Scratch

I know, but is there a simple way around it?

TRocket wrote:

lol Inf fps!
@MathWizz you're now admin!
@amcerbu I know, but since this is going to be based on scratch it makes sense to have a name related to scratch?

EDIT: Forgot to mention we will use boost libraries

What does boost do?

MathWizz wrote:

It is a library of helpful stuff. I don't know if we will need it or not...

Oh... Ok.

Also we need to regulate the frame rate.

It is a good assumption that that is windows only?

I can do framerate regulation stuff.  Also, I think we should separate the "playing project" part of the program from the "editing scripts" part to make things simpler, so starting scripts will sort of open a new window, and you won't be allowed to edit scripts until you've hit the stop button.  Just makes things simpler on our end (and less likely to fail).

I'm sorry, I wasn't quite clear.  Not necessarily a separate window, but the script editor will be hidden while running the project.  That keeps us from having to deal with the IDE and the actual project at the same time.  So yeah, separating, as you said, drawing of the stage and the IDE.

Does it, really?  Why would anyone need to edit scripts while scripts were running?

By the way, the Boost library has multi-threading capabilities.

Last edited by amcerbu (2012-09-18 21:43:14)

A compromise might be the ability to pause execution and edit scripts (which is better than editing them while the project is running anyway).

Last edited by nXIII (2012-09-18 21:49:04)

Yay, we've got file interpretation!  How are we storing files in memory?  I assume we're not going to constantly be parsing and re-parsing the .sb, are we?  So we'll need some sort of class to store a Scratch project file... and we'll need classes for sprites, costumes, scripts (probably), etc.  Wow, we've got a lot of work. 

EDIT: Idea!  We can use function pointers to deal with scripts efficiently.  You create a class for a block, and then you inherit classes for command (void), boolean (bool), numerical (int or double), etc, etc, etc.  Then you can create arrays of blocks!

Last edited by amcerbu (2012-09-19 00:35:36)

Oh, and TRocket, do you like the name suggestion?  Does anyone else have any suggestions for an alternate name (or is everyone okay with sticking with Itchy++...)?  I just don't feel like the name "Itchy" draws people to our product -- which we ultimately want.  Also, there's PerspectiveDesigns' "Itchy++" project, a mini-programming language written within Scratch.  Any thoughts from other members of the team?

amcerbu wrote:

Does it, really?  Why would anyone need to edit scripts while scripts were running?

I do it all the time! 

blob8108 wrote:

MathWizz wrote:

I can read a whole scratch file into memory! 

Awesome! Now implement writing. >

Yikes! One step at a time please. 

MathWizz wrote:

blob8108 wrote:

MathWizz wrote:

I can read a whole scratch file into memory! :D

Awesome! Now implement writing. >:D

Yikes! One step at a time please. :P

And then you get the fun of writing tests where you read something, write it again, and check it matches the original... :P

Last edited by blob8108 (2012-09-19 15:32:26)