Our Game, Cataclysm, New Computer

Hello ladies,

Where to begin?

Remember that Red Light Green Light Line of sight issue I was having with the bugs in our game?

That problem was fixed the next day. Guess what the problem was? Not my code. The level had a misplaced random triangle of ground floating in the sky about 8000 feet up, out of the camera’s view… Since my collisions are in 2D, it’s like that triangle is on the ground, blocking the line of sight with the bugs. So you can just imagine a giant invisible wall, basically. I told the level artist about the problem and he opened it up, fixed it, and re-exported it for our game.

However, now I have a new problem I’m dealing with. Although this seems to be the nature of Game Development. You solve one problem, and find a whole new interesting one to deal with.

Anyways, the new problem is that in our game, when there are multiple players, when the players approach the opposite edges of the screen, the camera is suppose to zoom out to a max size, then once the max size is reached, the camera is suppose to prevent the players from moving away from each other any further…

But instead, what’s happening is that the game allows the person at the top of the screen to drag the person at the bottom of the screen along for a ride. Kinda sucks.

I came home and went to bed immediately today… because Cataclysm comes out at 3AM tonight. So at 3AM, I’ll be up playing games. It’s 2AM now. I can’t wait. =)

I built a new computer. I’m on it right now. It’s my… 5th computer I’ve ever built. She’s a beaut. The Cynthia 5000.

1 TB Hard drive space
Quad core iCore 7 processor
12 GB of RAM
Nvidia Geforce 470x 1280 MB video memory

Vroom vroom. =)

Ever since Facebook did that “Change your picture to a cartoon character” thing, I’ve been on a Batman fringe, watching all the old animated series again, and talking about Batman with my friends. It turns out they haven’t seen much of the old animated series,… so I’ve been showing them clips of the episodes here and there, and I found one that they find super hilarious…

They even want me to make a short clip of the hilarious video… I’m probably going to do it.

A few days ago on my way to my hometown, my front-right tired shredded to bits and I had to change to my donut tire. It was night time, I am sooooooooooo glad I had my flashlight with me.

However I was using my default jack that came with the car… and it SUCKS! Now all I want for Xmas is a real jack for those situations.

Okay, well I think I’ve said all that needs to be said for now. Take care, everyone. =)

~Bruce