Welcome to week 2 of my game development blog!  So, what have I accomplished this week?

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# A Little Remodeling
I've added quite a few new temporary sprites this week.  The character has a house, a research table, a tutorial book to research, a little lightbulb to notify when research is done, some rubble to clean up, and a small farm.  The GUI has gotten a bit of an overhaul as well, some of the temporary buttons being replaced with actual activities the character can do.  The day counter has been slightly revamped to notify the player what year and month it is, and a food counter has been set up as one of the first "loss" conditions.  If you can't eat, you starve.

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# Scripts for the Script God!

I've started using scripts to control each of the main actions the character takes.  This helps segregate my code and isolate bugs.  If something goes wrong while the character tries to clear away rubble, then I know that the cleaning script needs some work.  The same goes for researching and farming.  More scripts will get added as the pool of character actions grows.  Some of these scripts could get pretty large when I get to handling random events like adventuring in the wild.

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<center><sup>A pretty accurate representation of my current code</sup></center>

# The Dreaded Grid

I've been jumping all over the code, doing small bits of work on each object's interactions, but I'm quickly realizing that I might just have to do a bit of overhaul on the core game and utilize a grid-based system.  Doing so will allow me to work a little better when it comes to having the player upgrade their base and move objects around so they can make their house their own.  I have a pretty good tutorial in mind but I'm sure this is going to fill up my next week of work.  Until then, most of the other systems are going to have to be put on hold I think.

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<center><sup>Something, something, TRON joke</sup></center>

That's it for this week folks!  Let me know if you have any questions or comments!

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