D4: Today was a success!!

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Today's Goals

So my target for day 4 was to make my maps saving. For a while now I have been able to edit maps, as I said yesterday. But I would have to remake it every time because when you close the game it would be reset.

Today's Work

Now however (assuming the games is closed correctly) the map automatically saves. This will soon be made into a button on the screen somewhere so that I can save whenever I want.

The maps save as a 2 small files right now as well, with a 50x50 tile map being just 2 individual 2.44KB files. I think my main target for now is to make this into a viable editor so that I can make some maps for the final game. This main mean that it ends up not being a tycoon style game and instead finishes its life as a map maker for me.

The game is written with an engine as well so I could easily make another game using the same engine and have it work very well. This could go well, we'll see...

Happy implementing

Matt

D3: today wasn't great

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Day 3 of my 100 days of code challenge didn't feel very productive.

I had a drink last night so didn't feel great this morning, a bit of a hangover, not great for coding. On top of that I was going out at midday so didn't have long to code, but was determined to at least get an hour in.

I took to eclipse to start my java coding and realised there was nothing that I had planned that would only take an hour. I took to doing some debugging.

So the game is shaping up quite nicely as a tycoon style game, with changeable terrain, buildable roads, paths are and a bulldoze function as well. However moving the map around was causing some UI issues so I had to solve that, it took me about an hour and 20 minutes but it's finally done. I mean it was done before but it was kind of botched and didn't work 100% bit now it does so I guess it was actually okay.

I will post some screen shots tomorrow when I do more coding. Also at some point i need to do the JavaScript tutorials and then I can begin work on practising that and making some cool things to add to my website.

Hopefully by this weekend I can start making bids on some freelance jobs and before long will make this hobby of mine for years into a career.

Happy debugging,

Matt

D2: I've already completed today's coding!

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I've finished with day 2 already.

I am going out later so had to make sure I coded early and with that done I am working on art for my twitter page instead. I've made my page much better with CSS and then from there you can see (in previous pages) more CSS examples as I have improved my Spitfire page with some styling.

I don't know what I will be doing tomorrow but we shall see. The next tutorials I have to do are javascript so I want to do that now but don't have time so tomorrow may be some Java instead, stay around to see.

Happy coding!

Matt

D1: My first day is finished! #100DaysofCode

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So today I started my 100 Days of Coding, I've learned some CSS and remade the BBC News Website!

I took today to leanr some CSS. I have known some of it for a while but wanted to get to know a lot more of it and be able to use it confidently. I know feel like I can do that and to be sure I will be updating my London Spitfire website tomorrow (after some sleep) to make sure that I actually now can do it and it's not just because I have just done it.

We shall see!

See you tomorrow guys!
(woo inline CSS 😀 )
Matt

100 Days of Coding: Day 1 (Friday 27th April)

So I am starting today! 100 Days from now is 5th August and until then I will do everything in my power to do some sort of coding everyday!

Today is quite easy, I am still learning more Web Development skills and so that will be my coding for today, today's topic is CSS. Yesterday I finished the HTML section while making a page about the London Spitfire Overwatch League team

Check it out and let me know what you all think

Happy Coding

Matt