Hi and thanks for the comments!
Kirk wrote:
> Very nice! What's it written in?
Thanks!
I've used good old Borland C++ Builder 6!
(maybe not so old!)
> If you want some interface suggestions (though it is pretty good as is...)
> 1. Maybe make it so there's a colored box around the selected tool, not
> having it show up in a seperate window?
Good point, I'll do it!
> 2. Some way of visually indicating what has been set as starting location?
Yes, the starting location is hilighted with the red border...!
> 3. in terms of recording path...I would do this by having a tape recorder
> like "record path" button. Pressing it would (well, ask 'are you sure'
> if they've already recorded it) start a cursor flashing at the start
> point (or error if there wasn't a start point)- then they could use
> the arrow keys to indicate the path, leaving the pink dots behind.
> basically, you'd have to implement the game in the editor, but maybe
> it's not so hard? Just an idea, to constrain them into recording legal
> paths.
Yup, but IMO that would probably make creating and editing the path more
complicated, and instead I'd like to encourage having a path on every level!
> 4. also, maybe instead of dots, tiny little triangles showing which way
> to go...might be easier for someone to see then, and you could even get
> rid of the "animate path" option (although if a guys path crosses
itself,
> there would be more than one triangle...and 'jumps' would have to have
> special color triangles for the square being bypassed...hmm)
Humm I've been thinking about this initially, but the issue with the
crossing arrows could make it a little bit too confusing! Plus, I don't
really want to spend weeks working on it ;)
> 5. Clear/Fill should probably ask 'are you sure?' if they've already drawn
> anything on the board.
Yes I still had to put in all the confirm dialogs.. done now :)
So I've continued working on the editor, and now almost everything is
working except for "Export" (which will save a .asm file), "Help" and "Test"
is only halfway done (will invoke the emulator but the binary with the level
is not yet generated).
Anyway now you can Save/Load, give levels a name, "play" the path and
configure the emulator...!
New version here: http://www.rasty.com/bounce/bouncedit_alpha2.zip
340k, still no install required! ;)
Regards,
Fabrizio.-
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