Blog Posts

• Tweaked waitForEvent() in lua to deliver payload. Need to run unit tests on event system again
• Made sol2 error message more detailed,
• Got event waiting payloads working
• Segfault with unit test, trying to solve.
• Event unit test works, all tests pass, but the test still says it fails, and sometimes it throws a segfault for no predictable reason (not always)
• Updated input system to pass payloads with relevant data.
• Added input system unit test, needs debugging
• Need more work on input system.hpp and .cpp, and then unit testing all over again

• Explored input system more
• Input system needs testing/fine-tuning
• Input system fully tested. Now to integrate it into the game.
• showTutorialWindowWithOptions() working now

• Cut out some features from tutorial system
• Got main game/menu music playing via lua script
• Dithering shader added
• Trying entt.fwd to reduce compilation times
• Added keymapping layer for later input reuse/controller binding, needs testing

Nothing new to post today.

• explored task management & ninepatch scaling some more
• Wrote drawNinePatchUIIndicator()
• Worked on npatch component for in-game npatch indicator rendering
• Added screen fade-in/fade-out
• Added ninepatch indicators for entities that blink and time out
• Added filter to component viewer
• Used imguilistclipper to reduce processing when showing entities
• Added camera offset fix whenever window size changes so the camera always centers right.
• Added some sounds, but the sound system needs to be tested now
• Got music playing.
• Started work on scripts that will auto-execute on startup.
• Sound effects working properly now.

Added goap world state atom access function Added zoom camera to entity/location functionality Added a method to display indicator arrows around an entity, which needs testing Pretty happy to see this working as planned: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 function tutorials.sample(deltaTime) addGameAnnouncement("[color:KONSOLE_BREEZE_NEON_GREEN]Welcome to the tutorial![/color]") -- TODO: should be showwindow method instead addGameAnnouncement("Wait for 3 seconds...") wait(3) -- Wait for 3 seconds addGameAnnouncement("Now press the [color:KONSOLE_BREEZE_WARM_BROWN_ORANGE]'A'[/color] key.") …

• Nothing new to share today. Work continues on tutorial system.

• More ninepatch debugging
• Ninepatch working now, needs tweaking to look right.
• Added bg and fg to ninpatch window
• Changed gui color scheme to konsole breeze
• Added simple announcements log ![](images/Screenshot2024-10-05at3.30.27PM.png
• Added a list of defined events file to keep track of events fired by the game which can be detected by lua
• Adjusted mouse input to not go through windows
• Added color coding based on name as well as RGB values
• Made in-game controls lockable via lua
• Changed ninepatch to use imgui drawlist
• Added announcement-adding with lua
• Added lua event publishing argument-less-ly via console
• Tutorial mode tweaking
• Added event_system::subscribeToLuaEvent
• Added resetListenersForLuaEvent()
• Wrote unit tests for these
• Added registerTutorialToEvent(), linked it with tutorial system to allow automatic addition of tutorials
• Modified console to log command input
• Fixed transparency issue in ninepatch window
• Currently the ninepatch rendering will be cut off by other imgui windows in the way, but this may not be a problem right away and will be put aside for later fixing, should it be necessary to fix
• Added game pausing/unpausing methods to lua
• Fixed ninepatch clipping error

• Worked on ninepatch functionality some more (needs testing)
• Placed game assets in a centralized repo
• Added Kenney and universal sound fx packs to repo

-Integrating sound system, needs testing -More work on sound -Added ninepatch configuration json -Added initial worldstate and goal state to creature json, needs more work -Made sample cp437 ui image -Tried getting cp437 export on Ubuntu font (show image), with little success -Added linux konsole breeze colors to the color file (2024-09-30 > show_your_work)

• show lua window on script
• Tutorial windows will fire an event on close which lua scripts can listen for
• Removed spotlight shader, wanted something more simple
• Wrote unit tests for some entity access methods to be used lua-side
• waitForCondition() unit test was failing, now fixed
• Added a simple sound management system, but this needs to be tested

• Made changes to website code to better allow mobile viewing (didn’t work, does anybody know how to keep edges from being cut off in mobile?)
• Allowed tutorial system resetting via lua console
• Started lua-tutorialsystem linking
• Started integrating tweening system for imgui windows

• Started work on tutorial system (lua scriptable), with dummy methods for now
• Added spotlight effect shader that can be triggered with lua (untested)
• Started work on a creatures.json that will allow data-based ai initialization

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"CREATURE_MOUSE": {
        "name": "Mouse",
        "attributes": {
            "health": 50,
            "speed": 2,
            "vision_range": 15
        },
        "tags": ["AGGRESSIVE"],
        "actions": {
        }
    }

• Made a new hugo batch file that auto-generates a new post (so I don’t have to enter the date each time)
• Changed console font again..
• Finished script reloading command via console (to hot-reload ai-related lua scripts inside the game)
• Finished lua_dump feature which dumps a list of all user-added functions and tables defined within the master lua state (for debugging and easy access)
• Changed show console key to f6

Made a “Lua mode” in the console for inputting lua code with spaces in it (makes inputting lua code hassle free)