7DRL 2012

Hey, here’s another bugfix/balance release. Should be a bit more fun to play and a lot less crashy!

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TL;DR – It went well.

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I am posting this later than my 168h (I’ve started and finished on Saturdays 11:45 CET), but I wanted to make sure the system specific packages work. Windows libtcod dll crashed a bit so I had to get that fixed.

I’m almost done! The main game is mostly complete, I’ve added a high score system and screen that shows your highest 10 scores. To be added still are the Big Bad Boss, the game ending (I’ve decided that I don’t want an infinite game after all), and the help screen. I am considering doing some graphical niceties like blood spatters and less rigid fov, but that’s on ‘Would Be Nice If’ list.

I’ve failed with Artifact. The project I’ve envisioned for 7DRL Challenge is too large, too complex for my programming skills for now. Also my code base sucks. I’m putting Artifact on back-burner for undefined amount of time. But I want to revisit this idea sometime in the future, so not all is lost. King is asleep, long live the King No worries, after some rants on #rgrd and wasting a day, I’ve come up with an idea for a smaller scope game that I have a chance to finish on time, Saturday 11:45 CET.

It’s not going well. I have managed to split my codebase from firstrl (dead link) into several files, removed some things that I didn’t need and create a ‘global variable object’ that handles all the important thing I’ll have to have saved. The main problem right now? Game’s main logic is not flexible enough to handle several mouse-checking requests every libtcod frame. It is bad, I cannot make mouse movement work with what I have.

As of now, 11:45 CET (GMT +1) 10th March 2012 I’m typing “git init” and start coding my 7DRL – Artifact. My previous plans of making daily updates may be unrealistic. Main goal updates feel more natural. If you are still interested in my game, check my previus post that explains what Artifact is supposed to be in seven days. Cheers! M.

The 2012 [Seven Day Roguelike Challenge][1] is starting this weekend, and I’m ankles deep in preparations.

My entry will be Artifact (nobody has taken this name yet, really?), a game paying homage to the artifact mugs of Dwarf Fortress.