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js71
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 Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 10:16 pm Post subject: Possible RPG Side Project |
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Yeah, I did these yesterday... I dunno, I might do a little mini-RPG with em- I'm starting the Manuscript already, and in case you're wondering, those blue thingies are a creation of mine, called Wyvern Rays. A stingray crossed with a Wyvern. Yup. If anyone would like to code for this Might-Be project, just say so... It would be appreciated. Any language is fine, as long it's not like... Game maker. Ick.
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Bjorn
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Have you played Cave Adventure? If that engine does about what you need, I could try to assist you into coding your game. It has an easy to use level editor supporting two layers + obstacle tile edges (an improvement over tile obstacles). It depends on Lua scripts for the gameplay and object implementations though, and I do not have time to program this for you, but I can be your helpdesk.
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js71
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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That would be cool- But... I'm REALLY not a programmer. Like, the best thing I can program is a text adventure. In qb. <_< >_>
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akOOma
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 8:00 am Post subject: |
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So these screenies are drawn by you and not real screenshots taken of the game???
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The graphics look awesome....great work
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papillon
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2003 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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hey, now, programming a *good* text adventure is a demanding programming task. particularly if you're attempting to write your own parser. :)
but I digress
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Bjorn
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Maybe only writing the Lua code is relatively easy. That is, if I write the more difficult parts but those parts can generally be shared among games (ie. animation handler, sequence handler, conversation box logic).
I recently started adding object oriented programming. Not sure if it is actually going to work, but here's an example of a scripted tree:
| Code: | -- Definition of a tree object
Tree = Decoration:subclass
{
postBeginPlay = function(self)
-- Call postBeginPlay of super class
self.super.postBeginPlay(self)
-- Initialize tree properties
self.bitmap = m_get_bitmap("tree.bmp")
self.obstacle = true
self.w = 1
self.h = 1
end
activatedBy = function(self, instigator)
if (instigator == m_get_player()) then
SeqControl:addSequence{
ActionConversation{
{{"Player"}, {"It's a tree!"}}
}
}
end
end
}
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function spawn(x, y, class)
obj = class:new()
obj.x = x
obj.y = y
end
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-- Add a tree to the map
spawn(10, 12, Tree) |
As of now, variable inheritance is not fully functional, but I will be trying to solve that.
It might not be not a good idea at all to use my engine because I can hardly make a good estimate on it's usability without a good manual. But I think it's worth a try. It's not 'ready to go' currently though, it needs some work on the parts that are still in development.
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DrV
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 1:17 am Post subject: |
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Is that OOP scripting? *runs into corner and faints*
I've got to check out Lua sometime. :) I'm still depending on the MS Script Control for most of my projects. :(
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js71
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | So these screenies are drawn by you and not real screenshots taken of the game??? |
...There is no game yet. Hence this topic. :-P
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Bjorn
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| DrV wrote: | Is that OOP scripting? *runs into corner and faints*
I've got to check out Lua sometime. :) I'm still depending on the MS Script Control for most of my projects. :( |
It's OOP scripting, and it's working now! :-) The Unreal Tournament engine is really my biggest example of how I would like it to work. I'm planning to implement their idea of packages too.
| -=(FRoG32)=- wrote: | | ...There is no game yet. Hence this topic. :-P |
Shall I try to make an "empty" startup project this weekend so that you can take a look at what you would need to do?
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js71
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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As long as I don't have to really CODE anything...
Sure, that would be sweet!
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twinsen
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | As long as I don't have to really CODE anything... |
Wheres your sense of adventure? :)
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DrunkenCoder
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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*lol* well lots of able programmers around
really what have the indie scene come to if noone
takes up a great offer like this, heck I would be bouncing
with excitment and nagging him 24/7 to let me do it
if I hadn't been completey burried in work :(
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akOOma
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Whoa, Bjørn, that scriptin' stuff looks nice...could you tell me more about Lua??? I'm very interested in it...
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js71
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I would be bouncing
with excitment and nagging him 24/7 to let me do it
if I hadn't been completey burried in work :( |
Damn... If I had a programmer who was THAT enthusiastic, I'd be set!
...Lemme know when you're finished with your work ;)
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Bjorn
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| ak00ma wrote: | | Whoa, Bjørn, that scriptin' stuff looks nice...could you tell me more about Lua??? I'm very interested in it... |
Heh, thanks. Lua is indeed a nice language, you can find more info on http://www.lua.org/. If you have a specific question, you can ask me.
Today I've been totally transforming my sequence handler and all the possible actions to OO style. I will continue with the characters, which will be tricky because I want to combine player and ai control in a nice way. For people interested in the engine or scripts source, they're at SourceForge under GPL license. You can browse cvs here.
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