Five weeks overdue… If it wasn’t for Grue’s constant nagging, I probably wouldn’t be here now.

Just now I noticed that I did enough work to post all this time, but didn’t bother to.

It’s late, so I’ll make it fast and boring

What’s up, doc?

- Now with nice and working splash screen (the logo at the top of this page) and main menu

Aftershave r66: Main menu

-Rewritten the font system, now uses BMFont files, now is easier to use and a lot more powerful.

- Implemented the base for a debug console. For now, just a text writer, this is a screenshot with some data pulled out of nowhere

Aftershave r66: Console mock

- Added joystick support

- There are a couple of transition effects… But they should be implemented in a better way, for now the are copied inside the states that use them.

On other news

I resumed the work on MapedPrime after a long recess.

• Started reordering code, separating roles. My first objective is to allow multiple document editing
• Removed (I hope that for the last time) the dependance on Zlib.net (I wrote a wrapper for using the real Zlib)
• Reimplemented the flood fill (I have to test it and merge it back into the trunk)

The future plans are:

• x86/x64/PowerPC Linux/Unix/MacOSX compatibility (the main reason of Prime)
• Multiple map editing
• Plugin based codecs
• Intellingent image importing (like psd2map)
• Complete UI overhaul

So, comments, ideas, anything is welcome. And, probably this week I’m back in #sancho to waste my time

From now on, I declare this day the I Failed Because I Did Not Update day!

I’ll just tease you with some old art, that may or may not be used for the game.
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Real life got me this week, I’ve been fighting against libvlc, and probably use DirectShow anyway, suffering with electricity, and concerned about optimizations.

So, no time for hobbies, no new build. Next update will be an AfterDev (the main dev tool) upgrade, probably some map editing features. But to post somenthing, and not only an apology, it’s sketch time

Feeling Sketchy

The character that gives name to the game: Aftershave, the dragon.

Who has heard of an adventurer sleeping with a dragon? Here we see Gervasio and Aftershave at naptime