Software Engineering Day 1 Lab 1 Notes.

Here are the notes for SWE L1

relativePath = \dir1\dir2\somefile.txt

CurrWorkDir = "C:\SomeFolder\"

char [] token = "\\";

fstream mystream;
mystream.open(filename,flags);

flags
std::ios_base::in, out, trunc, binary, app, ate

ate - puts our read and write pointers at the end of the file

seekp - seeks the write pointer
seekg - seeks the read pointer

seekp(num of bytes you want to seek, where you want to seek from);

seekp(0,std::ios_base::beg);
cur
end



// existing ioPakFile;
fstream fileIn;
ioPakFile.seekp(dir offset, std::ios_base::beg);
char buffer[256];
unsigned int nRead;
unsigned int nTotal = 0;

while(fileIn.good())
{
fileIn.read(buffer,256);
nRead = fileIn.gCount();
ioPakFile.write(buffer,nRead);
nTotal += nRead;

}
fileIn.close();
//EVERYTIME YOU MUST CLEAR IT AFTER YOU CLOSE
fileIn.clear();
//YOU MIGHT WANT TO CLEAR BEFORE YOU OPEN AGAIN

Age != Skill;

So I've got a little problem. I'm angry, not because of anything serious but because of how naive I was just over a year ago.

I followed this podcast last year on competitive gaming. I thought these guys were godsend, probably the only people that understood how I felt about video games....and then I learned how to make them.


I see now just how ridiculous these people were and why they always got into arguments.

It's only been one year but I fully understand how to create video games from the ground up.

I've learned the core components of C++, Windows GDI, DirectX, C#, VisualBasic, Java, GDI+, as well as various data structures, compression algorithms, and design patterns for code architecture.

Yet after all this these same people dismissed me in a debate on video games because of my age.


Quite frankly, I'm insulted.

However, I see now that arguing with these people would continue the trend.

An ouroboros if you will.


Whatever, I'm not going to let it get to me.

I know what capabilities I have and what I've learned.

I know how to make a game and understand why things happen. So I'm okay with this.

*Late Night*

Having a late night...I have to catch a ride with my roommate tomorrow at 8ish. Kinda sucks because I can't sleep now. I hopefully am meeting a friend who works at Full Sail's career development department.

In the mean time I suppose I'll code the tile editor for my teams game Tainted Ink. Listening to the Cave Story remix while doing so is quite awesome. SO AWESOME ACTUALLY.

I know I haven't updated enough so I think I will from here on out.


..


Just don't expect any amazing writing skillzzzzzzz
CAVE STORY
just the ramblings of a game developer.

If you haven't played it yet I suggest going to go get it. In fact here is a nifty link for you all. Pre-patched with the english patch. Don't worry, it's free. So this isn't illegal, Cave Story is getting ported to the Wii too so enjoy it now! Then enjoy it again on the Wii!!!

Link:
Cave Story(Free + Pre-Patched for English)

D.G.A.F: E3 Special Episode 1!!!

Episode 1 is up boys and girls! Have at it!!

Direct Download: Here

E3 Madness

So lately I've been obsessing over E3. I mean, it couldn't have come at a better time. Classes are over, I have a lot of free time, and I have the internet all to myself at my apartment. PERFECT FOR FANBOYS LIKE ME. So you can imagine how happy I was to receive a phone call from my old friend. Asking me to start up another podcast. (I used to have one on Mypodcast.com but it died and then their servers crashed so everything was lost).I didn't think twice and agreed, our first episode should be uploaded fairly soon now. Though I fear it may get swept away in the wake of Microsoft's E3 Press Conference. Oh well, we'll just have to make another one!!


Stay tuned!

Castlevania: Prelude to Darkness Development Diary Part 1

It's been a while...so here is a new video blog post for you all! Enjoy. I'll be back next week for a new one

Huhzzah!!

So I finally got one of these blog things. I caved......

Well I guess its good and all. Now I have someplace to rant/inform/and convey my thoughts and emotions to the interwebs.

My school suggested I get a place to show off my work. I guess this will have to do until I get off my ass and pay for hosting.

So I guess I should do some sort of like intro post right?..... right.

The intro...(and mini rant...already):

Well my name is Kevin Yanes. I'm currently attending school in Florida and get this....I'm majoring in Game Design. How cool nerdy is that?

I love playing Video Games and even more so I love creating them. I haven't used many engines with power....well any actually....
I love being able creating stories and worlds for games that side of design has always been the most fun for me. I'm also a big competitive gamer so I have a knack for understanding the gameplay side of design too.

I usually have a lot to say about...well everything however I can never talk about these things as much as I want to because my friends usually don't care or don't feel as strongly about it as I do.

That's why I named this place the white board. Essentially its what I would do with a white board.

Layout...(How I am gonna work this thing):

Most likely I'm going to be posting about my life. Little pieces of whats going down.

Then I'll probably post some stuff on gaming and whats happening in the industry

Maybe some game reviews too?

Oh, and some details on crap I'm working on...

Why I am doing this...again (lolololo):

I used to have a video game news blog long ago and I promised never to use one of these things again. But since I need something to kill a lot of time and need someplace to rant to stay sane I figured these things would be awesome.


...well yea....that's really all I've got for now. I'm running off shitty internet on my phone with shitty reception....wootsickle.



I'll probably be updating this constantly so if there ARE people reading this check back soon for....idk....more stuff to read when you're bored.

I'm making facebook upload these after I post them so if they're in note format then sorry...