content): finalized rewritten existing chapters
  • ····· fix(copy): completed informal typo and feedback pass
  • ····· fix(zine): smoothed out another zine's software kinks
issue-2.astro notes.md

Upgrade zine maker

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Issue 2 Final & Extras

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Assemble Digital Preview

Ship Issue 2 digital preview

not yet released

fujoweb.dev/art

Full art commission

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Public Sale: Digital Previews

fujoweb.dev/art

Final Book Preparation

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Physical rewards preparation

addresses.md notes.md

Send backer survey

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Physical rewards distribution

Ship Physical Rewards

not yet released

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Public Sale: Full Set

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Distribute community copies

Campaign Fulfilled

not yet released

Want your own copy?

Want to be there when each of these commits lands? Follow along on Kickstarter updates or check out Volume 0 for the full details on each issue.

Let me know when it’s out!