Project Echos: The End

Sorry for the late post. I've been busy starting the next project for the class. Unfortunately, I was not able to fix some errors, such as the game crashing from switching levels, but it has all the levels included ( you just have to restart the game to get from one level to the next ), and while respawning is in the game, it may crash the game. I have also included the videos and game design doc. I also have a link farther down with the finished APK file for the game. This will most likely be my last post on this project. Feel free to comment on anything. Now enjoy :)

Project Echos - Update 10-21-11

The project deadline is coming up next week on Tuesday, so I will be doing a post, or possibly a series of posts showing our game design document, gameplay video, uploading an Android .apk file, etc. I'm really excited to finally be finishing up this project, and hope to show a good game. There have been some setbacks in the form of programming problems, but I hope to get the major ones sorted out. I know at least one of my group still wants to work on the game after the deadline to continue adding content and polishing the game more, so we can use it as a major portfolio item, and possibly releasing the full game on the market. I am interested too, pending time constraints.

Learning OpenGL - Part 1

I decided to start teaching myself OpenGL since I have not programmed 3D graphics yet. It took a while to find a tutorial that didn't rely on too many third party libraries, but I eventually found one that I felt relied on the minimum. I am using the tutorials on xoax.net, since they only rely on OpenGL and GLUT. GLUT only deals with starting up OpenGL, is easily accessible, and as far as I know doesn't have a problem with being depreciated anytime soon.

I went through the first couple  tutorial pretty quickly, since they just overviewed OpenGL, and taught me how to draw a line. The third tutorial was a little tricky since I had to create algorithms to create the different parts of an American flag. It seemed simple at first glance but got harder once I realized I was rusty on my geometry, which was a large part of creating a star. It eventually clicked though, and I was on my merry way.

I have included a link to the my source code hosted on my github, which better shows what the tutorial required.

https://github.com/PhaZ90771/XOAX.NET-Tutorial

Blog Revival...Hopefully

Well, I haven't updated my blog for a while for a variety of reason. Mostly it is that I haven't had much to write about, and have been to preoccupied with the rest of my life to start something that would give me material.

Luckily, something has come up. I will be attempting a Nuzlocke Challenge in Pokémon Red. This should provide an ample amount of material for a bit.

Also, I am hoping to have something along the lines of programming and game development soon. I don't want to say anything more until I have got something to show, so stay tuned.

C++ Primer - Delayed

It has been a while since I have posted anything. Unfortunately, I had to put aside my plans for going through the C++ Primer book. I realized I did not have the time to follow through with it. Also, a couple week ago, the library that I was borrowing the book from requested that I return the book because someone had requested it. I do not know when I will get back on track with it, or whether I will start over using the newer version of the book. My hope is that once I have gotten into my new major next semester, I will be able to focus more on programming and updating this blog. In the mean time, I may be able to start putting up reviews of games that I have played.

C++ Primer - Week 1

First off, I unfortunately underestimated how long it would take me to finish chapter 2, so I just finished it today, but I believe I will still be able to finish this week goal.

Now on to what I have learned from the 1st and 2nd chapter.

C++ Primer - Week 0

I decided a while ago that I didn't have a good enough grounding in C++, so I ended up getting a book called the 3rd edition of "C++ Primer" by Stanley B. Lippman and Josée Lajoie from a library at Purdue. It was sitting in my apartment for a while, since I had a lot going on in my life at the time, but I can have it indefinitely, as long as I remember to renewing it online.