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Development 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 ReadingNow that we are in Sprint-7, I started defining how the TOCS maps will be represented as metadata. The term ‘metadata’ means data that describes data. When a player looks at the hexes on a map, each hex has a lot of ‘data’ that describes it, such as the topography and terrain, as well as…
Continue ReadingSprint #6: Infrastructure Continues Framing TClient was completed today. Although upwards of 15 or so tasks were completed, no full stories were completed. The primary push continues to be in the realm of software development, namely in the development of UI containers and controls that work in a manner that we want. Here is the…
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…
Continue ReadingThis is a simple update to show how much progress we’ve been making on TClient. I was going to post a video on YouTube, but the video quality was awful. If I’m going to post videos, I’m going to have to up my game, tools-wise. Screenshots: Update: And… yeah… I see that the Scenario Chooser…
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