{"id":69,"date":"2015-06-18T00:34:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T00:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.qubekwest.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2019-02-07T11:22:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T11:22:05","slug":"delays-and-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.qubekwest.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Delays and Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"

This project is really honestly the one I want to finish. \u00a0Well, perhaps not “finish” exactly as much as simply “release to the public.” \u00a0The problem is that I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed and underawesome.<\/p>\n

I’ve chosen, for better or worse, to build my own game engine for this game. \u00a0This has several interesting side effects. \u00a0First and foremost it means I have a metric crapload of code to write and things to learn before I ever manage to get any game on the screen. \u00a0Second, I have to build every possible subsystem required to make a concept into a game. \u00a0Third, I have about 17 simultaneous learning curves to try to tackle to make it all happen.<\/p>\n

This post is not intended as pure complaining, but I’d be lying if I claimed I’m not complaining at least a little bit. \u00a0This is hard. \u00a0Really really hard. \u00a0It’s a little bit scary, and a lot bit interesting, and as previously mentioned a whole pile of overwhelming.<\/p>\n

After wrapping up the code for my math library and the subsequent code to test the heck out of it, I’ve made very little progress. \u00a0A little bit of messing with how I represent 3D models and some confusion about how I should be representing them. \u00a0I’ve opened my programming tools a couple times with the intention of coding only to find myself not even sure where to start. \u00a0The next logical step for someone that doesn’t know where to start is sadly to simply not start. \u00a0The step after that is to play a bunch of Minecraft with the intention of observing how different things work. \u00a0Yes, that really is how the last month has gone.<\/p>\n

On the bright side I’ve put in a lot of hours studying how liquids work in Minecraft and some of the sassier details about redstone. \u00a0I do not have any solid ideas about how to code either one if I ever manage to get enough of a game engine together to bother, but at least I’ve learned a little more about how they work. \u00a0Also, where Minecraft uses redstone as a form of electricity, I plan to make QubeKwest have good old fashioned electricity with wires and devices and logic circuits. \u00a0Someday.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the things I’ve been working on without successfully finishing much.<\/p>\n