Shepard 3000's Time log
Jul 12, 22:00 EST Think I will make a game about being in space and having to defend the mother ship from attacks. This would be a 3D Game.
Jul 12, 23:00 EST Created all Directx Initialization routies. All seems to be fine. Showing a black screen which proves my rendering cycle is working. Keyboard and mouse appear to be working fine.
Jul 13, 00:00 EST Created Mother Ship, 3 Asteriods and enemy ship
Jul 13, 01:00 EST Dispaying all objects on the screen.
Jul 13, 02:00 EST Having doubts that what I am trying to do will be any good in the 48 hour limit. Need to reconsider my approach. Going to sleep on it
Jul 13, 08:00 EST After tossing and turning, I awoke with a new idea that probably will be fine within alloted time. Stripping some code and beginning to do some modeling. Idea is to have sheep that need to be protected from UFO's that want to collect them for experiments.
Jul 13, 09:00 EST Finished making my UFO, Good Ship and Sheep. Used 3DStudio MAX to make all objects and then rendered to a TGA which I then used as a texture for a 2 tri mesh :) Basically 2D Now
Jul 13, 10:00 EST Well, I have my ship moving around on the screen by keyboard. Made fun of Sadiq in the channel. :)
Jul 13, 11:00 EST Created Bullets texture and plane.
Jul 13, 12:00 EST Wrote this entry into the log
Jul 13, 13:00 EST Darn it... guess I have to make an impact texture. Stupid Programmer art. Works at least. Is a Start ... but heck
Jul 13, 14:00 EST Wrote Distance and Bearing Equasions. Sheep started moving. Suspect they got bored just sitting there.
Jul 13, 15:00 EST Time is creaping up :( Ufo's are now chasing the sheep. Suspect later tonight I will have them pick the sheep up.
Jul 13, 16:00 EST No entry... :)
Jul 13, 17:00 EST Geoffh ordered pizza and didn't share it with anyone.
Jul 13, 18:00 EST UFO's are now firing back at my ship
Jul 13, 19:00 EST Heh ... sometimes, one of my sheep will get to the bounds and start spinning. I know whey this happens, just don't know how worth it, it would be to fix
Jul 14, 08:00 EST Ahh I slept good last night. Didn't want to get up. Ok, Here is what I need to do today. ufo'
Jul 14, 09:00 EST Working on effects... changing a lot of things
Jul 14, 10:00 EST Changed accuracy of the UFO. It shoots to good right now.
Jul 14, 11:00 EST Did some painting on the images so they wern't so grey looking. worked out fine. I am not an artist so ...
Jul 14, 12:00 EST Ufo's are now picking up the sheep and escaping.
Jul 14, 13:00 EST Created a Logo screen. Used 3DSMAX for the words FLY_MARIO and used photoshop for the rest of the text.
Jul 14, 14:00 EST All looking good. Think I will be done in time. Ate two Grilled Cheese sandwiches ... Coder Food.
Jul 14, 15:00 EST Stopped the sheep from going into this endless spinning loop when they leave the area I setup as limits. I didn't want the sheep going to far from the center of the screen. now I have them find the bearing to the center and then apply a 45° error so they do not always just go straight at the center. Works out fine.
Jul 14, 16:00 EST Stupid Microphone doesn't work. Wife went and bought me a new cheap microphone ... now back in business. Recorded some sounds and sped them up. Sounds funny. Will work fine for this competition.
Jul 14, 17:00 EST Sounds in place into the game. Increasted the brightness to full. Had my alpha illumination set way to low. Graphics look much nicer now. Done with entry.
Jul 14, 18:00 EST Watching movie with wife. Witness.... Mind still on the compo.
Jul 14, 19:00 EST Still watching movie... Wife keeps having to pause while I check Mirc. Sadiq notices that my UFO's always come out of the same corner. Wild! I had noticed this earlier but kept focusing on other things. Glad he pointed that out. Re-Released the game with ufo's coming from all directions.