Game Development

Ok, now lets make it a loop. Most time I spend on the test, adapting the test stub and the existing tests to the changes. The test design is evolving and leads the way. ► All Game of Life Episodes: http://goo.gl/xc59GX ► Let’s Develop! http://letsdeveloper.com ► Don’t Miss an Episode: […]

Conway’s Game of Life #11 – Game Loop – Loop

24 Feb, 2015 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Game Development / TDD by letsdeveloper

First thing we need is for the loop to update our game state on each iteration. While we write our test, we adjust the design to the new requirements and adapt our test-stub game to support the test we want to write. But hey, it’s not a loop yet! ► […]

Conway’s Game of Life #10 – Game Loop – Update

18 Feb, 2015 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Game Development / TDD by letsdeveloper

To get our game running, we need a game loop. Since I don’t have a clue about game development, I asked the pros: Eric Smith kindly allowed me to use the material from his blogpost series “Test-Driving the Game Loop”. And here it is: Getting started with the basic concepts. […]

Conway’s Game of Life #9 – Game Loop – Concept

11 Feb, 2015 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Game Development / TDD by letsdeveloper

If I look at old code of mine and I struggle to understand it, I know it’s time for a refactoring. Clean up the campground. This is the second part of me doing this. ► All Game of Life Episodes: http://goo.gl/xc59GX ► Let’s Develop! http://letsdeveloper.com ► Don’t Miss an Episode: […]

Conway’s Game of Life #8 – Boyscout Rule – Part ...

4 Feb, 2015 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Boyscout Rule / Game Development / Refactoring by letsdeveloper

If I look at old code of mine and I struggle to understand it, I know it’s time for a refactoring. Clean up the campground. This is the first part of me doing this. ► All Game of Life Episodes: http://goo.gl/xc59GX ► Let’s Develop! http://letsdeveloper.com ► Don’t Miss an Episode: […]

Conway’s Game of Life #7 – Boyscout Rule – Part ...

28 Jan, 2015 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Boyscout Rule / Game Development / Refactoring by letsdeveloper

In this episode I undo part of the refactoring from the last episode, where I tried to do to many things at a time and, thereby, broke my tests. I then redo the refactoring one step at a time, while continuously executing my test suite to verify that nothing broke. […]

Conway’s Game of Life #5 – Refactoring Redone

28 May, 2014 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Game Development / Refactoring by letsdeveloper

In this episode I start to refactor the Universe, since it’s implementation, though working, is very redundant. As I go along, I run into a typical issue when doing refactoring: I try to do to many things at once. As a result, my refactoring breaks the Universe. Stay tuned for […]

Conway’s Game of Life #4 – Refactoring Counterexample

28 May, 2014 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Game Development / Refactoring by letsdeveloper

In this episode I complete the Universe’s updating logic. During the implementation, I accept that redundancy is introduced into the production code. Stay tuned for the next episode where I make use of my test suite, to refactor the Universe. All code of this and all subsequent episodes is available […]

Conway’s Game of Life #3 – Updating the Universe

28 May, 2014 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Game Development / TDD by letsdeveloper

In this episode I start to develop the game environment, i.e., the Universe. As I go along, I emphasize readability of tests and explain how to configure Eclipse to help with static imports. All code of this and all subsequent episodes is available in a Github Repository: https://github.com/salsolatragus/letsdeveloper Share this:

Conway’s Game of Life #2 – Clean Tests and Static ...

28 May, 2014 in Conway's Game of Life / Let's Develop tagged Eclipse / Game Development / TDD by letsdeveloper