We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Rick to bring you me, Stealth! Aren't you lucky?
Just thought it'd be interesting to show off our dev environment, or rather, a bunch of pieces of it all at once. What clutters up my desktop-
Main Toolbar for editor access
Level/Object Layout Editor with stat window
Object Variable and Info Viewer
Crimson Editor with custom highlighting for code and script editing
Graphics Gale for creating and manipulating graphics to be imported
Naturally, each HCGE editor component is optional and can be enabled/disabled as-needed, but, this is an example of how it can all be arranged on dual-monitors
Also, speaking of importing, this is what HCGE's import features currently look like:
Some bits may be recognizeable from the last time I posted some HCGE progress. It's all still in-development, and will still receive more interface overhauls and more features. Luckily, I have this project's team to help me test it all into the ground before any of it goes live
What can't be seen here? Well, some changes have been made to script handling and file structure as well. These all serve to allow asset naming instead of the use of ID numbers or manually-created aliases that have to be maintained in case of data order changes, provide a cleaner data structure, and help to provide a foundation for a more complex IDE. For example, notice that the names of Player Variables are already used in the Player Variable Viewer
Native script language (now dubbed “HeadCode”) Functions are now stored in individual “.HC” files that are referenced from “.lst” files, where they can be named
Other data such as Object Type Definitions, Object Sprite Sets, and Sound Effect Definitions, have also been split into separate files that are loaded by similar “.lst” files, where they can be named
Object Variables can now be named within their Type Data
Variables of various other types can now be declared in their own per-type “.lst” files by simply being named instead of requiring the number of variables to be defined within the Game Def and for them to be named by manually-created and maintained Aliases
All data that is loaded by a “.lst” file may be given more than one name by entering them all on the same line
As for the game itself, it seems to be progressing pretty nicely, as evidenced by earlier blog posts. Markey seems to be adapting especially well to coding, given the state of his awesome new whip mechanics. In-progress graphics and concepts for other upcoming content are already looking great as well
It's all very exciting
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