Devlog (Finlay once again tries and fails to learn C++ graphics libraries)

23/04/2026
Too frequent updates but I figured out how to render a rotating isometric grid about a week ago and then spent the rest of my spare time mucking around in SDMM and the map exporter subsystem for vgstation with my friend



It's going to be difficult I imagine to render different z-levels, tiles below or above the others which is something I want to figure out how to do. But not impossible
 
finlaypatrickduffill said:
23/04/2026
Too frequent updates but I figured out how to render a rotating isometric grid about a week ago and then spent the rest of my spare time mucking around in SDMM and the map exporter subsystem for vgstation with my friend

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It's going to be difficult I imagine to render different z-levels, tiles below or above the others which is something I want to figure out how to do. But not impossible
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Liking what I’m seeing so far. Keep up the good work!
 
25/05/2026
Abandoned the project for a month to focus on drawing
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A lot of it is intended to form the art direction of this project anyway. I moved from GLUT to OpenGL in an SDL context to ease the implementation of user input and other systems. I added an adjustable frame delay and an input test and forgot how to speak English
 
07/07/2026
I went for a trial shift washing dishes and cut my hand open on a shard of glass in the sink and they turned me away so I'm probably on the warm pavement soon and quite rightly
Maploading tests begin, it's skipping one tile, I need to figure out how to render multiple levels above and below and how the chunks are going to relate to other chunks

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15/07/2026
There's a fucked up memory leak
Exploring how to render the other dimension and beginning a system to print text on the screen. For optimization I need to change the variable type soon, figure out how the ObjectArray class function adds and allocates memory for members


 
Quence said:
I would literally buy one of those artworks. They’re interesting to me, but also somewhat brooding and unsettling.
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Very uncharacteristic quencepost. Finlays art is not even depicting Trump in any way :stare:
 
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