Slegg.net - Game Development, Rapid prototyping, Mobile Android and iOS, ShiVa » Broken Rules http://www.slegg.net About game development and other stuff... Sun, 29 May 2011 20:35:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Level Master 2000 is live@google code! http://www.slegg.net/level-master-2000-is-livegoogle-code http://www.slegg.net/level-master-2000-is-livegoogle-code#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:21:52 +0000 Christian http://blog.scrambled-egg.net/?p=645 Level Master 2000: Logo

Level Master 2000: screenshot0001

Level Master 2000: screenshot0001

Today I prepared the initial launch of Level Master 2000 at google code: http://code.google.com/p/levelmaster2000/. There are still a lot of features missing, as the project page states:

August 24th, 2010. Commited as is. Consider this more a preview/announcement rather than a real release. A major restructuring will occur within the next months, but anyway – here it is!

Nevertheless, it’s a good feeling finally having it on air and getting some feedback!

]]> http://www.slegg.net/level-master-2000-is-livegoogle-code/feed 1 Presenting: Level Master 2000 http://www.slegg.net/presenting-level-master-2000 http://www.slegg.net/presenting-level-master-2000#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:09:25 +0000 Christian http://www.scrambled-egg.net/blog/?p=69 It’s time to unveil the beast! For my master thesis I am developing a rapid prototyping tool (as stated in starting to cook) named Level Master 2000*. The project is in cooperation with the guys from Broken Rules, the makers of And Yet It Moves. It’s really nice working with them, as they always give useful feedback.
For the last weeks I’ve been researching and playing around with the PushButton Engine, and my first impression is very good. Now, time is nearing to get my fingers dirty for sure!
What you see here is a first prototype of the user interface (click on the image to get to a flash demo):

lm2000_02

Elements explained:

  • Component composition: this is an auto-complete input. Try it with e.g. “Comp”
  • +C is add the component to the selected entities
  • +E adds the component to a new entity
  • - deletes the selected component or entity
  • Magnifier brings up the component browser, in case the auto-completion is not enough
  • Search Entity: will also be auto-completion based
  • Duplicate entites will probably work via right click context menu and standard keyboard short cuts of course
  • All the transformation & collision editing will happen via icons in the viewport, directly above the to manipulate object

I hope that’s not too confusing right now, I’ll post more detailed information about the individual features when it comes to implementing them.

*: Many thanks to Meisi for the ultra cool proposal on how to name this beast! It sounds so retro, that it can only turn into a true masterpiece…

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