The Whole Pi - 2025.03.14

I wanted to give everyone an update on where we are at in terms of game assembly. While there are still a few frustrating bits of the dialog still to be written, coding is all but complete - the mechanical base of the game (the parts of the code that keep the game from collapsing under all of the awesome-ness) is hovering at approximately 90%.Likewise, the UI (User Interface) stands at 80%. 

Likewise, the music is practically finished - sfx and music is pretty much in place, apart from bits and bobs.

The artwork stands at about 75-80%

Those parts remaining are all dependent upon the completed writing, which is my responsibility, and believe you me, I am working my bottom off to get them done. Sandbox games are pretty hard to write without mapping out all of the choice trees and then writing to make sure that all of those branches are sturdy enough to support the weight of the plot.

Sometimes the writing of the scripts feels like trying to calculate the second to last digit of pi, which is appropriate (he said, desperately trying to mash two dissimilar things together in a doomed fit of the Clevers), since today is Pi Day. For those of you who are down for a little trivia, the late Larry Shaw came up with the idea while trying to promote the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. The staff and public would march around in a circle repeatedly (Pi, represented as ‘π’ is a mathematical constant representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159), before taking a break to eat a collection of fruit pies. There is also a National Pie Day in the US, but that’s a completely different thing. 

So, trivia aside, I will keep you appraised of the game’s progress as I finish up the choice trees.

In the meantime, here is a special, non-game render to celebrate Pi Day. Enjoy!

~ Jack Oh