Next meeting, December 3rd

Alan Dayley plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Mon Nov 26 20:35:01 2001


Bob,

We are interested.  I posted a proposed meeting agenda to the list today.  
Not really an official announcement.  I did imply that you would be doing the 
presentation.  Is that still a go?  We would love to see you and your code.

Alan

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 08:07 pm, you wrote:
> Yes, I mean a technical overview of the game architecture, and a
> walkthrough of some of the code.
>
> The game itself is not too complex - it is a remake of an old
> Asteroids-like arcade game called Star Castle, but there is some
> interesting code to look at.  The design is object-oriented and I have used
> classes to represent game entities.  Each entity is tasked with updating
> itself and rendering itself, many times every second.  The code also
> illustrates the use of some of the patterns out of Design Patterns - the
> singleton and facade.
>
> The graphics are all done with OpenGL - a large topic in itself - however
> it might be interesting to see how OpenGL works.  I have implemented a
> sound-system using SDL which mixes multiple sounds.  There is also particle
> system managed by a resource pool.
>
> Anyway, let me know if you are interested....
>
> -Bob
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Wehrli <rwehrli@azpower.com>
> To: <plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 7:42 AM
> Subject: RE: Next meeting, December 3rd
>
> > On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:16 PM, Bob Cober
>
> [SMTP:cplusplus@home.com]
>
> > wrote:
> > > I would not mind doing a short walkthrough of an C++/OpenGL/SDL game I
> >
> > have
> >
> > > been working on, if people are interested....
> > >
> > > I can also bring the projector again if need be....
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > Do you mean a walk-through of the game from an architectural perspective?
> >  I think that a discussion of the technical architecture and "story
> > board" of the game would be a good session.
> >
> > BTW...anyone know of a good UML tool (GUI) for Linux?
> >
> > Take Care.
> >
> > Rob!
> >
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