Hmmm

Well today I had a good day productivity wise. I've gotten the launch code re-written so that it works properly with player made rockets (the better the components the better the rockets performance).

I've also added some non-gameplay features such as a "My Account" page which allows the player to change their password and email address. I've also added a forgotten password link to the login form. It's this type of thing which needed doing before I could release the game to the public.

I've also added an extra table to the database schema to store the results of each rocket flight. Only altitudes of successful flights are recorded. This is in preparatio for the weekly and monthly prizes. I think about having a weekly/monthly competition should increase interest and get a bit of inter player rivalry going. All in all a good idea. The difficult part is fitting this in with the rest of the game. I think I'll have to add some kind of flight journal which the player can access. I'll also probably have to implement some kind of inter player messaging system which can be used to send money and items. The reason is because my character is going to play the 'judge'. In reality it'll be a cron job set up, but the prize has to appear to come from someone.

OK well I'm going to sign off for now and go and watch CSI on the television.