v2.7.0

2019/09/16
Custom programs, GUI overhaul
Massive delay due to refocusing on school

• Reorganized resources folder and respective paths in Data class
• Added three new programs: Teleporter, Transmitter, and Fragmenter
  • Teleporter moves the head of the targeted program to a random grid square
  • Transmitter moves the head of the targeted program to the location of another transmitter
  • Fragmenter scatters the tiles of the targeted program onto random grid squares
  • Added related program icons, action icons, and ACTION enums
• Added username prompt box when creating new campaign profiles
• Added GUIContainer "_fadeOverlay", just a global GUIContainer that has a black background to create whole-screen fade effects
• Added new class "TimedEvent" used to hold a generic anonymous function that is queued up to be executed later
• Added global LinkedList "_timedEvents" used to hold events
• Added a fade-out / fade-in transition when entering a campaign
• Added Credits panel on mainOverlay, displaying original team's names as well as my own (did not include Code, Process, QA, or Lego.com sections)
• Added BKGMODE enum, specifying the style in which the background overlay animates
• Added BKGMODE_RAINBOW mode for use on Credits panel
• Added BKGMODE_REDBLUE mode for use on Multiplayer lobby panel
• Complete redoing of ProgramInventoryDisplay
  • It is now a paged display consisting of a row for each program type, displaying num owned, speed, size, etc
  • Two arrows on the right side to page through
  • "Minimize" button fades the display out and makes a tab appear, which can be clicked to reexpand the display
• Fixed the gameoverlay's PlayerDisplay not becoming appropriately translucent
• Added a tab for PlayerDisplay in exactly the same manner as the tab for ProgramInventoryDisplay
• Possibly other additions that I've forgotten

v2.6.1

2018/07/14

• Fixed bug causing client crash on second level entry
• Fixed bug causing crash on singleplayer game entry
• Fixed bug caused by pingSender thread trying to send messages to deleted clientList
  • pingSender thread is now only run by non-local servers
• Fixed bug causing singleplayer dummy client mirror to appear in multiplayer lobby
  • Message queue and ClientMirror list are now emptied on disconnect from a server

v2.0.0

2018/05/05
Game code separation, singleplayer reintroduction

• Separated and modularized Server class and server logic:
  • Server is now included by default in the client
  • A local instance of Server is created when the client opens a singleplayer game
• Added MSGTYPE_CHAT, which fills the entire contents of the message (including other fields), with text
• Separated CommandProcessor from Server
• Commands sent from external clients are now echoed back their responses
• Singleplayer is now functional again

v1.5.0

2018/05/01
Gamescreen animations

• Added a linkedlist of Animations to GameScreen class
• Added an Animation class to encapsulate animated effects and associated subclasses for animations
  • AnimationAttack (on a successful use of ACTIONTYPE_DAMAGE)
  • AnimationSelect (on selection of a grid tile)
  • AnimationTileFade (representing eliminated program tiles as they fade out
• Added an AnimationParticle class and associated subclasses to encapsulate particles
  • AnimationParticleSquareSpeck
  • AnimationParticleSelectRing
• Changed GUITextbox to take a boolean indicating whether it is censored or not (i.e., passwords)

v1.0.0

2017/12/26
Multiplayer framework, IDE switch

TOO MUCH STUFF TO REMEMBER IT ALL - THIS MILESTONE IS A SANITY CHECK, NOT THE FINAL VERSION

• Now using Microsoft Visual Studio instead of Code::Blocks
• Began using WinSock API to pass messages over network (new DLL dependencies)
• Separated game into SpybotServer and SpybotClient
  • Separated game logic:
    • Client responds to user input by sending it to the Server
    • Server confirms that messages received from Client are valid, then updates state, sends message back to Client
      -Client updates view
  • Some logical resources are shared, these are in SpybotShared
  • Works on the basis of message passing: packets of fixed size, about 96 bytes
• New "Multiplayer" button on main screen
• Singleplayer is broken

v0.6.0

2017/09/03

• Renamed/re-ripped some of the sound resources (NOT DONE)
• Added a map saving/loading system
• Nodes now keep a list of neighbors rather than children in order to allow unlocking levels in any order
• The player's programs are now separated by campaign
• GUI rework:
  • GUIContainers are now click-and-draggable by default
  • Moving a GUIContainer puts it on top of its parent's GUIObject stack
  • Added support in GUIContainers for a color as a background
  • Programs that are done for a turn now show a check mark next to their icon
  • Consolidated lots of GUIButtons into GUIContainers (especially on the game screen)
  • The default GUIContainer background color is now grey {120, 120, 120, 140}
  • Added a GUIContainer "pause menu" to map and game screens
  • Added display to GameScreen showing the beginning of the player's and the ai's turn
• The player can now pick up credits, and a sound is played
• Some GUIButtons no longer share common resources; dataContainer now contains strings containing URLs to the textures it represents

v0.1.0

2017/07/05

• Added title screen with fading title slides
• Began work on main menu:
  • Added buttons for two campaigns, one freeform, options, achievs, quit
  • Added procedurally animated background
• Began implementing sound engine using "SDL_mixer"
  • Must remember to include application extensions
• Added icon

v0.0.0

2017/06/22

• First go at making a game in c++ as opposed to java
• Three main screens (MENU, MAP, GAME)
• Levels are represented as a grid with three layers
  • Tile layer
  • Program layer
  • Item layer
• Programs have the same characteristics as in the original game
• Not all program moves have been ported yet