Update 09.26.08
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:59 pm
My very final code base for expo was just archived. Both games are running great. I fixed some minor annoyances like the loading screen audio. It wasn't setting volume based on the emulator volume so the loading screens on RFM were really loud no matter what the emulator volume was. While testing RFM I got to attack mars on my first ball (actually third ball but I won three free balls.) That was fun. I'm actually pretty sick of playing both games right now :p The final code is going to Don tonight so he can double check everything and do final testing on his system. I need a little break =)
After expo... The only piece of functionality that isn't implemented is the option menu system. Right now we choose game options from the command line and we need to convert all that to menus so the user will never need to leave the emulator to change anything. This won't be very hard at all. Just a little time consuming. Once that's done Don and I will go through every bit of code and clean up any unused code, change a few things that could be done better and then wrap it up. We'll most likely be going to Alpha testing after the option menu is done so we can start getting feedback. Hopefully we can start alpha testing in November.
Side note, if your ramp on RFM ever sticks up even after cleaning the mechanism and re-installing a spring works great. The problem is that long coil sleeve is hard to find (I haven't found one yet.) If it gets warn and isn't as smooth as it used to be your ramp may stick.
After expo... The only piece of functionality that isn't implemented is the option menu system. Right now we choose game options from the command line and we need to convert all that to menus so the user will never need to leave the emulator to change anything. This won't be very hard at all. Just a little time consuming. Once that's done Don and I will go through every bit of code and clean up any unused code, change a few things that could be done better and then wrap it up. We'll most likely be going to Alpha testing after the option menu is done so we can start getting feedback. Hopefully we can start alpha testing in November.
Side note, if your ramp on RFM ever sticks up even after cleaning the mechanism and re-installing a spring works great. The problem is that long coil sleeve is hard to find (I haven't found one yet.) If it gets warn and isn't as smooth as it used to be your ramp may stick.