Version 0.1

This week we had Version 0.1 showcased by the implementation team on Monday. It was very nice to actually see components put together to form some sort of application. My project gantt chart i made awhile back had us scheduled to receive 0.5 or close to 1.0 so 0.1 is far from that. However, it shows a lot of promise and i hope after our thursday team meeting we will have regrouped and ready to git'r done!

I had organized the design team to be ready for testing as soon as 0.1 came out but unfortunately with all the known bugs it seems pointless to test something that the implementation already knows is broken...nevertheless I have told everyone on design team to take a look at 0.1 and tinker around with it so that we are all acquainted with it when thursday comes. All three teams need to reconnect and refocus so that we can get this all done in the given time. I am confident that we will succeed.

Today I played around with 0.1 and i think it is great for what state it is at. It is by far from looking pretty but that is expected. I am skillful in the ways of graphic design and have made prototype screens for the app awhile back to communicate my ideas. I think that i may be able to use what i have created to make the GUI look less like windows crap and more "kiddish". We will see what we decide on collectively when it comes to that. There were mentions of hiring a graphic designer but i am not sure where that has gone.

I also spent tonight setting up the Google Code site for puppetronix. I took the 0.1 file and uploaded it to the Downloads section. Now everyone can download it without the google group trying to display the rar file in hex! I also started to enter some issues that i have found thus far with 0.1. Since some areas were not completed i tried to focus on things that were more solidified. Vertical lines down the timelines so that you can follow what time unit the blocks are occupying was something i saw missing. Some prompts were missing like allowing users to create characters with no names. I also took the To Do list and placed it as a wiki page on the Google Code site. Since the issues will be housed on the Google Code site i thought anything to do with improvements to the app should be hosted and discussed on Google Code and not on Google Group.

I don't think we have finalized our logo for Puppetronix so since i have posted images on most of my posts i will leave you with this logo concept i created for this project...