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After lots of commits since the last stable release we have the first Beta of what will be the next 2.3.0 release. As you can see in the changelog we have been working hard to bring you a lot of new features that we hope you will like, but the road to the final release […]
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Hi! Here is an update about my development progresses, as of Q3 2022.
Now you can play the prototype of Pmachines! I have prepared several builds. In Linux, you can use AppImage and itch.io. In Windows, you can use an installer or itch.io. You can find more information in the page of the project.
Please note: this is a prototype. Everything is not final, definitely. It is “just” the basis of the future work. Moreover, it is the proof that my building/testing pipeline is working now. More info on this in the next section.
I have added another important functional test. Now, during the tests, I check if the FPS are “ok”. So, you should not receive builds with a low FPS count. Moreover, I have added several tests that check that every state leaves a “clean” environment i.e. there are not pending nodes, threads, tasks, events, …
The entire topic of functional tests that I developed should deserve a post on its own. Briefly:
where && has the known semantics. The functional tests are the part that received most of my effort recently (since they will save me from manual testing, so I seriously hope that now I can develop faster). They are executed in a virtual machine, events are generated using xdotool, Windows builds are tested using Wine. During the test I capture some screenshots, and I compare them with the reference screenshots that I took on succesful executions. So, when I make a new build, I can assert that the build is running and it produces screens like the reference ones.
Please note that the gold here is Panda3D. I can run builds inside a virtual machine, and I can even run Windows builds in a Linux virtual machine. The Panda3D’s robustness allows this.
If it is the first time that you read about pMachines, you may want to watch its trailer video.
Finally, I would love if you may consider to support me. As usual, you may consider our campaign on Patreon (minimum pledge: only $1!). Thank you very much!
Hi! Here is an update about my development progresses, as of Q2 2022.
I worked a lot on the functional tests (I had unit tests already, but I have added functional tests recently). Since I am programming the framework for doing the functional tests, this took me the entire development time. This kind of tests is extremely important in my context: I am a single developer, so it would be impossible to manually test every build for every platform. This should save a lot of my time, increasing the development speed in other parts of the project!
I have prepared a trailer video for the prototype. It should shows several gameplay elements briefly.
Finally, I would love if you may consider to support me. As usual, you may consider our campaign on Patreon (minimum pledge: only $1!). Thank you very much!
For a long time we would like everyone see and test the changes we regularly make to the Speed Dreams code, but we know that building programs from the source code is sometimes tedious and complex for some users. A few weeks ago, our collaborator Matthew Fenell has made available to Linux users a service […]
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