Our Second Meeting

Last night was the second meeting of the USF game programming club. Although we did not get a big crowd, we had fun looking at code and eating cookies. Several things were introduced yesterday. Here they are:

1. A set of helper classes was created to help with easier and faster development. My job this week will be to document these classes so anyone can import them to his or her project and understand how to start a simple game. The documentation should be available by our next meeting.

2. Tim Archer was able to compile and run the sample applications using "Eclipse", a free IDE with more features than "Dev C++". For those of you that would like to use Eclipse we can help you set it up and use it as your default project environment.

3. Next week we are going to start work on a real game. We are still debating what that will be so, if you want, please comment on this post and let us know what type of game you would like to try to make... go ahead comment. We could create a card game, an action game or even a board game. Your input will be very helpful since we want this to be a fun experience for all.

Next meeting is next Tuesday, the 16th, and I am looking forward to see most of you, if not all of you, there. Till then, check the blog for other news during the week.