eghost: LD 48 - Comp. Log

Fri Apr 16 10:01:16 2004 CST Ok, T-minus 10 hours and counting...Give or take...
I'm hoping that I'll be able to devote a reasonable amount of time to the development. The way I see it, I'm actually going to have about 16 hours for the whole thing so I'm gonna have to hustle.

Here's the libraries I'm planning on using, though this may change:

• SDL
• SDL_mixer
• libogg (Maybe)
• SpiderMonkey (JavaScript library) - This one is unlikely though

Now for the software...

• The GIMP
• gcc 3.2.2
• SoundTracker
• Bluefish (text editor)

Fri Apr 16 13:06:27 2004 CST Here's my basic plan of attack:

• Configure spare laptop to work with my tablet
• Budget out my time (x hours for coding, art,etc.)
• Wait for "GO" time

Any or all of this plan may change dependent upon how much time I actually get to work on the code, and what the theme ends up as. One of the other things I am considering is making a "cheat sheet" for the SDL API for quick reference IF I have the time.

Fri Apr 16 20:08:06 2004 CST Theme is INFECTION...Hmmm...What to do...

Fri Apr 16 23:37:20 2004 Finally getting started...The game is going to be called Contaminate!

I'm starting with the audio first, as it shouldn't take long. I'm shooting for a bank of about 20 sound fx and at least one track, if I get enough time I'll try to cut a second track for the game.

Sat Apr 17 04:47:57 2004 CST Finally!! Finished the main track...I think I may have been overly optimistic in regards to how much audio I can crank out...If I have time after I get the coding and graphics done I'll come back to the audio...Anyway you can find my (bad) track on the Downloads page... It's called Contamination and it should be about a minute in length...

Sat Apr 17 10:15:59 2004 CST Ok...A few hours of sleep under my belt should give the drive to do the graphics and a large part of the coding...=)

Sat Apr 17 14:59:00 2004 Ok...First screenshot up...With the base code in place I can focus on kicking out the rest of the graphix...Only a few I really need so it shouldn't take long...

Sun Apr 18 18:24:09 2004 CST Well...I have managed to put together a clickable music player...=/
Didn't have time to finish the game logic and at this point I'm so burnt the I'm not certain that I can...I'm going to keep going however and at least give it my best...I'll load whatever I've got to the download page at the end of the comp...If anybody wants to (try and) compile the source for Windows feel free, just please send me a copy at: [email protected]
Regardless of how much I get done this has been a blast...=)

Sun Apr 18 19:57:06 2004 CST Not done but it's in...