Nuts!

Over 7 months since last post. Must do better.

Again, haven't done much since October. The Tetris project died a merry death when my PC fell over and I haven't had the motivation to start again.

I've change roles at work, no longer doing non-technical clerical work but level 1 and some level 2 help desk as a Service Desk Analyst. Not the (game) programming role I really want, but at least it's in IT.

Been playing around with Ogre 3D. Tried using it a few years ago when there was a whole heap o' dependencies you had to install. Thankfully, the SDK is one pre-compiled ZIP file and getting the tutorials up and running has been easy.

Urk

The Tetris-clone is proving to be harder to write than I thought it would be. Not hard as in "I can't write this" but hard as in "gosh this is getting boring, I want to move on to something else". I've got two shapes fully implemented, and almost got a third done, but there's still another four to go.

It hasn't help that I've been very busy with non-gamedev (indeed, non-computer) related stuff, so it's been hard to get to the computer at home. I've been keeping the most current version on my laptop as well, in case I get an opportunity to work on it during my breaks, but even then I keep getting interrupted (I know, I shouldn't have tea breaks and lunch at my desk...).

Aargh. Just going to have to force myself to get it done!

Yay!

Pong is done (and only in a couple of hours)! Next project: Tetris-clone!

It's actually a relief to have finished a project, even one as small as this. Gives me the confidence to tackle something larger.