Logs for Tyler Prete

Week: 15 -- Date: 2008-04-23

Time -- Started: 05:30 PM -> Finished: 08:15 PM

Activity: Final Tweaks

Description:

Fixed crashing bug and made highscore text better.

Week: 14 -- Date: 2008-04-19

Time -- Started: 02:00 PM -> Finished: 05:30 PM

Activity: Implementation

Description:

Making optimization tweaks to speed up the game... Finished high score server.

Week: 14 -- Date: 2008-04-18

Time -- Started: 01:00 PM -> Finished: 06:00 PM

Activity: Implementation

Description:

Worked on high score list... taking longer than I thought it would!

Week: 14 -- Date: 2008-04-15

Time -- Started: 07:00 PM -> Finished: 09:30 PM

Activity: Implementation/Planning

Description:

Worked on high score server, planned out final changes to the game

Week: 14 -- Date: 2008-04-13

Time -- Started: 01:00 PM -> Finished: 06:00 PM

Activity: Implementation

Description:

Implementing High Score Server

Week: 13 -- Date: 2008-04-06

Time -- Started: 01:00 PM -> Finished: 05:00 PM

Activity: Bug Fixes

Description:

Worked on some small bug tweaks, started on high score server

Week: 13 -- Date: 2008-04-01

Time -- Started: 07:15 PM -> Finished: 10:00 PM

Activity: Planning and Discussion

Description:

Fleshed out theme and found bugs. Planned out rest of semester. Decided on individual and team goals. Worked a little on the game.

Week: 12 -- Date: 2008-03-29

Time -- Started: 01:00 PM -> Finished: 05:00 PM

Activity: Planning and Implementation

Description:

Discussed issues relating to release 2 and worked on getting the project to our release 2 goals.

Week: 12 -- Date: 2008-03-25

Time -- Started: 07:00 PM -> Finished: 09:30 PM

Activity: Planning

Description:

Discussed ideas with Casey and Matt about the direction our game is heading. We are trying to establish a theme for the game, so we can start working on graphics.

Week: 11 -- Date: 2008-03-11

Time -- Started: 07:45 PM -> Finished: 10:30 PM

Activity: Setting up Forum

Description:

I gave input into the VVR and also set up a new forum on the website so that our beta tests can post comments and criticisms, as well as any defects they may find.

Week: 11 -- Date: 2008-03-09

Time -- Started: 02:00 PM -> Finished: 06:37 PM

Activity: Development

Description:

Worked with Casey to implement splash damage for SplashTower. Also added section to website to host game and added password protection so we can restrict who can play it.

Week: 11 -- Date: 2008-03-09

Time -- Started: 07:45 PM -> Finished: 09:15 PM

Activity: Development

Description:

Worked with Casey on implementing new features, such as variable tower size, splash damage, etc.

Week: 10 -- Date: 2008-03-04

Time -- Started: 07:00 PM -> Finished: 11:00 PM

Activity: Integration & Meeting

Description:

Worked with team to integrate GUI and game playing sections. Preparing for initial beta version next week.

Week: 9 -- Date: 2008-03-01

Time -- Started: 12:00 PM -> Finished: 05:30 PM

Activity: Development

Description:

Worked on prototype with Mark. Fixed movement code (made it much faster, now works correctly) and other various things.

Week: 8 -- Date: 2008-02-26

Time -- Started: 07:30 PM -> Finished: 10:15 PM

Activity: Prototype 2.0

Description:

Worked towards prototype 2.0. I spent most of the time reworking the pathfollowing code to speed it up, as our old code was a little too slow. Seems to be improved, although still a little buggy. Also talked with team to assign tasks and decide on goals.

Week: 7 -- Date: 2008-02-19

Time -- Started: 07:30 PM -> Finished: 11:30 PM

Activity: Worked on game and VVP

Description:

Worked with mark to complete pathfinding and unit following. Also helped team work on VVP and plan out future.

Week: 6 -- Date: 2008-02-12

Time -- Started: 07:15 PM -> Finished: 10:00 PM

Activity: SDS Fix + Development

Description:

I pair programmed with Mark. We started working on the new implementation of Game. We finally settled on using a grid, and so now we can really begin development.

Week: 5 -- Date: 2008-02-05

Time -- Started: 07:00 PM -> Finished: 09:30 PM

Activity: SDS

Description:

We met together and worked on the SDS, and also discussed some aspects of the game that we haven't finalized yet.

Week: 4 -- Date: 2008-02-02

Time -- Started: 11:00 AM -> Finished: 03:40 PM

Activity: Planning + Website

Description:

We met together as a team. I worked on the website for an hour and a half or so, fixing layout issues and making it look better. Then we worked on the SDS and planned out aspects of our game.

Week: 4 -- Date: 2008-01-29

Time -- Started: 06:00 PM -> Finished: 09:24 PM

Activity: Meeting and Website Design

Description:

We met together as a team and figured out what we needed to do. We worked on the project plan. While we were doing this, I gave the website a graphical update using a free template on the web.

Week: 4 -- Date: 2008-01-28

Time -- Started: 02:00 AM -> Finished: 04:00 AM

Activity: Website

Description:

Worked on main page which is viewable by visitors.

Week: 3 -- Date: 2008-01-27

Time -- Started: 04:00 PM -> Finished: 06:30 PM

Activity: Website Implementation

Description:

Worked on website, allowed dynamic entry of logs and weekly reports

Week: 2 -- Date: 2008-01-19

Time -- Started: 02:00 PM -> Finished: 06:00 PM

Activity: Research

Description:

Walked through flash tutorials, figured out how to use actionscript and flash

Week: 2 -- Date: 2008-01-18

Time -- Started: 02:00 PM -> Finished: 03:00 PM

Activity: Initial Project Planning

Description:

We received our project (Flash Tower Defense), so we planned how to proceed from here. We are meeting tomorrow to get started with flash tutorials, and will start planning game details and assigning jobs next week.

Week: 1 -- Date: 2008-01-10

Time -- Started: 04:00 PM -> Finished: 06:30 PM

Activity: Requirements

Description:

Wrote First Version of Bid 1 and Bid 2