[project1dev] Re: file organization
- From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:53:09 -0700
What do you think about categorizing by folders and sub folders. In the art
folder you would have a folder named cave. If there is a bunch of something
more specific create its own sub folder and put it in there. Like one of the
sub folders could be mining.
What's the biggest concern you have with becoming disorganized?
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 9:56 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> when alan i were originally coming up with the idea for this game, we
> actually debated going pure action rpg ala kingdom hearts or zelda...
> ultimately, as huge old school final fantasy/dragon warrior fans, we decided
> an update to the classic rpg w/ 3d graphics was the way to go. Our
> philosophy was: lets take everything we LOVED about the older games and make
> that the backbone of the game... things like exploration, deep story lines,
> treasure hunting, strategic combat, a lot of skills, classes, special
> abilities and party members, strategic combat and add in our flavor to make
> a one of a kind game that is both an homage to the classics and the next
> step forward.
>
> i wouldn't judge the game based on alan's temporary combat system... it is
> just a filler, we're still only on the first milestone. you have to
> remember, we're like 10 feet in on a 10 mile marathon - rome wasn't built in
> a day! We want to make an incredible video game and it's going to take
> hard work and dedication and a huge time investment, but when we're done, it
> is my ambition and goal that we will have one of the greatest rpg's ever
> made.
>
> We have everything we need to do it.. it'll just take time :) so don't give
> up on it yet!
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Even still, you know how many areas a world has?
>>
>> we'd have all sorts of folders like "unnamed hallway 1" or like "forest
>> path 4536"
>>
>> we'll need something better like perhaps folders within folders such as in
>> the main folders are the continents, then in each continent folder is a grid
>> number (like G5) and then within that grid number folder, then we name it
>> like "such and such pass".
>>
>> just one flat folder layout isn't gonna cut it i dont think :P
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> I know I'm replying to this thread backwards, but...
>>>
>>> In regards to the filesystem, how about we start making up names for
>>> each area? It would probably be easier to get that in early, so we
>>> can make folders of areas based on their actual name in the game.
>>> Other things we could organize as time goes on. We could call the
>>> cave something like "Vibro Pass" as a play on the fact that minor
>>> tremors frequently occur inside (the shaking thingy), and then make
>>> the folder named that (w/o spaces)
>>>
>>> What do you think about the name Kent? It feels like you should name
>>> it actually.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hey,
>>> >
>>> > We are going to have SOOOOOO many files to this game before long.
>>> >
>>> > We are going to have map scripts, combat arena scripts, enemy scritps,
>>> > combat enemy scripts, behavior scripts (like kent's pathing script)...
>>> >
>>> > images, models, sound effetcs, music, etc
>>> >
>>> > So i was thinking, before it gets bad we should figure out how we want
>>> to
>>> > organize files. If you guys want to wait til it gets bad then handle
>>> it
>>> > then, that's cool too though since we might not yet know how files
>>> should be
>>> > organized :P
>>> >
>>> > i was tryin to do this a little by having all the cavemap art be in the
>>> > cavemap folder, but "cavemap" isnt really a good name cause lol, we'll
>>> > probably have a lot of caves in the game... :P
>>> >
>>> > any ideas? Or do you guys wanna just leave it alone for now until we
>>> have a
>>> > better idea of how the maps going to be laid out (which will help
>>> figure out
>>> > how files should be laid out / named)
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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