Another few days of tying up loose ends. First up came the creation of the icons for the various EXE files; after a lot of searching and experimentation, I settled on using Icon Workshop from Axialis, which enabled me to knock out the icons in next to no time. Next came a welcome diversion in the form of the Press Release and supporting materials, which will be mailed out to various news sites and organisations on release day (tomorrow...!).
A couple of tweaks to the cursor routine were necessary due to the fact that the "hand" cursor (used to represent Move Mode) wasn't always being displayed properly. I also made a slight change to the Main Window layout, shifting things down a little so that renamed Layer tabs don't interfere with the checkboxes.
After tweaking the installer files and ensuring all debug code is firmly out of the way, it looks like the Editor is finally ready for its official release tomorrow. It's hard to believe this journey started almost two years ago; indeed, reading back over the Blog makes interesting reading, although it's reassuring to see that most of the planned features made it into the final version.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped out along the way, either with moral support, advice, suggestions, encouragement, or slices of actual code when my brain quite literally refused to work. Particularly, FishEd would not have been completed without the support and encouragement from Paul Maskelyne and Mark Hennessy-Barrett; Paul contributed code and advice in abundance, while Mark chipped in with ideas, feedback, and most importantly, an artist's perspective.
Notable mentions must also go out to Paul Snart, Richard Olpin, Paul Robertshaw, Gary Tonge, Stoo Cambridge, Peggy Parkes, Christine Robinson, everyone on the Blitz Forums, the regulars at YakYak, and not forgetting everyone who has pre-ordered the Editor over the last few days.
This isn't the end of this Blog: I still have a game to write, and there's every chance that a Blitz Max version of FishEd (with Mac support) will make an appearance. In the meantime, pop over to The Official Fished Website for more information.
