18/04/2010: 'holiday' week #2

Today, my second holiday week started: a week that will be filled with stuff to do for the game! So, no real holidays yet (would be difficult too with all those ashes in the sky).

The past 2 weeks did not result in a lot of deliverables:

1. I got a new, fresh Windows 7 install on my laptop and had to reinstall everything to continue development of the game. It's amazing how much tools I need to create just one game!
1. BTW: Windows 7 rocks :)
2. I installed and played with Anime Studio Pro. In fact, I did all 6 tutorials and now the tool has no secrets for me anymore (yeah right). 
1. BTW: Anime Studio Pro is quite fun and powerfull to use. Only disadvantage: everything is in 2D, so rotating a figure is not a good idea. Anime Studio has some 3D features, but it is very basic.

 The last couple of days following stuff has been done:

1. All figures have been imported into Anime Studio. That was NOT fun. The tool requires Illustrator 8 formatted files that have no gradients. Additionally, every part of the figure had to be exported separately since Anime Studio does not imports layers.
2. Three animations of Simon have been finished: walk, jump and shoot (Simon has a catapult)
3. Three animations of the Farmer have been finished: sleep/wake up, walk and attack.