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July 29, 2013
Just tossed this piece of code together - it wraps void* points with asserts() to ensure you are getting the same type that you originally set.
Normally I shy away from void* pointers as I feel like they are indicators of bad design, but sometimes you need to use them, and when you do, they might as…
Normally I shy away from void* pointers as I feel like they are indicators of bad design, but sometimes you need to use them, and when you do, they might as…
July 25, 2013
Here's some art I made today and yesterday for my RPG game project.
([size=2]Note: This art is not public domain - I intend to use it for my own game projects - though I'd love to release some of it in the future)
Since Of Stranger Flames takes place in a heavily-forested land, I need alot of shrubbe…
([size=2]Note: This art is not public domain - I intend to use it for my own game projects - though I'd love to release some of it in the future)
Since Of Stranger Flames takes place in a heavily-forested land, I need alot of shrubbe…
July 22, 2013
July 07, 2013
What's cool about Qt is that you can make really impressive looking interfaces fairly quickly.
Here's what the editor looks like today, compared with a week ago:
Still alot of work todo. I'm halfway considering licensing this editor out as a RPG making tool, or maybe just a tile editor, when I finish…
Here's what the editor looks like today, compared with a week ago:
Still alot of work todo. I'm halfway considering licensing this editor out as a RPG making tool, or maybe just a tile editor, when I finish…
June 28, 2013
For a few reasons, I needed to rework a good part of my game editor *again*. This is at least the third time.
Here's the work I did today and yesterday, but I think I'll be able to quickly re-integrate the components from the previous editor. Most of the underlying engine code is the same.
Last post …
Here's the work I did today and yesterday, but I think I'll be able to quickly re-integrate the components from the previous editor. Most of the underlying engine code is the same.
Last post …
June 25, 2013
I know I haven't posted in a long while. Still working on Of Stranger Flames, but progress has been sporadic. Still optimistic though!
Here's some of the tree art I've been working on:
Alas, this is not a screenshot from within the gam…
Here's some of the tree art I've been working on:
Alas, this is not a screenshot from within the gam…
March 24, 2013
I've set up mercurial and use that for Of Stranger Flames. I should've learned some kind of source versioning system years ago, but the list of things I 'should learn' is rather large.
Mercurial was surprisingly easy to get up and running, so I'm glad. I've installed TortoiseHg but I end up doing …
Mercurial was surprisingly easy to get up and running, so I'm glad. I've installed TortoiseHg but I end up doing …
March 02, 2013
I just finished adding some of the standard Ease equations to my code base for use in Of Stranger Flames.
In discussion about the equations, it was requested for me to share the code here. This is not a tutorial, I don't have enough familiarity with the subject (or with math in general) to explain h…
In discussion about the equations, it was requested for me to share the code here. This is not a tutorial, I don't have enough familiarity with the subject (or with math in general) to explain h…
January 15, 2013
I've been busy with code, and though I've been making little progress, progress is being made.
Yesterday and today I tossed together some art for my game to give me a break in-between compiles. This week's theme has been rough wooden structures.
([size=2]Note: This art, like all the art I reveal on h…
Yesterday and today I tossed together some art for my game to give me a break in-between compiles. This week's theme has been rough wooden structures.
([size=2]Note: This art, like all the art I reveal on h…
December 05, 2012
While wrestling an annoying segfault (one of those, "This shouldn't be happening" bugs), and while chipping away (slowly) at a easy but tedious piece of code that I need to write, I ofcourse recline back and work on some art.
Apparently this weeks theme is couches. I guess my game takes place in a f…
Apparently this weeks theme is couches. I guess my game takes place in a f…
November 25, 2012
I've been making alot of progress on minor points, checking things off my list(s). This is especially good, because I've been really disappointed with my progress of late, mostly due to being busy with non-game development stuff that had to get done, and while my time wasn't "taken up", it was frac…
November 19, 2012
Here's a few pieces of art I tossed together over the past dozen or so days while waiting for code to compile.
Colorful swirling floor
It tiles horizontally and vertically better than you'd guess.
Stone wall
Not my best work - I think it contrasts too much with my other art, but I'll wait until I can s…
Colorful swirling floor
It tiles horizontally and vertically better than you'd guess.
Stone wall
Not my best work - I think it contrasts too much with my other art, but I'll wait until I can s…
October 28, 2012
Hey guys! I got some work done the past week or two. Not as much as I was hoping to, but at least I got something done.
For starters, layers now can be created/deleted using the editor.
Code architecture change
I've made some non-visible changes to the code architecture. I was running into an interes…
For starters, layers now can be created/deleted using the editor.
Code architecture change
I've made some non-visible changes to the code architecture. I was running into an interes…
October 20, 2012
I've been having loads of difficulty getting the "game" part of the code interacting with the "editor" part of the code, but I've finally hit on a decent solution. Such interface-to-system messaging is a problem I usually have with my not-thought-through architectures, but I'm getting better at it.…
September 17, 2012
Phew, I was 'gone' for almost two months (active on the forums and working on AdventureFar's website but no journal posts).
For the past 45 days, I've been chugging hard to get the AdventureFar website (and my personal website) up and running. I made my own WordPress theme, forcing me to learn PHP a…
For the past 45 days, I've been chugging hard to get the AdventureFar website (and my personal website) up and running. I made my own WordPress theme, forcing me to learn PHP a…
July 21, 2012
I have alot of folders and files that I use for programming, and sometimes it's a pain when I manually have to go through them in Windows Explorer. To make it easier, I use a couple tricks:
1) I set icons to folders I use frequently, usually icons that can be at a glance distinguished from each othe…
1) I set icons to folders I use frequently, usually icons that can be at a glance distinguished from each othe…
July 09, 2012
Valve just announced a new way for developers to get onto Steam. They're calling it Steam Greenlight.
Basically, developers early in development start posting stuff about their game, and if the community likes it enough, they upvote the game, and if the game gets enough community support, it brings …
Basically, developers early in development start posting stuff about their game, and if the community likes it enough, they upvote the game, and if the game gets enough community support, it brings …
July 04, 2012
Well, so much for planning ahead! I just unexpectedly spent 20-ish days out of state, without access to the internet. I only got back four days ago.
Naturally, that torpedoed my intentions of getting the level editor working on time (though to be fair, I was already late even before I had to leave).…
Naturally, that torpedoed my intentions of getting the level editor working on time (though to be fair, I was already late even before I had to leave).…
June 13, 2012
Making heavy progress, but still a ways out from actually meeting my milestone of walking around the game world.
Here's the scene where you can edit the areas at a 'chunk' level instead of at a 'tile' level. (Recap: Areas are made up of Chunks which are made up of 20 by 20 tile layers)
Creation and …
Here's the scene where you can edit the areas at a 'chunk' level instead of at a 'tile' level. (Recap: Areas are made up of Chunks which are made up of 20 by 20 tile layers)
Creation and …
June 06, 2012
Hey all, I'm making (slow) progress on AdventureFar. Won't be able to get the game editor (and thus the first town) done by the 15th as hoped.
I am making progress, but my programming time has been constrained slightly for the past week (but that will return to normal in a few more days).
Anyway, I'm…
I am making progress, but my programming time has been constrained slightly for the past week (but that will return to normal in a few more days).
Anyway, I'm…
May 29, 2012
C++ typedefs are weak - they are only a simple alias of the original type, and are implicitly converted to and from the original type.
Here's a basic example:
Here's a basic example:
struct Point
{
int x, y;
};
typedef Point MyPoint;
typedef Point MyOtherPoint;
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Point point;
MyPoint myPoint;
MyO…
May 27, 2012
Just stopping in to say I haven't made much progress since my last post.
Excuses:
[ . ] Minor household repairs
[ . ] Relatives visiting
[ . ] Borderlands coop (16.1 hours) (playing with one family member)
[ . ] Made a website for a friend's daughter's webcomic ("Patchwork Magic"). It's actually pretty…
Excuses:
[ . ] Minor household repairs
[ . ] Relatives visiting
[ . ] Borderlands coop (16.1 hours) (playing with one family member)
[ . ] Made a website for a friend's daughter's webcomic ("Patchwork Magic"). It's actually pretty…
May 12, 2012
Past week:
I fixed the problems with coloration and blending, and made more progress on the editor.
Here's a screenshot of me just playing around. Until I get multiple layers re-implemented (works in the code, but not hooked to the editor yet), everything looks like junk (Blending isn't useful until …
I fixed the problems with coloration and blending, and made more progress on the editor.
Here's a screenshot of me just playing around. Until I get multiple layers re-implemented (works in the code, but not hooked to the editor yet), everything looks like junk (Blending isn't useful until …
May 05, 2012
I haven't gotten too much done since I last posted, just chippin' away at the editor piece by piece. I want to have the editor entirely finished by June 15 (6 weeks from now). It's been too long, so I've given myself a set of goals, each 6-weeks apart, to press forward in development.
Editor work:
I'…
Editor work:
I'…
April 27, 2012
Hey, it has been two weeks since my last update - unexpected distractions reared their head.
Primarily, I've spent the past two weeks getting a little work done on the plot, and spent alot of time (primarily just in the past three or four days) on the editor. Pieces of code are starting to fit back …
Primarily, I've spent the past two weeks getting a little work done on the plot, and spent alot of time (primarily just in the past three or four days) on the editor. Pieces of code are starting to fit back …
April 12, 2012
I don't have much to show, so this is just an update of what's going on with me (Trying to stay on my 'at least every 10 days' journal schedule).
I've had a tough couple of days coding... It's just been one of those times were you run into a wall and get discouraged. Partly because of difficulties i…
I've had a tough couple of days coding... It's just been one of those times were you run into a wall and get discouraged. Partly because of difficulties i…
April 03, 2012
I've been doing work to add alot of data-driven functionality to AdventureFar's engine.
I thought of a clean and efficient way to allow each page of a menu to be configurable by files... and to move around and create and edit the menu elements from within the game itself while it is running. Nothing…
I thought of a clean and efficient way to allow each page of a menu to be configurable by files... and to move around and create and edit the menu elements from within the game itself while it is running. Nothing…
March 28, 2012
Here's the basic world that the game takes place in:
It's a single nation, land-locked on two sides (north-west and north-east) by mountain ranges, and the ocean to the southwest, and swamps to the south-east. The game takes place solely in that one nation.
It's not a very sea-faring nation, though i…
It's a single nation, land-locked on two sides (north-west and north-east) by mountain ranges, and the ocean to the southwest, and swamps to the south-east. The game takes place solely in that one nation.
It's not a very sea-faring nation, though i…
March 19, 2012
I spent today and yesterday getting this on-screen:
It's the basic interface for the in-game editor. It's not doing anything yet (The "Recent saves" and such are dummy text), but the widgets are all in place. The icons are from Nuvola icon set.
The tabs on the edges of the screen function will switch…
It's the basic interface for the in-game editor. It's not doing anything yet (The "Recent saves" and such are dummy text), but the widgets are all in place. The icons are from Nuvola icon set.
The tabs on the edges of the screen function will switch…
March 14, 2012
I can see my world again! For quite awhile (many months) while doing alot of architectural changes to my code, I could no longer see the maps being displayed onscreen because I had disabled that part of the engine. Since I wasn't specifically working on the visual side of things, I hadn't bothered …
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