Big Changes

A few weeks ago we decided to give up trying to learn Flash--it was taking up too much time better spent actually getting something done--and switched to C++ with the OpenGL library. We're thinking this should go a lot smoother, as we both are pretty comfortable with C++, and we were just using OpenGL last semester.

Alan, reinvigorated by the switch, immediately threw together the UI. I think it looks pretty good.


Click on the image for a closer look!

Alan tells me the highlighting and legal move checking are working, including jumps. The states aren't done yet, though. Alan is motivated and getting things done!

Meanwhile, I am plugging away at the AI component. Now that Alan's got a significant bit of coding done, that will help me write something that actually, you know, makes sense.


--jess