7DRL: Building an Engine -- It Begins March 1, 2022 in 7DRL Yesterday I mentioned a few things that were required to be part of any roguelike game engine. Today, I add two of them – an… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- Setting the Scope February 28, 2022 in 7DRL, Rogue-Likes This weekend, I added weapons, monsters only move when you move, and I added flags to tell if items were identified, cursed, wielded or worn…. Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- YAML February 24, 2022 in 7DRL If someone were to quiz me on how a game engine is different from a game, I’d think about it a bit, and then probably… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- Line of Sight February 21, 2022 in 7DRL NPCs don’t want to hit their allies while they are attacking you with ranged attacks. Some objects in the room can block them as well… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- Path Finding February 17, 2022 in 7DRL Path finding is central to all rogue-likes. If an enemy can’t find you, they can’t fight you… and that wouldn’t be any fun. Tonight, I… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- Refactoring February 17, 2022 in 7DRL I didn’t make a lot of visible progress today, but I decided it was time to take a step back and do a vital step… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- Animation February 15, 2022 in 7DRL, Rogue-Likes Tonight, I made it so my sprites had a walking animation, decided to show all four walls of the room, and found out some things… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- In the Browser February 14, 2022 in 7DRL One of the items on my 7DRL checklist for this year is to have the game run in a browser. The last time I did… Continue reading
7DRL: Building an Engine -- A Room February 13, 2022 in 7DRL The annual 7DRL – 7 Day Rogue-Like – game hackathon is next month. I did this a really long time ago, but I didn’t know… Continue reading
Daily Blogroll Oct 19: Time enough to learn to swim edition October 20, 2011 in 7DRL, Daily Blogroll, MMORPG, Mythos, Star Corsairs, Star Wars the Old Republic, World of Warcraft If you were given six months to live, you wouldn’t spend it leveling up a new character in some MMORPG. You’d want to do something… Continue reading