Supporting All Room Connection Directions — Handmade Hero — Episode Guide

0:00Recap and set the stage for the day

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0:00Recap and set the stage for the day

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0:00Recap and set the stage for the day

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0:38Demo the limitations of a) the current simulation code affecting the lighting, and b) the camera code

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0:38Demo the limitations of a) the current simulation code affecting the lighting, and b) the camera code

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0:38Demo the limitations of a) the current simulation code affecting the lighting, and b) the camera code

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2:36Determine to exercise the world generation code and add a more manoeuvrable debug camera

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2:36Determine to exercise the world generation code and add a more manoeuvrable debug camera

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2:36Determine to exercise the world generation code and add a more manoeuvrable debug camera

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5:32Consider the functional nature of our code, and thoughtful randomisation

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5:32Consider the functional nature of our code, and thoughtful randomisation

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5:32Consider the functional nature of our code, and thoughtful randomisation

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10:43Introduce CreateDungeon() and CreateForest()

21:44Enable CreateDungeon() to create each floor's random batch of rooms

31:06Consider encoding connections between families of rooms for the layout code to deal with

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31:06Consider encoding connections between families of rooms for the layout code to deal with

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31:06Consider encoding connections between families of rooms for the layout code to deal with

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35:31Enable CreateDungeon() to create all the paths between rooms and special Shop and Item rooms

45:00Stub out CreateForest(), move RequiredDim from gen_room to gen_room_spec, and propagate this change

50:28Run the game to see our orphanage

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50:28Run the game to see our orphanage

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50:28Run the game to see our orphanage

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50:34Make CreateDungeon() set the dungeon size, and CreateWorld() to call it

53:38Run the game and hit our assertion in GetBoxIndexFromDirMask()

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53:38Run the game and hit our assertion in GetBoxIndexFromDirMask()

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53:38Run the game and hit our assertion in GetBoxIndexFromDirMask()

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54:11Rename PlaceRoomsAlongEdge() to PlaceRoomAlongEdge() and make it explicitly take a Connection and SurfaceIndex

58:08Run the game to see our same orphanage

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58:08Run the game to see our same orphanage

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58:08Run the game to see our same orphanage

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58:17Make PlaceRoomAlongEdge() return whether or not it placed a room, for Layout() to call it multiple times on different surface indices

1:02:34Rip up and replace, having backed ourselves into a corner while picking rooms

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1:02:34Rip up and replace, having backed ourselves into a corner while picking rooms

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1:02:34Rip up and replace, having backed ourselves into a corner while picking rooms

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1:04:26Enable Layout() to call PlaceRoomAlongEdge() multiple times on all directions, introducing GetRandomDirectionFromMask()

1:10:29Run the game to see that our existing orphanage gets generated

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1:10:29Run the game to see that our existing orphanage gets generated

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1:10:29Run the game to see that our existing orphanage gets generated

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1:11:06Make CreateWorld() call CreateDungeon()

1:11:18Run the game and hit the assertion in PlaceRoomAlongEdge() because the GenerationIndex was erroneously set

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1:11:18Run the game and hit the assertion in PlaceRoomAlongEdge() because the GenerationIndex was erroneously set

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1:11:18Run the game and hit the assertion in PlaceRoomAlongEdge() because the GenerationIndex was erroneously set

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1:11:43Fix Layout() to only set the GenerationIndex if the room was indeed placed

1:12:41Run the game and hit the assertion in PlaceRoomAlongEdge() because we don't support up / down connections

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1:12:41Run the game and hit the assertion in PlaceRoomAlongEdge() because we don't support up / down connections

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1:12:41Run the game and hit the assertion in PlaceRoomAlongEdge() because we don't support up / down connections

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1:13:01Temporarily restrict CreateDungeon() to only create one floor

1:13:30Run the game and hop around our dungeon

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1:13:30Run the game and hop around our dungeon

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1:13:30Run the game and hop around our dungeon

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1:14:10Consider how to handle up / down connections

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1:14:10Consider how to handle up / down connections

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1:14:10Consider how to handle up / down connections

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1:18:20Enable PlaceRoomAlongEdge() to handle up / down connections, allowing them to occur anywhere on a floor

1:37:37Switch CreateDungeon() back to only create one floor, and CreateWorld() to call CreateOrphanage()

1:38:54Run the game, crash in Layout() and step through PlaceRoomAlongEdge() to see what it does

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1:38:54Run the game, crash in Layout() and step through PlaceRoomAlongEdge() to see what it does

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1:38:54Run the game, crash in Layout() and step through PlaceRoomAlongEdge() to see what it does

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1:41:11Make PlaceRoomAlongEdge() test the TestVol in Y up to and including the MaxRelY

1:41:53Continue to step through PlaceRoomAlongEdge()

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1:41:53Continue to step through PlaceRoomAlongEdge()

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1:41:53Continue to step through PlaceRoomAlongEdge()

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1:42:44Switch back to -O2 and see that the orphanage is correctly generated

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1:42:44Switch back to -O2 and see that the orphanage is correctly generated

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1:42:44Switch back to -O2 and see that the orphanage is correctly generated

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1:43:04Switch CreateWorld() to call CreateDungeon() and determine that it works for up to four floors

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1:43:04Switch CreateWorld() to call CreateDungeon() and determine that it works for up to four floors

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1:43:04Switch CreateWorld() to call CreateDungeon() and determine that it works for up to four floors

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1:45:10Make UpdateAndRenderWorld() set the far clip plane proportional to the target distance

1:46:28Run the game to see our whole dungeon

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1:46:28Run the game to see our whole dungeon

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1:46:28Run the game to see our whole dungeon

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1:46:46Make CreateWorld() create both the Dungeon and Orphanage

1:48:19Further increase the FarClipPlane in UpdateAndRenderWorld()

1:48:43Run the game to see our whole world, and consider labelling the rooms

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1:48:43Run the game to see our whole world, and consider labelling the rooms

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1:48:43Run the game to see our whole world, and consider labelling the rooms

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1:52:10Q&A

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1:52:10Q&A

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1:52:10Q&A

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1:53:17sherjilozair Q: How do you decide whether to include a library in your project or not?

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1:53:17sherjilozair Q: How do you decide whether to include a library in your project or not?

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1:53:17sherjilozair Q: How do you decide whether to include a library in your project or not?

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1:53:29ttbjm Q: Who builds a dungeon under an orphanage?!

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1:53:29ttbjm Q: Who builds a dungeon under an orphanage?!

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1:53:29ttbjm Q: Who builds a dungeon under an orphanage?!

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1:54:01flirtychair Q: What are you listening to?

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1:54:01flirtychair Q: What are you listening to?

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1:54:01flirtychair Q: What are you listening to?

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1:54:22bobby1up Q: What's the InvalidDefault thing in your switch statement?

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1:54:22bobby1up Q: What's the InvalidDefault thing in your switch statement?

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1:54:22bobby1up Q: What's the InvalidDefault thing in your switch statement?

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1:55:27toolegit2quit_ Q: Are you wearing headphones because you want to hear the visual studio error sounds?

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1:55:27toolegit2quit_ Q: Are you wearing headphones because you want to hear the visual studio error sounds?

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1:55:27toolegit2quit_ Q: Are you wearing headphones because you want to hear the visual studio error sounds?

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1:55:47mrlovepickle Q: How do you keep the motivation to continue working on Handmade Hero?

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1:55:47mrlovepickle Q: How do you keep the motivation to continue working on Handmade Hero?

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1:55:47mrlovepickle Q: How do you keep the motivation to continue working on Handmade Hero?

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1:58:02longboolean Q: So I'm guessing the layout system still will not handle cyclical connections nicely, or do you think it could now?

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1:58:02longboolean Q: So I'm guessing the layout system still will not handle cyclical connections nicely, or do you think it could now?

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1:58:02longboolean Q: So I'm guessing the layout system still will not handle cyclical connections nicely, or do you think it could now?

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1:58:24pythno Q: Can you do a brief overview of all the parts that are involved in generating the world? I lost the thread

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1:58:24pythno Q: Can you do a brief overview of all the parts that are involved in generating the world? I lost the thread

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1:58:24pythno Q: Can you do a brief overview of all the parts that are involved in generating the world? I lost the thread

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2:02:28gaius_is_best_colossus handmade_hero Are you working on other stuff parallel to Handmade Hero?

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2:02:28gaius_is_best_colossus handmade_hero Are you working on other stuff parallel to Handmade Hero?

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2:02:28gaius_is_best_colossus handmade_hero Are you working on other stuff parallel to Handmade Hero?

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2:02:45sc4llyw4g_ Q: Just caught up and watched the stream for the first time live today. Wanted to say thanks for the amazing learning resource. You've made me a better programmer than college or university ever could

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2:02:45sc4llyw4g_ Q: Just caught up and watched the stream for the first time live today. Wanted to say thanks for the amazing learning resource. You've made me a better programmer than college or university ever could

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2:02:45sc4llyw4g_ Q: Just caught up and watched the stream for the first time live today. Wanted to say thanks for the amazing learning resource. You've made me a better programmer than college or university ever could

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2:03:03neitchzehrer Q: Have you decided how many levels the world will have in the end?

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2:03:03neitchzehrer Q: Have you decided how many levels the world will have in the end?

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2:03:03neitchzehrer Q: Have you decided how many levels the world will have in the end?

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2:05:37cvaucher Q: The current system doesn't handle adding a rotated or mirrored orphanage, right?

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2:05:37cvaucher Q: The current system doesn't handle adding a rotated or mirrored orphanage, right?

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2:05:37cvaucher Q: The current system doesn't handle adding a rotated or mirrored orphanage, right?

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2:07:27pythno Q: At the moment the gen_rooms are all created by hand, correct? Are you going to use some sort of logic to generate them? If yes, what do you have in mind?

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2:07:27pythno Q: At the moment the gen_rooms are all created by hand, correct? Are you going to use some sort of logic to generate them? If yes, what do you have in mind?

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2:07:27pythno Q: At the moment the gen_rooms are all created by hand, correct? Are you going to use some sort of logic to generate them? If yes, what do you have in mind?

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2:08:52sc4llyw4g_ Q: Have you worked on procedurally generated worlds similar to this before?

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2:08:52sc4llyw4g_ Q: Have you worked on procedurally generated worlds similar to this before?

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2:08:52sc4llyw4g_ Q: Have you worked on procedurally generated worlds similar to this before?

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2:10:07Wrap it up, with a glimpse into the future cleaning up the camera code

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2:10:07Wrap it up, with a glimpse into the future cleaning up the camera code

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2:10:07Wrap it up, with a glimpse into the future cleaning up the camera code

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