Base-Breakout

Sprint 3

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:01:17 +0000

Not much happened this week. Obviously I didn't post any screenies. But that's OK. You can google "breakout" to find dozens probably :D.
My only excuse for laziness this week is that I got sick. Still kinda sick-ish, but I'm at least able to go to work at this point.
And if I can go to work, I can author some code.

Sprint 4 Goals

That being said, my goals for this final sprint are those that I intended to get done in sprint 3.
So I guess my only goal for sprint 4 is a pointer to sprint 3's goals? :P

Re: Sprint 2

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:41:49 +0000

Looking forward to seeing the screenshots!

-Brett

Sprint 2

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:52:38 +0000

All goes well on my new project. I have actually managed to dedicate time to it, so that's good I guess?
I plan on uploading some screenshots within the next week. So, stay tuned!

Sprint 3 Goals

It's a breakout clone, not really sure what else I can add to it :D
Power-ups aren't there yet, so I can list that as a goal.
Score-keeping is also not a "thing" currently. Another item on the list.

Sprint 1

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:10:55 +0000

Some personal stuff went on during this week and I got literally nothing done. So I've decided to make a game which I will be able to focus on time-dedication to the project.
This new game is surely nothing exciting, just a simple little project.
And now, for the reveal of the new project.
Drum roll
A breakout clone.

Tune in next week to see if I've done any work on it or not.

Sprint 0

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:19:34 +0000

I spent the first weekend researching how everybody else procedurally creates dungeons. And I've decided to use none of the existing implementations and algorithm descriptions I've found/implemented over the weekend. Instead I'm going to attempt to write my own. The basic overview of how my system will work is as follows:

Randomly place rooms throughout the level.
Iterate over each room and connect it to another randomly selected room via tunnels.
- Use a-star to pathfind from the source room to the target room.
- Before running the a-star algorithm, place a random number of barriers (exact amount will probably be proportional to the level size) at random locations. In theory, this should cause the pathfinding algorithm to create a tunnel with some winding involved.
While creating the tunnels, mark random locations within each tunnel as a "tunnel merge point".
Connect one merge point to another randomly selected merge point via the same a-star algorithm and "barrier" implementation as previously described. In this pass however, the pathfinding algorithm should favor traversing through existing tunnels to aid in creating confusing intersections.

While this approach may not be efficient, it will be mine.
Also, while playing through one level the system should be pre-loading the next level in the background.

BaseBreakout; Icecream-Burglar's entry.

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:22:13 +0000

My first delving into 3D games. A dungeon-crawler in 3D (third-person) themed as escaping a military base. Though there is no escape. Because the levels are procedurally generated. And there are an endless number of them.

This is mostly to introduce myself into 3D game programming. The part I fear the most is acquiring models/animations. Because I'm a programmer, not an artist. And I'm not sure how easy it'll be to find free-to-use assets. So, be prepared for placeholder art for the entire duration of the game's existence :).

I was planning on a more drawn-out project to tinker with over the course of the year - participating in competitions as they arise - but my idea well was dry. I feel like I could finish this project in the allotted time span for this one competition though.

Not much else to say at this point. I'll throw progress updates in here though.