Nothing to See Here

Wednesday 12/16: Improved field line rendering. Learned a LOT about multitexturing, which I didn't end up using, but I will when it's time to render player numbers.

Thursday 12/17: Menu option size is now configurable. Added menu option for setting up a test environment. Idea: instead of spending too much time tweaking game speed and AI and everything now, I'll build a setting screen for all those variables, and then when I send it to testers they can play around with the options and tell me what they like.

Friday 12/18: Started unit testing my code. Code cleanup and reorganization.

Saturday 12/19: More code refactoring.

Monday 12/20: More code refactoring. Finally got unit testing to work...not sure why Apple had to make it so tough.  Since I haven't been writing much lately, I'll document everything I did to get it to work.

1. Read the apple doc on unit testing. Follow their instructions.
2. Tests won't run my code. After lots of googling, I figure out I need to add my objects to the test target (wasn't mentioned in the doc).
3. Apple doc doesn't cover debugging the tests. Look for how-to. Follow 10 steps of configuration settings.
4. Doesn't work. Google many possible solutions. None of them work.
5. Apparently google makes their own unit testing environment. (Obviously because the apple one doesn't really work). Run through their 10 setup steps.
6. Errors about missing some files. Added some more files their site failed to mention.
7. More errors. No one on the internet has heard of them before.
8. I restart xcode and everything works.

I doubt unit testing will hit the mainstream any time soon if IDE makers don't make it easy to use. But, it should be. It's pretty simple technology and it's almost 2010.

Tuesday 12/22: More of the same.

Little Things and a Big Thing

Friday 12/11: Fixed AI pulls. Fixed other pull related bugs. Experimented with player turning using the accelerometer (doesn't work that well). Performance improvements. Share animation objects between players. Other misc. bug fixes. Added a little rotation to pivoting.

Monday 12/14: Changed implementation of player running which should yield better animation and control. Can stop marking by running away. Built a stadium.

Tuesday 12/15: Improved stadium model. New stadium texture.

What's The Sound Of One Hand Catching?

Wednesday 12/9: Added infrastructure for playing sounds. Improved layout animation. Added these sounds: throw, catch, jump, land. Added placeholder commentary for hucks and layout catches. Sound effect volume based on distance from the camera. Fixed more AI throw targeting bugs. Added some visual feedback when you've pivoted far enough to throw.

Thursday 12/10: Separated game state info (teams, possession, score, etc...) from world object info (player positions, physics, etc...). Added pulls. While play testing today I got my first layout D.

Choices Choices

Monday 12/7: Some internal work to hide all the math that transforms UI coordinates to iphone screen coordinates. Added menu (dynamically sized based on number of options). Cleaned up a lot of the memory management.

Tuesday 12/8: Bugfix day! Fixed throwing direction bug. Added special camera mode for tossing. AI will stop throwing motion if target changed direction. Fix AI huck mistargeting in toss mode. Fixed frisbee animation when caught while jumping or diving. Improved running jump vs. layout decision when hitting action button. Improved catching formula when jumping or diving.

Throwing Controls For The New Millenium

Thursday 12/3: More work on the new throwing system. Added yellow circle around the player you should guard.

Friday 12/4: Finished new throwing system. Added a "tossing" mode so you can practice throwing mechanics with one other player. Added rotate button when holding the fris.

A Mature Look For The Distinguishing Gamer

Wednesday 11/25: New feature/bug fixes: If your thumb starts in the dpad, then moves outside of it, you can still control the dpad from outside of it. Also, if you then lift your thumb outside the dpad, it will stop moving. I think everyone who's played the game has requested these. It was actually really easy after I read the manual... Added some slick translucency to the UI. Added hops! Now you can sky knonners just like the real Axis.

Wednesday 12/2: New grass texture made from scratch with Inkscape and Gimp! I'm really proud of it. Also, started an overhaul of the throwing controls.