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Quarynn

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textcraft - rogue-like sandbox fun
« on: June 28, 2011, 03:49:20 pm »

Well, I think everybody knows about Minecraft

I've started making a game 2 days ago, and been updating it A LOT frequently

The game is a mixture of Minecraft and Rogue

I've got a blog for it, posting updates and downloads, http://textcraft.tumblr.com/ , I'll be happy if you comment on posts


Enjoy! (RETURN stands for Enter and F1 for in-game help)
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Re: textcraft - rogue-like sandbox fun
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2011, 03:50:56 pm »
I don't know why, but the below image gives me fond memories of Ultima 4.  :)

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How is working with the XNA?  Is it nice to work with?
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Re: textcraft - rogue-like sandbox fun
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2011, 03:55:22 pm »
Ignoring "dicks" (I was showing that to my friends, it's removed now)

Well, I think it's the black background with most of the tiles having black parts (most of the ground was green dots on a black tile)

Also XNA is superb easy, though it's really not supporting mouse usage - you need to hard-code buttons inside which requires loadsa work

I'm using a full keyboard based UI management because of it

C# itself doesn't allow you to make mistakes unlike C++ which was more trial & error for me

I used Allegro for an ancestor for this game
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Re: textcraft - rogue-like sandbox fun
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2011, 04:06:05 am »
That looks like a nice project. I must give it a shot one of these days! I love constructing games but something about MineCraft just puts me off.
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 09:47:21 am »
You should  ;D
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Re: textcraft - rogue-like sandbox fun
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 01:20:40 am »
This is inspiring. I actually started working on something like this a while back... It eventually died due to rushed/unreadable code structuring. I can't wait to see where you go with this.  :)
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Re: textcraft - rogue-like sandbox fun
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2011, 02:33:09 am »
If you an extra pair of eyes to hunt for bugs, you can ask me!

I won't agree, but ask me anyway!
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