//1) set specific actions to choose from // -fight // -clear out (specify item to clear the effect) // -get an item from //Give a list of available items as well //allow for on the fly item creation (generic icon)…
Category: Prototype
Character Customization
Found a base tutorial for what I needed to assemble the custom characters for players. https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/355/making-character-composed-of-multiple-parts I just love technology and how everything is coming together. So what am I using to build the visual portion? Since this application will be…
Ah finally artwork…
Found these amazing simplistic vector art tutorials while perusing the Construct 2 tutorials and forums. http://2dgameartforprogrammers.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-10-15T23:53:00%2B10:00&max-results=7&start=70&by-date=false Its the style that I wanted to use with Troll-Me-A-Story and with this inspiration I will continue with the intended style. Though I am…
Simple Interaction
The DB is still being finessed because the structure is very complex however to get the general flow of the application going on the front end I am employing the use of dummy data. I will be disabling the “signup”…
Employing SVG and CraftyJS
So for the map portion of the project I needed to have a way that users could interact with the world and view the different area maps. With the random behavior that the stories could take I needed a way…
Initiate Events from Twitter?
Crazy, I know however it is very possible to have users cause events for other users from a simple twitter post. The way it would work is that the user on twitter would have to send/post a tweet with @trollmeastory…
DB design for Troll-Me-A-Story
So here is the database design for the MySQL database of the project. I had to rework it from the original design which was one large table. What is diagrammed above is the various tables and their relationships to one…
DB Schema Design
Found a great application to help design the schema for the database of Troll-Me-A-Story. The best part is that it is available for free from MySQL. It is called MySQL workbench and it should help streamline the database creation portion…
Thesis Project Coding Chunks
Troll Me A Story (TMAS) Coding Chunks Character Avatar Creation Body Type Skin Tone Head Eyes Shape Color Nose Mouth Hair Shape Color Clothes Hat Cloak/Coat Top Bottom Basic Account Creation Personal Info Name First Last Age – verify that…
AWS
I’m investigating the offerings of Amazon Web Service (AWS). They may or may not offer free SSL with their service. If they do offer free SSL I may go with them instead of Linode.com