Create-ivity

Ah! Yesterday I finished the animation system for Tar!. Basically, the engine loads a text file for each sprite, and based on the information contained in these files it loads a specific image file and sets the animation data as defined in this text file.

The content of such a file looks like this:

$sprite player.bmp
$size 128 64
$framesize 32 32
$animation “default”
{
$frames 0 1 2 2 3 2 4 2
$frametime 50
}

For now, it suffices, and it’s pretty fun to play around with some test images and animation settings. I might want to write a tool for generating these files and managing my images later on, or refine the system as it’s probably not going to be too manageable with large amounts of sprites. But at this stage, it’s pretty cool to have it up and running. :)

I also added text rendering support (based the same animation system) and I’m working on some primitive drawing functions, like lines and rectangles. Woo, feels good to make progress!