We’ve hit a few roadblocks this week. My goals for this week were to figure out how to execute Shreya’s Python code from the cpp code, and debug some beatmap timing issues. I didn’t get to either of these. Instead, I worked on debugging some drum input issues and cross platform compilation issues so that we could reach MVP.
Drum Input Issues
Our MVP was scheduled to be completed by this week, but I unexpectedly encountered an issue with the drum input earlier this week. I reprioritized by tasks this week to ensure that we met the MVP. Here is the issue: the drum could connect to the game, but the inputs were being interpreted incorrectly. When the player holds the drum down, the game would think that the player is hitting the drum repeatedly. I debugged and resolved the issue.
Cross Platform Compilation Issues
The game currently does not compile on Windows. I currently am the main contributor to our gameplay code, and I use MacOS. However, we would like Stephen and Shreya to add features to the game as well. We tried to compile the game this week and we encountered many compilation issues on Windows, and I met with them to debug this. I think that I am going to need a solid 3 hours of debugging before I can figure out clearly why the game is not working on their machines.
More Files
I added some starter code for MainMenuMode.cpp, SongSelectionMode.cpp, and ScoreScreenMode.cpp.
My goals for next week are:
- Get the game to compile on Windows
- Look into executing Python from C++