Growing up, I love doing puzzles. I used to get such great satisfaction in putting all the pieces together. Coming in to the Capstone project class, I felt unprepared for doing full project. I think most of this comes from the “imposter syndrome” that some developers get during their early years. However, after completing the first initial weeks of the Capstone project, I finding that working to complete tasks on a topic I’m interested in makes it really easy to focus on what I need to do. It is more of joy than a chore to work on. Almost like a good book that is tough to put down, the more I do on the project, the more I want to do on the project!
This past week
This past week, one of my tasks included asking the user what they wanted to do. With the typed-in information, I was able to get the program to do certain actions. While I was able to do that pretty simply, the real challenge was trying to get it to work with my teammates’ code. Since it was the most challenging part, it was definitely the most rewarding part when I was finally able to integrate my code into theirs. I like to compare it to working on a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle then moving up to a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Still doable, just takes a little more time but also more rewarding!
Next coding task
For my next coding task, I will attempt to create a function for changing rooms. Whenever the user wants to change rooms, they’ll need to say some sort of travel command and then a direction. I’ll be able to use the parsing function I created to help move the player. It feels really nice to work on something that you’re more passionate about and have full creative freedom than to be doing homework problems out of a textbook. It makes me excited to work on the next piece of the puzzle!
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