{"id":33,"date":"2022-02-12T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s22-teama5\/?p=33"},"modified":"2022-02-13T00:45:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T00:45:13","slug":"georges-status-report-for-feb-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s22-teama5\/2022\/02\/12\/georges-status-report-for-feb-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"George’s Status Report for 2\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, welcome to my first status report for Hit It!. Hit It! is a rhythm game where the user hits drum pads with drum sticks to the beat of a song. I will be programming the user interface of the game with OpenGL and C++, and I will also be writing the code for overall gameplay flow. I chose to do graphics programmings on this project mainly because I am interested in working in the video games industry as a graphics programmer, and because I enjoyed taking Computer Game Programming last fall, which required me to make games with C++ & OpenGL.<\/p>\n

This week on Monday we had our project proposal presentation. Over the last 2 weeks, I helped create the slide deck for the presentation and I also worked on the graphics framework for the game. I am following tutorials on graphics programming from an online textbook at https:\/\/learnopengl.com\/. At the beginning of the semester, this game had zero code. Since then, I have worked on the following things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Importing libraries for graphics programming into the code base: glfw<\/em>, glm<\/em>, and glad<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Creating a window with glfw<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Drawing a square in the window<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Right now the game looks like this:<\/p>\n

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    The game can draw a square…\u00a0 woah!<\/em><\/p>\n

    Each of the 3 steps listed above took several hours. I had to do quite a bit of internet research to figure out how to create a Makefile and how to compile our game. Then I needed to learn how to import\u00a0glad<\/em>,\u00a0glm<\/em>, and\u00a0glfw<\/em> into the codebase. It took me around 5 hours or so to draw a square once the window was created, because I had to debug an issue related to how I configured my vertex and fragment shaders.<\/p>\n

    Next week I would like to add texture rendering into the game. I also want to be able to import placeholder artwork and maybe even have font rendering before the end of next week. In our schedule, we have allocated 3 weeks after the proposal presentation to test our technologies. Font rendering isn’t really necessary right how, but it would be nice if I can get it working by the end of next week so that I can use it in our prototype.<\/p>\n

    Right now I am on track to create a simple rhythm game prototype before spring break. I think that the biggest challenge for me moving forward will be balancing school with interviews and job searching. Interviewing and filling out applications takes a lot of time, which means I’ll need strong time management skills to stay on top of everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hello, welcome to my first status report for Hit It!. Hit It! is a rhythm game where the user hits drum pads with drum sticks to the beat of a song. I will be programming the user interface of the game with OpenGL and C++, and I will also be writing the code for overall … <\/p>\n

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