Future FFC Releases

[KyleCHaight]

I'm a bit unsure, Todd. Is there going to be a version 2 of the FFC software? Or a 1.0B or something along those lines?

Thanks. Nice work as always.

[Robbie]

I'm sure he'll update it again sometime and it probably will move up a version.

[Todd Robinson]

KyleCHaight said:

I'm a bit unsure, Todd. Is there going to be a version 2 of the FFC software? Or a 1.0B or something along those lines?

Thanks. Nice work as always.

Kyle,

I will be working with Family Feud Challenge some more. In fact, I've already done some redrawing of the board and panels. And there are still some problems that need to be resolved.

As far as version numbers go, I use version numbers like most programmers do. For example, ver. 1.0a is explained as this:

• The first number indicates a major revision or addition. With the original Family Feud software, if I added Fast Money, the Face-Off, or made major changes to a primary function of the game, this number is increased by 1.
  
• The tenth digit, the number after the decimal, indicates a smaller update where no major changes take place. If I change a graphic, fix a more serious bug, or make other smaller cosmetic changes, this number increases by 1.
  
• The letter indicates slight changes that happen shortly after a release. When I released v. 1.0 of FFChallenge, it had several little bugs (and one major one) that were really quick. It wasn't quite major enough for it to be 1.1. So I stuck a letter behind it.
  

Of course, I won't always follow this rule religiously every time. I mean, if this turns into v. 1.9 and I have another update, it'll go to 2.0.

The next release will probably be 1.1. If some really serious changes happen, it'll go to 2.0. Since we have a very playable version right now, if I had an update insignificant enough to up it to 1.0b, I wouldn't release it.


One more thing: please keep in mind that I released 1.0a to be fully playable. I released it with the thought in mind that it wasn't going to be the last release knowing there was more work to be done on it. If you're familiar with the emulation scene, my software philosophy is similar to emulator programmers. You can download ver. 1.0 of a Nintendo emulator but you can almost always expect to see problems or incomplete features.

Anyway, that's probably more than you wanted to know, Kyle. As updates happen I'll post them right here!