The GUI

Having further considered the matter of the GUI, I've decided to base it all on sprites, rather than a special screen. It is probably neater, and certainly more efficient. So another carefully designed backdrop hits the wastebin.



So, what's still to do?

• Scale, flip and mirror on sprites;
• Cursor;
• More detailed touch control;
• Pick-up and drop;
• The save / restore for Android OS operations. The game has to be revivable if it is re-oriented, de-focussed etc. by the user.  It's an Android preoccupation;
• Similarly, and, I hope, using the same compression technology, the user save / restore;
• Music,which I hope to implement by using the built-in MP3 player;
• The Jade game itself, for which I have a lot of scenery and virtually no plot;
• The various delivery activities to get it to Beta Test and Android Market.

In short, still a lot to do, but the worst is over, I think. Actually getting a limp-mode game on screen has been an achievement. This time, as opposed to the original applet-based software, I've compartmentalised the code so that it will be easy to expand the game, or even base another game on the same engine.