1. Re: cementing relations (and RPG making)
- Posted by Cox Family <cox.family at SK.SYMPATICO.CA>
Mar 08, 1999
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Last edited Mar 09, 1999
G'day from snowy Canada, Roderick!
Thought I'd drop you a line, considering that your topic
on the Euphoria list about RPG making interested me. I had
actually been thinking of a similar project for the last little
while, and have been working on drafting (on paper) my plans
for it. Basically, here's what I've got planned, if you're interested.
* everything is driven by two things -- maps and objects. Both
can be user-defined using beautiful (Euphoria) code to give
the user more flexibility over game control
* everything that objects do is defined by object code. There
are built-in variables to test the object's state (i.e. touched,
trapped, hit, etc.)
* maps themselves can contain object code in their headers
* all object code libraries are standard .e code, making for easy
addition of new functions / features
* and, for the grand finale, _it's all text-driven_. Maps are
sequences, object code is text, and the final product is a 'script'
to the game with accompanying graphics/sound which is run by an
engine. A text-based approach allows the following:
1) more than one interpreter can run the same code (possible
portability, if others wanted to run it in other langs)
2) more flexibility and control for the end-user/creator by
allowing them to fully command the object code
3) editors can be made to graphically edit maps, object code,
etc. If you _only_ have a graphical editor, code editing
and detailed changed get very hard very quickly.
Anyway, I've been incredibly busy with school lately (working on
Computer Science projects [unfortunately in QBasic, which we've been
running sans help-menu because either our teacher doesn't want to
install it or doesn't know how. I'm hoping it's the former.]) and
have kept it in the planning stages. Hope this at least gives you
some good ideas, and if others are interested, drop me a line.
Chris Cox
cox.family at sk.sympatico.ca
