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There are times when you need to know that continuing a plan will not bear fruit. So it was with Paul and me as we shifted our focus from the TOCS game system onto the game client. The Old Crux Our software architecture is a homemade Web application framework called Crux (pronounced “croo”). I’ve mentioned…
Continue ReadingIt’s been far too long since I’ve posted anything here. On the other hand, I did warn you up front that radio silence is a thing with me when it comes to working on projects and how I deal with the workload. Silence on its own means nothing without context and Paul and I have…
Continue ReadingAs any casual fan of BMG may be aware, I’ve been posting more frequent updates on Facebook. Development is moving along at a furious pace now that several nagging decisions are behind us. The Joy of Javascript I’m now fully immersed in ES6 and writing custom HTML elements is less mysterious than it used to…
Continue ReadingDevelopment Sprints 8-10: Prototypes and Metadata II, finished today. Good riddance. This was a difficult series of sprints in that “outside influences”, aka: our day jobs, required our full attention over those nine weeks. Additionally for me, my previous blitz through GUI container object creation left quite a few bugs behind. My initial attempt at…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a month and a half since my last post. I’d like to say that it is because progress has been excellent and fast-paced, but I’d be lying. Truth be told, one of the challenges of building something with only a two-person team, where both people have day jobs with responsibilities, is that outside…
Continue ReadingDevelopment Sprint #7, codenamed Prototypes and Metadata, finished today. Where the last sprint report talked about partially finished stories, Paul and I were very productive over the last three weeks and completed quite a few stories: Use or Create UI Layout Objects Implement a Layered Window Interface Prototype: Login Window Map Metadata Specification Expand Russian…
Continue ReadingSprint #5: Infrastructure Work Continues was completed today, but progress was marred by influenza at Paul’s house. After a lengthy recovery, he’s feeling much better and back on track. Completed stories were: Create Utah Beach module XML meta-data file Create OOB for Ten Days in August Create OOB for ASoC: Western Front Clean up obsolete…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, February 19th, Paul and I finished Sprint #4: Gaming Infrastructure – Phase 1. While there were two development stories that we didn’t finish in our three-week time frame, it was still a very successful sprint. Our completed stories were: Implement an Asynchronous Server I/O Comms Queue Implement User Authentication Game Module XML Metadata Definitions Game Module…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, January 29th, Paul and I finished Sprint #3: Application Framework #2. This was our most successful sprint so far with 15 closed tasks spread among 4 stories: Adventures in Layout Package TClient into an Installable Thing Build: Implement a Version Stamping Method Complete ConOps Document All of these stories were geared toward coming…
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