I have finished the first interactive prototype of the StarCraft 2 Build Order Calculator and placed it online with the rest of my iterative development tests. This JavaScript prototype is just a proof of concept and is missing many required features, but it does show the possibilities of the system.
This build is the first JavaScript prototype of the S2BOC. I decided at the very start that I would be building this in a client side language to reduce server strain, and so doing tests in PHP is very impractical. It uses the jQuery library and contains a custom extension to generate the build order. It shows off the abilities of the system to add units and calculate the amount of minerals available at any given time, as well as calculate the earliest moment that a unit can be built.
My next iteration should be online and viewable this weekend. This iteration will contain features not shown in this version, like taking queues into account and building requirements. I estimate there will be another 10-12 iterations before I consider writing the final version.
#1 by visual77 on May 26, 2010 - 9:16 am
Thank you for the words of encouragement. I hope to have this system fully online by the time StarCraft II releaes on July 27. Right now, I’m just doing test builds, and so each build is going to be very lacking in most regards, but each one will help me make the final build correctly, from the start.
#2 by jdb on May 25, 2010 - 9:56 pm
Thanks for taking the initiative with this effort–the gaming community needs more analytical minds like you.