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| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
  Generalizationismic | 
Posted - 2/27/2008 9:32:52 PM | Phew, been a busy week, but today I got quite a lot done again. I generalized the code for input mapping, component subsystems (which are responsible for managing the entity components of a game world) and collision handling, and I’m quite happy with all of them at the moment. Terrain is also a bit more interesting now (see screenshot below). If I have time, tomorrow I’ll continue on gameplay. Though after that, there will most likely be a whole week without any progress for Real Life reasons.
Screenshot teaser:
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| Sunday, February 24, 2008 |
| Component-based fun | |
Posted - 2/24/2008 6:23:08 PM | As I suspected, most of yesterday was spent snowboarding and playing board games, but today I have been working quite a lot on the game again. Specifically, I’ve been working on component-based entities. It was quite a big a change and it essentially had to be done all at once, so the game didn’t even start for the whole day.
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| Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
| Day four: entity types | |
Posted - 2/21/2008 8:31:43 PM | Got more stuff done today. I started on entity types with a type database, added a simple texture manager and again structured and consolidated lots of code.
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| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| Slow day three | |
Posted - 2/20/2008 7:55:49 PM | As expected, today was a bit slower on the coding front. I did manage to implement a unit-based turn system (as opposed to a player-based), meaning a player can potentially have multiple units and not all units have to be controlled by players. There’s also really basic collision response now: shells disappear when they hit anything. I’m tempted to improve the camera next, but I think I’ll start fleshing out units tomorrow instead. Gameplay before polish. :) Until tomorrow, then.
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| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| Day two | |
Posted - 2/19/2008 9:03:46 PM | Like yesterday, I didn’t get what I wanted to done, but did get as much done as I wanted to. :) Summary of today’s accomplishments:
* Physics simulation for all objects, thanks to Chipmunk (see screenshot #1 below)
* Units can now shoot, but turns don’t change yet (screenshot #2)
* Input mapping is done in a really nice, general and configurable way, though still needs more work, but that will be for later (this took quite a while to write)
* Lots and lots of structuring and cleanup of code
Screenshots teasers:
 
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| Plan for the day | |
Posted - 2/19/2008 6:52:19 AM | Ok, I’m all ready to start development for today. Today I’m going to focus on gameplay and playing around with physics assisted by Chipmunk. But first I’m going to write a bit about my plans for the game.
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| Monday, February 18, 2008 |
| Day one | |
Posted - 2/18/2008 9:38:00 PM | Ok, so I didn’t actually update during the day and didn’t get an actual playable game prototype done today, but I’m damn pleased with my progress in any case. :) And I don’t remember programming being this satisfying for a long, long time!
Teaser image:
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| Roots | |
Posted - 2/18/2008 5:02:18 AM | Morning.
First order of the day is a little rant and laying out of plans. As I said in an earlier post about my history as a game developer and yesterday’s post, I haven’t really done any game development for a long while. I think my problem is perfectionism.
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| Sunday, February 17, 2008 |
| Programmer's block | |
Posted - 2/17/2008 4:30:28 PM | I know, I know, I haven’t written an entry for a while, and I haven’t actually got anything done either. I’ve been struck with programmer’s block: for many days now I’ve fired up Eclipse and just stared at code but getting nothing actually done.
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| Saturday, February 2, 2008 |
| Rumours | |
Posted - 2/2/2008 4:58:10 AM | Rumours of me disappearing have been grealty exaggerated.
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