Monthly Archives: June 2008

It feels like I’m just spinning my wheels and getting nowhere. I’ve added a Game class, which sets up and manages the game. Now I’m trying to come up with Phase classes which define the gameplay and event handling for the different phases. I think I’ll make the shouting match phase first, since that’s simplest [...]

Added the DemaMeter (Demagoguery Meter). It’s associated with a player, and automatically updates itself as the player’s rating changes. Here’s what the game looks like so far (click for bigger, duh):

I’ve been awake for 3 hours now, but I had to give a demo to a client, eat, play Guitar Hero, etc. What’s on the chopping block right now, I wonder? Oh, yeah. Last night I was working on the D-meter, and wondering whether it should be part of the podium or not. I guess [...]

All in all, not as productive as I’d like. I’m happy with the concept I came up with, but I spent too much time making awesome pictures and not enough time writing code. So far all I have is the two player sprites being drawn in position, and part of the D-meter class. I would [...]

Here’s what the game would look like, if it was 90% more done than it is. ; ) Maybe I should spend less time on concept, and more time on coding?

I’m about to start coding…. I haven’t written a single line yet! Everything so far has been game design and art. Hrmmm. What classes do I need? Player (sprite, also stores scores) DemaMeter (visual bar for the Demagogue-o-meter) Audience (stores audience bias) Question (text of the question, and Answer instances. Maybe also Rebuttal instances) Answer [...]