Wow.  So after 2 years of not using openGL…. I think I fail at this programming thing.  I guess I’ll leave the videogame programming to my talented husband (JonnyD)….  Can we have a team (real) LD sometime? Please? PLEASE?  Then maybe I could actually be part of one and feel accomplished .

Anyway, This is as far as I got…  There’s no game to this.  Just a scene with mis-aligned textures and crappy graphics (MS Paint style).  I’m glad I didn’t put much time into this.

So my husband (JonnyD) has an important final he need to study for this weekend and can’t participate…  So I’ve decided to try quench his LD thirst and let him watch me program.  It feels like a good time to try, we just brought our computer back into usefulness (after 6 years of neglect), so I’m looking forward to testing it’s power.  My entry isn’t going to be great…  Time is going to be a big factor.  Most of the programs aren’t installed on the computer, the speakers don’t work yet, tablet’s not hooked up and it’s been a few years since I’ve made a full game, so I’m gonna be real slow.   Plus I have two kids climbing on me at any given moment.

So I’ll be using c++ with:

OpenGl

SDL (or Glut if learning that fails miserably) and SDL standard library

NFont

3Ds Max 10

Gimp/Photoshop Elements (depending on which get installed first)

I’m thinking of doing something mostly about  the feel of an environment with not much gameplay elements.  I’m mostly a graphics person anyway.  I hope I can get something good done!