Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Basically

So, I have the basics done. You can start the game, pick a difficulty level, and guess until you get it correct. I have a lot left to do though. I need the menu bar, the help panel, the stats display, and the file IO with the stats. Plus, I want to count the guesses taken. That's a lot right there.

Taking a break now, and will do the hard stuff later tonight. Tomorrow morning I do the chaptering, and then after lunch I record.

Now I gotta put my laundry in the dryer.

Well on the way

I did indeed decide to go with the null layout, seeing as how the window does not change size. In my game there are three panels, the start, game, and help panels. I have finished, and added interactivity to the start panel. I am currently working on the game panel, which is the hardest. The help panel will be the easiest, just being some text and a go back button.

After I am done with the basic game, I will systematically add the more complicated stuff.

Layout Issues

I am having layout issues with the program. Despite my insistence that I love the BorderLayout, it can suck it at the moment. I do hate the way it fucks up the sizes I want to give my components. I decided to go null, and make my window not resize able. So, I guess for a game like it is, there's no real reason to make it resize able. It should be done tonight, as long as I do not get to lazy, and the videos will be made tomorrow.

Tired

Me am soooooo tired right now. I wanted to sleep more but fucking Verizon called with a message about how fios is my personal savior and I should accept Him. Anyhoo, I learned today that even if you shower, if you don't use bodywash, you're gonna smell weird afterwards. But I'm not leaving the house, and I need to save what little I have left for my glorious return to college.

No tutorial today. Tomorrow I will record it. Today will be spent (later, of course) making the program. It is going to be fairly complicated. It's also going to be cumulative, so I'm going to start from scratch. I'll be teaching everything from basic swing stuff, to listeners, even menubars, and also file IO, for saving win/loss statistics for certain players. A little much for a simple HiLo game, but that's not the point. Anyway, I'll probably do this in a series of ten to fifteen minute tutorials. I don't know how many yet, but we'll see where it goes. First I need to write the program. Then I need to insert chapters (like in a DVD) at important parts where the separate lessons are.

Right now I'm also having a weird thing where I have no idea what I want to do. I am getting strong urges to: write a novel, right here and now; draw a comic; do this tutorial from scratch; make the program and then do the tutorial; get some food; watch a movie; a couple other things.

It's very confusing in my head. But for now, seeing as how I just woke up, I think I'll settle for a little food. Thank god I finished reading a webcomic I found; that would have taken up my time for another while longer.

Later, peoples. Oh, also, I will be changing the name of this site. While I do have plans to one day finish my Pokemon: Java game, it will not be anytime soon, and I want to have a more truthful name for my blog. When I think of something, I'll tells y'all. Later, peoples.