First Devlog
I figured it was about time to start writing devlog's for this. I have made quite a bit of progress on the game already.
What started out as trying a new game engine just to keep my mind sharp turned into writing a game for my wife so she could play the version of Martha Solitaire that she remembered playing when we had a Commodore Amiga computer.
After nailing down some of the mechanics, I decided to tackle the data structure of the cards internally. This has resulted in a couple rounds of refactoring to fix things I already had working lol - oh well :)
So here we are. I plan on making the game available to the general public once I have something that is at least playable. Once Martha is playable the plan is to implement other solitaire games we enjoy.
Some features planned include:
- seed based hands/levels - all hands will be the same for everyone.
- global leader board - best 'score' will be time based initially. I do plan on tracking other stats, not sure which ones yet. # of undo's, # of times hand won/lost.
- notification if your top score was bested on the leader board.
- normal dealing/flip animations and extra dealing/flip animations.
- custom tableau, foundation, card face and card back designs.
- possible all random hand/level mode where people can share the hand/level seed and challenge each other.
I don't have large block of time to dedicate to this project at the moment, so I work in smaller 30 minute to 1-hour bursts. It has been fairly effective; I feel like I am still sharp or have the ability to think when I am done instead of feeling totally wiped out.
When I do have the change to spend more time, I jump on it but make sure I dip out when the brain starts to feel overly mushy. If I can't solve a particular problem in an hour or so I usually take a different approach.
I have started using feature branches to make it easier to go back to a known good build to start over if needed. This has saved a ton of time.
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More posts
- 1.3.0-alphaMay 24, 2023
- K.I.S.S.May 17, 2023
- DBM-Solitaire-1.2.0-alphaMay 17, 2023
- More playableMay 17, 2023
- Almost mechanically sound!May 11, 2023
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