With a mocked up game board in place it’s straight onto probably the hardest part of the project, which is handling all the objects needed for the game. There are 14 holes to keep track of on the board, and 48 pegs. We need to know the hole location of each of those pegs, the x and y positions of them on screen, the status of these pegs (as they could be moving between holes) and what kind of pegs they actually are.
(more…)Mancala & stepping back in time.
Today was possibly the most productive day I’ve had programming in possibly as much as a year. If any of it is of practical benefit, apart from the pursuit of knowledge and keeping the mind sharp, I’d very much doubt, but I like to think that any time spent in front of the computer putting code together, working with development systems, and just generally plugging away at getting it right is always a good thing.
(more…)Moving forward. New technology and terminated games.
I originally wrote this entry back in October but, as it wasn’t finished at the time, I didn’t get to actually put it online. As we’re up and running with something again – more on this next post – it’s time to put my house in order again.
(more…)Writing your way to being remotely interesting…
I’ve decided that it’s infinitely easier to actually write a blog, rather than so-called professional writing for projects.
(more…)Infection
Welcome back to my ramblings, if you’re a previous reader, and an even bigger welcome if you’re new here via our website, or however else you have found me.
(more…)My first Blitz game in ages.
I recently made the decision to stop messing about with Blitz and get into Swift so Aaron and I could start working on IOS development. However, because I got a Mac-mini to enable me to do all this by having XCode, I thought I’d put up some of the questionably better stuff I’ve done with Blitz up here instead.
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