Excitement building

1/21/2010 4:52:25 PM

By RetroRalph

You know how I can always tell a release week from a non release week? Some crazy real life stuff always happens on a release week and this one is no different.

So quite a few hours this week have been ripped from me which likely means the release will be pushed back a day or two. However, last night I was working on RetroCopy - tying together logging in, member details, news, things like this when I had a very good idea.

I almost want to start working on it for 0.700 but I won't. I realize with this version it is already way too big from what I originally had planned for it, the feature list just keeps getting bigger and bigger. As such I am going to be releasing 0.700 then following up with a more minor release within a week of it. The minor release will be concentrating on emulation fixes mostly to Genesis and this new feature I thought up last night. It is about time I did releases in smaller chunks I think, it was my goal originally. I think 0.700 will be one of the last massive releases in this way, as it completes a LARGE chunk of what needs to be done to get RetroCopy towards the future I have planned for it.

I am very excited actually, much more so than I have been in a while. When I think about this feature that will be coming soon and the ease with which I can add it, I smile. Finally I'm at the point where I don't have to write 20000 lines of code to do something really fun. That being said 0.700 is still going to be an awesome release (if I do say so myself), the covers, screenshots, stories, cheats just make using RetroCopy that much better. And best of all you don't have to do anything but click on a game to get them. I'm always considerate for the the lazy in all of us. :)

Also of note is I changed the user reviews recently so you can vote on a score of 1-10 for them, this then contributes to game score. All of you members who can't find the time to post a review yet why not read a few reviews, rank them and give the games you like a thumbs up and the ones you don't a thumbs down. The more people that vote the more realistic the scores will be. Finally, members don't receive any advertisements on the forums now.

7 responses to Excitement building

FadWare wrote:

1/22/2010 7:54:12 AM

Wow, what a speech. I wonder what is this new feature in your mind. Oh! One question. In this release people will get retropoints for playng games? If so, even if you are off-line? I ask that because i have to make several travels where i work, and i will not be able to connect when in a plane.

RetroRalph wrote:

1/22/2010 8:47:11 AM

I'm not sure yet if RP will be given for playing games, though I have thought about it. It would only work when connected though to verify that you are actually playing the games - otherwise it could be abused.

maux wrote:

1/22/2010 11:13:11 AM

please don´t add retropoints for playing.....it will ruin my familylife ;) GREAT WORK Ralph!!

micky wrote:

1/22/2010 12:31:03 PM

I 'm very excited about testing this relase !
What will you fix in genesis core for 0.700?

micky wrote:

1/22/2010 1:03:14 PM

I 'm very excited about testing this relase !
What will you fix in genesis core for 0.700?

RetroRalph wrote:

1/22/2010 1:16:41 PM

I'm not certain 0.700 will include any Genesis changes, we will see. It will only be a small gap between 0.700 and the next one as I will be concentrating mostly on refinements.

micky wrote:

1/22/2010 1:43:57 PM

Ok, if it can help you i will do tests on 0.700 to find emulation's bug on genesis core !
Very good work, congratulations !

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