Main Program Explanation

Heres a video explanation, but sadly the video didnt show the opened and running program...Best to have a window open with the code to see what is happening as compression was needed to upload what was a 400mb video (to 30mb).

3D component video Explanation

Heres a video explanation, but sadly the video didnt show the opened and running program...Best to have a window open with the code to see what is happening as compression was needed to upload what was a 400mb video (to 30mb).

Modelling

I've spent a long time trying to bisect the arms off of altair to make him into a better model with arms by his side. 3ds max is a stupid program and i hate it. I have decided to put a trailer of assasins creed in to show the hangee's crimes, who is then altair. He is going to be guarded by one or two guards who i have painstakingly spent an hour + changing the textures of. Im not even sure if my laptop will run the game with entities in it, as when i load a previously working gallows code it wont run, so i think i need a more powerful computer. Main problem is, We only have laptops now since our old pc died. Oh well...at least i have 8gb+ of pc ram sitting in my drawer :(

Study Camp Day 1 23/06/2012

·         Bigger word store

·         3d model

·         Implementation of 3d programming

·         Losing system

·         Clearscreens

·         Sound in options menu

o   Changing a variable in the soundvolume command isn’t working too well at the moment…

·         3d model separation of altair, soldiers to ‘guard him’

o   Having trouble separating body parts off of altair.

o   Arms in one part, legs togethere, etc.

·         Enable sounds checkbox in options menu

·         Show already guessed letters

·         Sort a sequence of movements for the gallows ie. Cameras, etc.

·         Video sequence at start – maybe altair running over rooftops trying to escape…?

o   Rename game to something about altair

§  Possibly “Assasin’s doom”

§  “Templar brainstorm”

§  “Assasins Escape”

o   Templar soldiers to stand around the gallows?

o   Backdrop/texture/mapped area for gallows to exist in

Coding in Blitz

I am happy that I finally was able to get the blank array to function correctly. Now it just rests on getting the below coding to work. Click to see a bigger Image.

Serious Work Beginning?

I had an epiphany.

At home late yesterday(Sunday) while watching some tv i started to think about my software design major and how i could beat the problem posed by getting letters in the correct positions and getting the blank markings to swap properly with them. MFH gave me a hint on Friday that it was something to do with arrays. As the above picture shows, or attempts to show - the penny dropped.

-  In the top left corner it shows a vague attempt at setting an array which will hold the answers for each letter position, something which will be vital i feel.

- In the top right a loop is shown which is meant to set the blank value as "__ " before repeating the loop and setting out the correct number of spaces.

- In the middle-bottom left is the flesh of the program. Encased in a for-next loop basically it checks that if a guess is correct, then the blank equals the answer letter. At time of publishing, i realise this to be wrong and will upload another post soon with changes to my actual coding. Instead of just using the ans(x) array, I will have to reuse the mid$ command to check the guess, before getting the correct answer letter into its blank position. Under the else section, fail is a variable which ends the program, as there isnt much more than 8 body parts that someone could use or lose in hangman.

- The Minor if statement at the bottom is in place to end the game. I still have to make major changes to how it will end as it is still in early stages, but basically it is as it reads above.

A Vague Screen Design I drew up for the Main Menu.

This Screen design is very basic but i think a rough look would suit the game well. I really need to focus on getting a version of hangman finished, before even contemplating 3d hangman. I think that at the very least I should make a full 2d version before working on 3d, as it will help me to understand the program and its programming environment more, also giving me a fallback if i do not have enough time. In the end, I would be far happier with a high quality 2d version of hangman with animated characters rather than a badly done 3d version.

12/3/12 Plan for Guess/Letter Detection