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#gamedev progress:

• generalized character rendering to share code between guests and employees.
• Added support for different animations. Animations are determined by the current action executed by the character.
• Employees are now rendered with new character system.

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#gamedev progress on hotel game:

• further work on sprites in new format
  • 32x32 for characters
  • 48x48 for rooms
• added roof to the hotel
• shirt and pants color of each guest is now randomized

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#gamedev progress:

• game world is now rendered with a scaling. Default canvas has a size of 640x360 to nicely scale for common resolutions.
• UI is still rendered at full screen resolution.
• started to rework guest sprite. Choose a sprite size of 32x32 and started work on animation (4 frame walk cycle, 2 frame idle cycle)
• Separated body parts into individual sprites to allow customizing each guest with different skin and cloth colors and hair styles.

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#gamedev progress:

• added two new rooms (grill and wine cellar). These will function as extensions of the restaurant in the future.
• employees now "reserve" work stations to avoid multiple employees going to the same station
• restaurant visitors now have to be seated by employees.

Link:Bob Nystrom - Is There More to Game Architecture than ECS?

Great talk about architectures for #gamedev. He also wrote a book about game programming patterns

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#gamedev progress:

• further work on UI. Refactored to use a common trait for all elements.
• first real player interaction is now implemented: guests have to be assigned to rooms by the player.

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#gamedev progress:

• started work on UI elements
• Guest will no longer be checked in automatically. Instead the player has to choose a room for them (ideally based on preferences)

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#gamedev progress:

• added funds mechanism. Guests pay based on length of stay and final mood. Rooms now have a cost
• added a trait system for guests, which change their behavior/needs.

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#gamedev progress on unnamed hotel game:

• Spent a lot of time trying to streamline the guest AI code. This is something I still can wrap my head around entirely, partially due to #rust, mainly as this is something I never worked on before.
• Corridors and doors are now rendered in front of rooms. Rooms are only shown if someone is in them.
• Added simple buttons as start of UI.
• It's now possible to place new rooms.

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#gamedev progress:

• refactored entire "Person" struct into individual structs for "Guest" and "Employee".
  • Separated logic and data.
  • AI actions are now individual structs that implement an Action trait
• Started working on a Mood & Thoughts system.