I’m not dead

 

I’m not dead. I’m not sleeping. Well… I was sleeping, but I definitely wasn’t dead, so put down your shotgun, I ain’t no zombie.

 

Finally Made it Back…

Hi everyone! I’m here again… again. As you may have remembered I’ve been away completing the taught courses of my doctorate for the past few months. My studies are now finished and I’m on to the actual project. That means free time. Lots and lots of free time.

I’m going to keep this post short and to the point, so excuse the briefness 😛

I’m excited to be back ^^ Been looking forward to this moment for so long!!!

But after thinking about CCSO a lot I have decided to make some changes for the future:

1. Future development will focus purely on the core game until it is complete. Anything extra can come later.
2. A working demo with full component features is priority.
3. These blog posts aren’t going to be every two weeks anymore. Instead I will post them when I have news to post, and each post will be focused on a single topic.
4. These posts will also be a lot shorter.

These will help streamline development and this blog 🙂

 

There is further good news too!

My doctoral project is pure programming. That means I’m developing my programming skills all the time now. CCSO will benefit greatly from this. Faster programming and a higher quality codebase.

I’m really, really looking forward to seeing where the future takes me. CCSO is a large scale project and since starting it I have realised that I’m really dealing with a massive challenge here… But I’m optimistic that I can make it to the end and share CCS with the world!

 

I’m not sure when the first true update will appear on this blog. It is going to take a while to get back in and sort everything out. I am also attending a short summer school later this month with the other people on my doctoral course including the years above. The week and a half looks pretty packed with conference-like options during the day and huge social events at night. This is at the end of next week and will last until early next month.

It’s based in the battered stormy and foggy isolated coastal town of St Andrews (woah, enough adjectives for you?). I was there for three months back in Autumn and it is really a unique home. It’s a tiny place full of ancient (some older than half a millennium) structures. It had some huge storms when I was up there and there is thick fog that can appear or disappear in minutes. (have I convinced you to visit yet?) I’m nervous and excited at the prospect of living in the place again 😮

The remains of St Andrews cathedral. It really does look this good irl.

 

Anyway, I’ll work my hardest and hope to get a real update to you soon!

🙂