Almost there…
December 13, 2005 02:00 PM
I’m getting really close.
Which I guess is a good thing since the show is in 3 days.
I made my little alien pods this week. Added intro, instructions and game over screens to the game. Fixed a bunch of bugs. Found a bunch more bugs that still need to be fixed.
I added a couple buttons on the back of the console that can shut down and restart the game. So in the unlikely (cough) event that the game crashes during the show I can get it running again without having to pull out a keyboard or anything.
The pods seem to be working fairly well. They still lose connection occasionally. It wouldn’t be that big of deal, except that sometimes they will just become slightly disconnected and show up as the wrong pod. I think that is more confusing to the user than if the thing just doesn’t register at all.
Anyway, still making progress. I’m not sure how many bugs I’ll be able to fix before the show. At this point they are mostly just game inconsistencies, which make the game kind of suck, but won’t actually crash it or anything, so it’s showable. I’m counting on the fact that people won’t understand how to play the game well enough to notice when things go wrong.
Still to do:
* Make a cover for the iMac I’ll be using in the show.
* Maybe make some kind of poster/graphic that describes each pod and his special moves, etc.
* Make a holder for the pods when they aren’t in use.
* Fix as many bugs as possible.
Project: Battle Pods | link
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