[PERSONAL:]
Ok, I haven't worked on Archetype for almost a week because my favorite RPG table top group suddenly finds itself GMless and I decided to try giving the job a go. Not that I've actually started GMing. It's an online group that used a virtual table top (VTT) and I've been spending a week organizing, to the best of my abilities, stuff for my campaign. With any luck, it'll be worth the time put in.
On top of that, I've suddenly developed a hankering for Space Opera 4X gaming again and, while MOO2 has been helping, I've really developed an urge to try my hand at writing a 4X game. Gah! I hate when my brain does this. But, if I don't sidetrack a little, I'll loose all concentration for any project (the "run and hide" way of dealing with things), so, I figure working on 2 code projects is worth trying. Besides, the code from the Archetype engine could be used for the 4X I'm thinking of... if not in whole, then in part.
[DEVELOPMENT:]
Which leads to a question I've been pondering. Thus far I've been working on Archetype's graphic system. Currently, there's nothing about the graphics system that makes it unusable by any style of game. As such, I've been wondering if I should split out my graphics from Archetype into another library, or just copy the graphic code from Archetype and past it into whatever 4X engine I decide to write. Of course, this question may mean that I have a flimsy idea, over all, on what exactly an "engine" is and what makes it different than a "library" or (in Python terms) a "module".
In any case, I'm still hacking away at my code.
