Over the course of the previous week, the two primarily tasks we’ve worked on as a team were the modification of the C++ codebase so that it could function (and therefore be useful in testing) on Windows machines and the integration of our individual project components into a functional device that replicates the end-goals of our project.
Regarding the C++ codebase transfer, we wanted to make sure the codebase was operational on Windows machines, as up until this week we had only ever tested it using a Mac, and being able to run the code on Windows would make certain integration testing steps (such as Shreya testing Json files in the program) much easier. Unfortunately we did run into some issues derived from specific libraries, and although we have yet to resolve those issues for every library currently in the Mac version, the only ones we have yet to fully integrate aren’t integral to the code’s operation, so it was possible for us to display the beatmaps as a series of notes in the C++ game. The problematic library that we had to remove was related to audio, which is an integral part of our game’s design even if the code can run without it, so in the following weeks we hope to resolve that issue as well.
Regarding the integration of our individual modules, we’ve connected the three individual subsections (Shreya’s beatmaps, George’s C++ code, and Stephen’s drum module) into a singular system so that we can verify the full information stream of our project. This is in preparation for the interim demo next week, during which we hope to show an unpolished version of how we intend for our final product to function. Going into next week, we hope to further polish our system with improved beatmaps, visuals, and hardware modules before the interim demo, but we also need to make sure we don’t include any new/developing features into our system that we haven’t had the time to verify the accurate functioning of yet, as they could fail unexpected during the demo, preventing us from demonstrating the parts of our project we have functioning/meeting our expectations.
Regarding how this progress fits into our overall timeline, we are on pace with our expectations, but there still exists a good amount of polishing we need to perform before we’d feel comfortable calling our project a “game” like our end of semester target requires.