Monthly Archives: September 2006

Holdem: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Posted on September 12, 2006 by proj

I’ve gotten a lot of bugs fixed in holdem in a short ammount of time. I have to rework the in-game overlay UI as it covers up important information right now. I’m considering cutting the in game AI chatter. I … Continue reading →

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Holdem: Nokia 6682 Photo

Posted on September 11, 2006 by proj

This picture is of a pretty low quality. I’ll just blame the camera.. the display on the phone is nice and makes the game look pretty sharp. I think I need to scale the fonts up a bit though as … Continue reading →

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Holdem is Finally Running, Woot!

Posted on September 10, 2006 by proj

And it looks amazing! For the record Dragonfly by Lemon D was the song that was playing when the app actually started up and ran and the time is 3am. I have been pursuing this goal of having this game … Continue reading →

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Holdem: More progress

Posted on September 9, 2006 by proj

So the game is running on my phone and I’m getting closer to tracking down what is stopping the game from starting. ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(220): Starting window session ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(232): Setting up direct screen access ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(236): Creating double buffered drawable ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(270): Initializating game … Continue reading →

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Beatbox: Sound Is Back

Posted on September 7, 2006 by proj

I got sound hooked up again, fixed texture binding/uploading and got the combo meter and song position indicator working again. Yeah it’s still rough but it’s coming along. There are some pretty big things to do still and I think … Continue reading →

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Globals Are Still Considered Harmful to Your Health

Posted on September 7, 2006 by proj

Sometimes there are well defined technical reasons for this. Some people detest them because they have been told they are bad. Other more thoughtful people understand some of the serious problems that globals have. Many times in rapid prototyping (ala … Continue reading →

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Beatbox: It’s Coming Along

Posted on September 6, 2006 by proj

Well there is more or less something there now. It is actually playable, although not being able to see scores and combos is a bit of a drag. Also the thing is completely full of bugs. It has gotten a … Continue reading →

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Beatbox: A Story

Posted on September 5, 2006 by proj

Okay well this isn’t the sky falling but screenshots are so much fun, especially really dumb ones during development. What was at one point actually a fairly fun playable little game is currently a shadow of itself living on top … Continue reading →

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Beatbox: Was it… Nope

Posted on September 5, 2006 by proj

I thought I saw a triangle on the screen but it was just some wierd food stuff stuck to my laptop LCD. It really looked promising for a second or two. I’ll post screenshots when there’s blocks falling from the … Continue reading →

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Some Things Are Running Again

Posted on September 4, 2006 by proj

The UI widget test app is up and running again. This time using the final resource system from the game library. I took a screenshot to prove how unimpressive this actually is This is some of that TDD stuff that … Continue reading →

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