Progress Report (08/28/2010)

This being final exam week, I've been extremely busy with DeVry work, so I haven't accomplished much since last week's report.  I did get a few very small things accomplished though.  Expect a much more substantial report from me next week.  There are some VERY exciting things on the horizon and I'm dying to get to them!

 
Accomplishments:

• Updated the GDD with details on Trooper bonuses.
• Updated the original concept doc with current development team information.
• Started experimenting with isometric tile automation.
• Began an architectural analysis of the code in preparation for a very necessary refactoring effort.

The original domain model from the project's architectural planning stage.  The actual implementation wasn't jivin' with this, so I had to refactor it.

Issues:

• The standalone server app is crashing and the UI is not being properly initialized.
• Images from MHFramework don't load when running as a standalone executable (JAR file).
• The game application has intermittent startup issues.

Next Steps:

High priority:

• Add medium buttons to TLCButtonFactory class.
• Then finish putting buttons on the lobby screen.
• Create class for custom components.
• Then redo login and team creation screens with custom components.


Diagram and analyze current architecture.
• Then refactor it to match the architectural design
• Fix standalone server app.

Medium priority:

Begin work on game state (after refactoring).
Begin work on team configuration screen (after refactoring).
• Continue experiments with isometric tile generation.

Low priority:

Add "Spectator" option to main menu.
Change layout of main menu.  Put in placeholder for skyline backdrop.
Add sound capability to MHGUIButton class.
• Fix MHFramework image loading
• Create command line interface for server app so it can be launched and configured remotely.