I seem to have a hard time focusing in on one thing. I have this project and that one. Oh, and one over there, and another in the closet, and yet another in the drawer. All of them are uncompleted.

So here’s another one.

I am putting together a project using an (older) open source 2D game engine called Construct. This was my first introduction to any programming and I hobbled my way through it to make a terrible game for my bro when he graduated from basic training. One of the sweet things about this engine is that it doesn’t require any coding knowledge or ability, as it uses an event driven layout, in which one simply clicks icons. Scripting is available, but I doubt this project will get into it.

The Project

I am putting together a project, or group of projects, to illustrate some of the basic concepts of programming. The logic, if/else, looping, and some of the concepts of OOP, which should fit nicely into the engine.

The first game project is nearly done (a Pong clone called … wait for it … Ping Pong), but I have to make the videos and pdf and put together the assets (though this one may be done in-engine). There are a few bugs to work out still with the project (some angle issues that I get sometimes and how closely I want to follow the actual rules – mostly the set of matches part), but I think that it will be coming along in a bit. I’ll keep you posted… I swear?