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
Once, I had a life. Now, I have Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. January 23, 2022 in Final Fantasy, Tactical RPG I haven’t played the sequel to my favorite Final Fantasy game, Final Fantasy Tactics, in ages. And even when I played it before, back in… Continue reading
Advent of Code 2021 -- Completed. December 27, 2021 in Advent of Code It was an obsession, it was a challenge, it was a lesson. The Advent of Code is an annual coding event that runs from the… Continue reading
EverQuest Original Soundtrack: Worth buying a record player. December 2, 2021 in EverQuest, Real Life Is there a vinyl album out there that would spur you to buy a record player? I thought I’d never do it, until that one… Continue reading