PGD Mini Compo - Are you ready?
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, 14-06-2011 at 09:39 PM (10441 Views)
As luck would have it, its still exam week (or more appropriately exam month) and as with all things in life, it all has to happen at the same time...
Oh well. Things look better than Ludum Dare #20 on my end in the run up for the PGD Mini Compo (we need a cool acronym for this one, hit me up on the comments with any ideas). Translation: Things are better than 'I think it works... Well enough'. Its a phenomenon highlighted by my first Ludum Dare entry. Things might work very well in theory and dry runs, but leave it to a little prcatice and real world chance to change the way that matrix works, or how your threads co-operate
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So, my checklist looks like this as of now (T minus 3 days):
- Audio subsystem - Using one made in late 2010/early 2011. (Not good 4/10)
- Event handling - Using one made in the same era as the audio (Acceptable 6/10)
- Graphic system - Updated 8 minutes 12 seconds ago (over 90% of it works, over 50% of it understandable by humans 6/10. More features could be nice)
- Multi-threading automation system - Update 1 week ago (it works... Sort of. A bit slow but nice to work with 5/10)
- Ideas and Creativity - Its exam week (Innexistant. This better be a good theme 1/10)
- Free time - Its exam week and end of year stuff (Unkown 3/10 guess)
So time for the math.
On the technical side I am 52.5% as ready as I would like
On the 'misc' category, its 20% as good as would be nice.
Solution:
Sainsburys are having BOGOFs and the like on cookies, Blue Bolt (crazy stuff) and everything nice. Time for a propper Ludum Dare coding spree to catch up the 2 months of work I've been slacking off in 2 days. Can it be done: given enough caffeine, pizza, cookies and other resources such as 5.1 Dolby - then it looks hopeful.
WARNING to citizens that are affected by UK internal affairs and economy, read the last paragraph. Stockpile before I hit the shelves.![]()