day one: dev environment, camera zoom, frame-rate independence, mood states

Date: 30.05.2025

Session Duration: 10:00 - 14:00

Progress

1. Environment
   • Migrated to Zed editor (AI features disabled for focused learning)
   • Ported project to updated Odin/Raylib template (Karl's latest)
2. Core Systems
   • Fixed camera zoom:
     • Always shows full game height
     • Window resize doesn't affect visible area in y axis
   • Frame-rate independence:
     • Player never falls through platforms during resize
     • Physics stable at any FPS
3. Mood System
   • Implemented mood states: Sad | Angry | Inspired
   • Visual feedback:
     • Player tint (Red=Angry, Blue=Inspired, Gray=Sad)
     • Breakable walls highlight red when angry
     • Target tile highlights green (direction-facing)
   • Special action bound to "E" key

Notes

• Later on, I will need to fit the whole level to the window no matter what size. Is this called pixel perfection? Idk yet.
• Right now, I don't have any system for collision detection, entities (Handles are the better pointers ), loading resources,

Next Steps

• Player state machine transition: Grounded → Breaking on "E" key press
• Tile removal when broken
• Breaking jump trajectory math
• Letter data

Letter :: struct {
    id: int,
    content: string,
    mood: Mood,
    read_count: int,
    player_response: string,
}

• Storing level data in a better way, since current implementation is very limited

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