Computer Repair Simulator

I am close to being complete with the game launcher.  I am just finishing up some account creation and encryption with the account passwords.  The next step is to create the main login section in the launcher, and begin working on the actual game.  It will be somewhat of a slow start when the game starts as I will need to program the importing of options, but once they are done, they can be easily customized.  After that, I will be coding the developer / debug section so that when bugs / errors are found, we have a better way to check the status / what functions were running when issue occurred.

Some other items, I am working with the trademark completion, along with building a game server.  I have finally put together the parts to build a killer server to host the project, this will also allow me to do more multiplayer integrity testing.

Hope to have some exciting stuff soon, I know it seems slow, but we need to do this right to have a successful project.

 

The controls page is a bit more sophisticated to understand key duplicates, but here is the general idea of the controls.  Further information can be found in the user manual.

I have been posting more in the Developer Log which can be found at the top of our webpage.  It is just easier to do it that way and use the site for more announcements, etc.  The progress is going very well.

December 5th, 2016

Version 0.8.0.1
-Designed Video Options panel
—–Resolution and Custom Resolution
—–Screen mode (no video, window, fullscreen)
—–Gamme value (50 to 150%)
—–Engine Window Alpha (for playing while monitoring)
—–Color Depth (16/32)
—–Camera Field of Vision
—–Frames per Second Max
—–Shadows
—–Shadow LOD
—–Shadow Range
—–Shadow Stencil Type
—–Max Particles
-Cleaned up the menu design a bit

December 4th, 2016

Version 0.8.0.1
-Programmed saving / loading of following options. Also programmed default settings and a few features that go along with it (i.e. if no changes were made, the Save button doesn’t show)
—–Difficulty (Save / Load)
—–Movement Speed Modifier (Save / Load)
—–Max Click Distance (Save / Load)
—–Sky Enabled + details (Save / Load)
—–Show Trees (Save / Load)
—–Day / Night Cycle (Save / Load)
—–Time (Save / Load)
—–Language (Save / Load)
—–Currency (Save / Load)
—–Age (Save / Load

 

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I figured that I wanted to simplify the code, to make more advanced controls / systems. The game will have a parent launcher done in VB Studio which allows the user to update their settings and controls (customized controls). It will allow settings to be adjusted in the graphics / audio sections. The reason for this is due to several reports of issues launching the game and changing a setting that cannot be reverted easily without modifying the options config data file (i.e. resolution was changed, but wasn’t updating properly and user could not get back into game).

The launcher will then call three game modes (Scenario, Random, Tutorial), but I will more than likely start with one first, maybe the tutorial. This will allow us to create many more intricate details and code within each mode as the code size will be very small compared to what it is at today.

Now that Alpha has been out and of course bugs were found, we are now working on the commercial release.  At this stage we will need all of the bug testing we can get as the releases will be frequent so that we can properly test all aspects.  Based upon our road map and end user feedback, here is what will be new.

-Go back and clean up the “sloppyness” of the game, and stabilize weak code.  This was due to planning alpha release along with my wedding day…this kind of went bad because I cut corners to deliver for our planned alpha launch date.  Now I am learning to code with a ring on.
-Game Shop to purchase parts
-Building systems from the ground up
-Licensing
-Ton more random scenarios
-Ton more staged scenarios
-The Lab (a place where every tech goes to experiment)
-Partnerships with companies in the business (we advertise for them by using their branding)
-Extension into IT equipment
-Software Scenarios (BIOS, Network configuration, OS install)
-Multi-level game play (you are working on a desktop computer, but remove the video card and begin tearing that down)
-More skills, that actually can do things
-Achievements (unlock in game CRS bucks by playing and completing missions and use to purchase “player” upgrades)
-Story line (you work to unlock the next level and so on, also good for teaching players how to beat the more difficult levels later)
-Implementation of basic tools (battery chargers, basic hand tools, diagnostic hardware)
-Customized scenarios (player made, player shared)
-Enable networking for multiplayer (earlier versions had an issue so it was disabled, alpha has it disabled, but I found the problem and fix this up)

 

Keep on providing feedback in the forum, and valuable bug testing!