I’ve been in a funk. I’m feeling a bit better now and hopefully working on this project will make me feel even better.

State of the project

This project is quite different compared to the previous two:

1. Floopy Bird (a lot to learn, simple game):
   1. There was a lot to learn, but because the game was simple it was very manageable
   2. Also I was following a tutorial lol.
2. Space Intruders (not a lot to learn, simple game. With add-ons, a lot to learn):
   1. Creating the basic game was very simple and very easy after Floopy Bird.
   2. However, I increased the scope massively and thus there was a lot to learn.
   3. This wasn’t so bad because I had a game already and I was just building on top of it
3. Bling Fling (a lot to learn, complex game)
   1. I mean, I’m getting stuck at just starting and figuring out my camera, the game world, etc

Todo

There’s a lot to do

• [ ] Multiplayer
  • [ ] Set up the structure for peer-to-peer multiplayer
  • [ ] Implement game for singleplayer
  • [ ] (Eventually) implement multiplayer
• [ ] World
  • [ ] Create a game world/board
  • [ ] Create a way to create walls and so on
• [ ] Camera
  • [ ] Limit my camera to only that world
  • [ ] Move the camera with WASD
  • [ ] Move the camera by moving the mouse to the edges of the screen
• [ ] Units
  • [ ] Create the player character
    • [ ] Move with right-click
  • [ ] Create enemies
  • [ ] Implement basic commands
    • [ ] Movement
      • [ ] Pathfinding and moving around walls/obstacles
    • [ ] Attack nearby enemies

What I’m doing now

Actually… I think I need to take a week and a half break on this project. I have a volunteering teaching opportunity for all of next week and I have to make lesson plans. I’ll see you guys starting September 2nd!

I’ll be teaching in Scratch and NetLogo to 3 middle/high schoolers