friday code nights

Well, I think i'll be making this a weekly thing.

Got together with my coding buddy to start on the design of our platformer. We're going to create it in Dr. Racket first, and translate it into Java if we feel that it's necessary (in theory, it shouldn't be thaaaaat hard).

Here's a picture of some of our early work on the design (featuring teammate, Leon)

Definitely the most exciting thing I've done all week. 2.5 hours of discussing the game's mechanics, potential problems, and writing out the full data definition along with preliminary function design. Crossing my fingers that this thing turns out playable - better yet, fun.



Aaand since Caro asked, here are the requirements I put out for the group, ordered by importance:

1) Must have free time - no current honors students, cannot be taking more than 5 courses per term

2) Must be intending to go into the compsci field after graduation, whether it's for industry or research

3) Must be on a similar skill level as the rest of the members - varying skill levels will result in an unsustainable group environment and will probably be destined to fail

4) GPA is irrelevant

5) Must be: trustworthy, reliable, be willing to self-learn, (insert more positive character traits here)

Purpose: to create our own projects together and learn how to code effectively in a group setting

If interested, apply now.