A long time ago I added this as my forum signature: "Fixing the game is a better game than actually playing it." I just thought I would expand on this a little.
I think I first found this game years before I started playing it. I may have downloaded it back when the original devs were still actively working on it but I never really bothered to learn how to play it. I probably loaded it once and deleted it.
I found it again in March or April 2014 and actually tried playing it. I found it a little difficult but not bad enough to give up on it again. I went online to see if I could find any documentation for it and found this site. After some searching and reading of what Crazy had been doing with the game, I downloaded the source code for it and tried to see if I could figure out how to fix the problems he was talking about. Having never used C++ it took a few days to find and fix the problem.
On April 23, 2014 I signed up for this site and made
my first post basically pointing out the fix I made and then a few more fixes over the next few days. The next month, Crazy gave me access to the source code so I could push fixes myself instead of sending them to him to do. I posted my first version .05I on May 10, 2014 and that was the start of my new game:
The Game of Coding.
As the months passed I played the actual game less and less with more time spent on making the game work better and adding new things. As I didn't have a "real job" at the time, I helped out at a friends computer shop for a little money and food (will fix computers for food), I had a lot of time to work on the game. It seemed like I could push out a new version at least once a week and a major version every month or two. It was a good time for this game. When my friend started having money problems at his shop, I needed to get a real job to pay the bills. I started a few months ago and it takes a lot of my time so I have only been able to push out a new version once a month.
The Game of CodingQuests:Grand Master Quests:Update from SDL1.2 to SDL2.0 - failed several times
Add Player Customization - 2% Completed
- Minimal customization available for players birthday - does nothing yet
Master Quests:Gif Animation - Completed but with room for improvement
Farming Quests:Add a Farm - Completed
Add several jobs - Completed but with room for improvement
Current Quests:Update House Personal Training - 10% Completed