Hoten - Gridia

[connorjclark]

• Server-client architecture
• Client side prediction and lag compensation
• UI
  • Draggable windows
  • Resizable windows
  • Tabbed interface
  • Polished GUI skin
• Crafting
  • Basic implementation
  • Polished UI
  • Sfx
  • Recipe viewer
• Combat
  • Equipment
  • Life points
  • Death and re-spawning
  • Melee
  • Ranged
  • Magic
  • Sfx
• Map generation
• Misc.
  • Menus
    • Main
    • Server list
    • Character creation
    • Log in
  • Equipment changes player sprite
  • Option to launch a server locally in client
  • Music
  • Moving up/down levels (underground)
  • Mining
• Build a test world
  • In-client editor
    • Floors
    • Items
    • Creature spawns
  • Town
  • A home
  • Dungeon

[connorjclark]

https://github.com/Hoten/Gridia

[connorjclark]

Mo' Code checkin: Today, I work on the crafting.

[toolboc]

This guy knows what's going on, loving the checklist!

[connorjclark]

Finish the UI around crafting.

When there is only one possible usage (i.e. Plough + Ground = Ploughed Ground), the controls are very fluid.

When there are multiple usages (i.e. Hammer/Nails + Wood Planks = like, 80 different things), a pop up window is necessary (I also hide the other windows, I think it helps emphasize the item use picker), and the user selects what they want to make with the mouse.

Using the mouse tends to slow things down, so I will be thinking of a way to get around that.

[connorjclark]

Got a lot done this month. Here is a video showcasing it!

http://youtu.be/UZSS4r3EL_A

I wasn't able to make it to the majority of the combat and all of the world building / map generation stuff. But, I did make the server-client architecture, UI, crafting, and basic combat all in one month.

Estimated total hours spent on Gridia so far: 114
This month: ~55
Lines of code for the server: 1,870
Lines of code for the client: 4,047
Lines of code for the server-client architecture: 1,469 (See Serving-Java on my profile)
Lines of data for the world: 99,598 (the video shows a very small percentage of items, monsters, etc)

Over break I will begin marketing my game on numerous online communities, start a beta server, and look into putting my game on Steam Greenlight.

[zmughal]

This is super cool! Did you make the music too?

Hehe, I read some of your code... I see a bunch of:

// :(

comments. :-P

[connorjclark]

Thanks!

The music is not mine, but is free to use with attribution. It comes from https://soundcloud.com/scythuz and http://box-cat.com/site/nameless-the-hackers-rpg-soundtrack/

And yeah, I am using a technique I made called Frowny Driven Development :p
Basically, anytime I know I can improve a piece of code, or I knowingly take shortcuts, I leave a frowny face. When I feel like making zero progress and simply refactoring, I can find a frowny face and fix it up.