A mini-milestone is reached :)

One of the great things about coding is the sense of achievement when you figure out something that has been eluding you for days.. I had one such moment yesterday with my database :)

I FINALLY figured out how to use custom types (Structs for you C++ people) effectively in Blitz, meaning that now I can create my database and add to it / alter it whenever I feel the need :) Its a very little thing and if you saw the game in action now to how it was a week or so ago you wouldn't spot any difference, but its an aid to the internal workings of the game which means I can expand it quite effortlessly now!

Todays task will involve filling in the blanks on the preview screen and maybe adding a new functionality so that you can see a portion of the horse & jockey database information.. This will have a double effect in so much as it will aid me in error checking, but also allow the player to see which horses are doing well, which jockeys have ridden the most winners etc. etc. I can also use the database preview later in the game when I implement the running of your own stable so you can select which jockey will ride your horses accordingly..

I love it when a plan comes together...

... speaking of which, I was thinking last night, if you had to cast a Dungeons and Dragons movie (based on the old cartoon) who would you cast? So far I had got:

Dungeon Master - Warwick Davis
Eric - Colin Farrell
Hank - Owen Wilson
Presto - Daniel Radcliffe
Sheila - difficult one.. maybe Kirsten Dunst?
Diana - Halle Berry
Bobby - struggling a bit with this one..
Venger - Ron Perlman?

Any thoughts?? Until next time...