XRTK developer update 31th March 2020
Another missed week but we continue to plough on, with as much news as we can muster.
Late night coding sessions continue
The XRTK team have been hard at work with renewed vigour, especially with the lock-down and nowhere to go :D all you can do is code.
Last night (30th) a group of us were hard at work on two exciting fronts:
Master Hodgson was hammering away at the new platform system for the XRTK, enabling is to clearly define the differences between platforms and take us further down the "one-click" road to producing builds. We have to take a lot of care with this as it's fundamental to the XRTK, ensuring every platform has its place (check out the #improved-platform-definitions for more details). Were'also targetting a new platform, but more on that later
Design god Jarod brought his new UI elements designs for the XRTK inspectors (and his drumsticks :S ) for review and also setting some guiding principles for changes to make the UIElements designs easier. (check out the #uielements-upgrade channel for details). It's certainly looking interesting. On the downside, we got to look at some Unity CSS, which burns the mind.
Keep an eye on the @XRTK_dev twitter handle or just jump into the XRTK Discord Server and join in the party.
Hands system refactor
Our good friend and companion on this merry adventure Dino Fejzagić pushed past another milestone with some assistance (if you call it that) from Stephen this week, updating with some new developments in the core, that did cause some rework but they collaborated together to get it done. There should only be a few tasks left before we can get this out the door. We're all feeling the strain with the lock-down and long term projects like this can be a struggle, so let's all give a clap to Dino to help him finish this little marathon :D
New appointments
One startling bit of news is that Stephen Hodgson got scooped by one of our supporters upon hearing he was available for hire. He's moving back closer to his family (which he loves) and has essentially got his dream job now, so we're all really pleased. Hopefully, he'll finally cheer up a bit :D
His new employer is wholely dedicated to the XRTK, so this will actually help accelerate XRTK development as his job is also to build the XRTK, freeing him from the constraints of having to work on other peoples projects. Now, the XRTK is his project and we have renewed focus.
XRTK remains open source and we have no plans to change that and we are truly grateful for this additional support and focus.
So please join in with me and give our friend and colleague a big hand of fun
Time to party
I'm a little busy teaching everyone to use Altspace, so I'm sure at some point we'll also host our own XRTK event, but for now, stay safe, stay healthy and "Smile and wave" everyone
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