2015-02-24 Gridmapper To Do

I think we’re getting closer to a version 1.0!

Thinks I’m still interested in implementing:

• rubble, trees (that should be easy)
• water (tricky? have a water tile? a blue tile? a blue tint over an existing tile? what about statues that rise above the water level?) ✓
• Google Hangout app? (not sure how much effort I want to invest in something that will disappear sooner or later – I don’t have much faith in Google keeping infrastructure around)
• Campaign Wiki Save? ✓
• Campaign Wiki Load? ✓ (I will investigate scrolling and multiple columns when we that many submissions!)

The new help element no longer shows up in IE 11. 🙁 I spent so much time getting moving from a pure SVG help to a mixed SVG/XHTML help that I don’t really feel like fixing this. This is frustrating. This also means that Text Import and Text Export won’t work. This relies on a XHTML textarea the user can edit. This also means that arbitrary labels (using `"` or `l`) won’t work. This relies on a XHTML text input field the user can edit.

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I am reminded of my lousy Google Wave bot experience. Following the Google Hangouts App developer Getting Started document. Uploading the XML to a public server. Registering my project. Enabling the Hangouts API, entering the URL for my project, clicking the Save button, clicking the “Enter a hangout in developer sandbox” link, and... “404. That’s an error. The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.”

Thanks. I think this will not be a Google Hangouts App. I’m already frustrated and I didn’t even get their Simple App to work.

– Alex Schroeder 2015-02-24 21:30 UTC

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As I’m turning to creating a dungeon, I’m wondering about “no floor” – how to indicate that this corridor is in fact a bridge? There currently is no tile for “empty”.

– Alex Schroeder 2015-02-24 21:52 UTC

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As I’m working on my dungeon, I’m noticing the following:

my dungeon

• I need a fireplace: ▛▜ ?
• I need a shelf: ◲◱ ?
• I was able to express “void” by walling off a section—I guess that’s good enough?
• drawing using Shift + Arrows was sometimes weird and Shift Down in particular selected the help screen, which is silly.
• - Alex Schroeder 2015-02-24 22:38 UTC
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I was too lazy to add a decent form for saving so now I’m just reusing the text area for dungeon name, username and summary when saving to the Gridmapper Wiki. The link above, for example, now lives on as The Sewer Prison.

Gridmapper Wiki

The Sewer Prison

– Alex Schroeder 2015-02-25 10:49 UTC

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I think I want more stuff for walls, too: open archways, windows, arrow slits.

– Alex Schroeder 2015-02-25 16:41 UTC

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Implemented loading from the wiki.

– Alex Schroeder 2015-02-26 07:44 UTC

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Implemented water (and void)

– Alex Schroeder 2015-03-06 16:38 UTC