Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Antoine Campbell Weekly Report 10-27-09

1. What was planned?
*Implement Point System
*Implement Undo System
*Add all help messages to message boxes

2. What was done?
*Point System Done
*Help Messages Done
*Still Working on Undo System

3. Problems encountered?
*Having to redo all the player actions in order to get the undo to work, going to try a stack based Undo class that recalls all the objects state rather that just the last state.

4. What did you learn this week?
*It is possible to make an online live PHP editor using AJAX, an amazing technique

5. What's planned for next week?
*Finish with the coding of this game, run a study ASAP

6. Hours worked.
*About 12

Friday, October 16, 2009

Antoine Campbell Weekly Report 10-16-09

1. What was planned?
*Implement Prototype Point System
*Remove lower HUD and place specific help into popup message window
*Design an undo system to allow players to make mistakes and revert their actions
*Add instructions to all levels(XML) no more tutorial screens

2. What was done?
*Added level instructions to XML for levels
*Still adding all help messages to pop up message window
*Implemented a prototype point system(needs a little refining
*Attempted a Undo System

3. Problems encountered?
*To implement the undo system the player controls and actions need to be more generic

4. What did you learn this week?
*Working one less day a week at work will allow me to get a lot more work done.

5. What's planned for next week?
*Modify point system and undo system
*hopefully show to Dr. Barnes and get some feedback

6. Hours worked.
*About 14

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Antoine Campbell Weekly Report 10-1-09

1. What was planned?
*Finish setting up the RPG styled dialogue boxes
*Redo tutorial screens
*point/combo system
*Allow players to make mistakes

2. What was done?
*Finished RPG dialogue boxes, reading in from XML
*Added ability to access help at any time.
*Mockup of point/combo system

3. Problems encountered?
*Never have enoguh to time to do everything, working many projects and jobs simultaneously

4. What did you learn this week?
*How to use XPath
*Coding Dialogue box with smart word wrap

5. What's planned for next week?
*Fully implement point system
* Demo for Dr. Barnes
*Figure out some system to revert player mistakes
*Add all the instructional info into each levels dialogue box.

6. Hours worked.
*Only about 6, moved this week