1 December 2004

• Added spinning to kart, wall, and projectile collision response.
• Tested and debugged spinning.
• Tweaked collision response.
• Tweaked the AI logic.
• Revised "arcing" projectile model.

30 November 2004

• Implemented a "safe point" system.
• Rewrote collision response to implement the "safe point" system.
• Created a "spin" model for the karts.

28 November 2004

• Started planning the "safe point" system of collision response.
• Scrapped the "spinout" model, began planning the "spin" model.

26 November 2004

• Created a "spinout" model.
• Linked the kart's spinout to its KartInputHandler.
• Attempted to use a timer to control the kart's spinout.
• Tested, debugged, and revised the timer control of the spinout.

25 November 2004

• Created the AiGameObserver and AiKart classes.
• Implemented AI logic.
• Implemented AI opponents.

21 November 2004

• Continued testing collision response algorithms.
• Created and integrated the ProjectileManager class into the existing Game and Kart structure.
• Created the Projectile, Item, and BeerBottle classes.
• Implemented Projectile firing.
• Implemented an item-collection system in Kart.
• Eliminated thread-sleeping from Game in favor of exclusively using timer events.

20 November 2004

• Explored, implemented and tested several new collision response algorithms.
• Found and fixed a major bug in the collision detection algorithm.
• Began planning class structure and interface for Projectiles.
• Began planning class structure and interface for AIKart.

19 November 2004

• Integrated Kart-Kart collision detection into the new code base.
• Implemented and tested a new Kart-Kart collision response algorithm.

18 November 2004

• Added a second Kart to the course and created default InputHandler settings for each Kart.
• Limited the turning ability of Kart to be a function of its velocity.
• Implemented a hand-brake.

17 November 2004

• Improved the collision response algorithm to include angle of incidence.
• Extended the CheckpointSegment class to detect sequential collisions.
• Added two new cinematic KartCamera instances.

16 November 2004

• Integrated the collision detection algorithm into the new code base.
• Improved the collision response algorithm to work effectively at higher velocities.
• Tested and debugged the CollisionHandler.

14 November 2004

• Searched for improvements or alternatives to the sphere-line segment collision algorithm.

13 November 2004

• Created a LineSegment class.
• Implemented an algorithm to detect Kart-Walls collisions.
• Tested and debugged the CollisionHandler.

12 November 2004

• Extended the Kart-Kart collision algorithm to allow multiple spheres per Kart.
• Started working on a CameraManager class and a Camera class.
• Created a Walls class.
• Searched for simpler algorithms to detect sphere-line segment collisions.

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• Reviewed C# tutorials on CodeProject.com.
• Created a very simple "Hello World"-style program to familiarize myself with C# programming.
• Extended John's basic-physics prototype.
  • Added a second Kart.
  • Abstracted the Kart class and implemented P1Kart and P2Kart.
  • Created a simple InputHandler class to deal with controls for two Karts.
  • Created a CollisionHandler class that will detect and respond to collision events.
  • Implemented a Kart-Kart collision algorithm based on a single bounding-sphere per Kart.
  • Created a (temporary) Scenery class to improve the testing environment.
  • Tested and debugged the CollisionHandler.