OT - Who wants to write a "roguelike" game? How about a 4X?

[Ed Kolis]

Yeah, that's right, I'm asking for people to help me create our very own "roguelike" game! This is something I've wanted to do for some time, but I know that if I'm working on something alone, I have a tendency to start on it and never touch it again. But I figure if I'm working in a team, I'll be less likely to bail out because there are other people depending on my effort - kinda like I never quit any of my PBW games, no matter how drawn-out they may become, because it would ruin the game for the other players I know there are some of us around here who like roguelike games, and quite a few who are programmers, so anyone up for it? I have a *strong* personal preference toward programming in C#, just because I like to use the latest greatest tools out there. (Probably because I'm so forgetful that I need the context sensitive help that modern object oriented Languages' IDEs provide! "What methods does that class have again? Better look at the list... typetypetype myclass dot OH! That's what it was called! ) But that's not a hard-and-fast rule; I'd really like to write some sort of game. (I'd also suggest a 4X game but those are probably much more complicated, and we don't want to compete with Malfador and/or steal all their ideas! )

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[ January 22, 2004, 14:02: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]

[geoschmo]

What is Rogue?

[Combat Wombat]

I can't code anything for the life of me and I'm not completely sure what you have in mind but I have photoshop and am willing to help.

[Paul1980au]

Suggest you get over to sourceforge.net and do a search its the open source softward directory go to games and look for existing projects and get involved (look for those programming in C++) and go help with ones already existing and perhaps you can alter it to suit youre tastes - there are thousands of such projects why not make existing ones storonger.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

(I'd also suggest a 4X game but those are probably much more complicated

you don't think roguelike's are complicated? mwUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

for a good example of a very good roguelike, go here: http://www.adom.de/

and make it with darkbasic. very simple: http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/

well, the Last bit was advertising. and roguelikes can be very simple. but none that i've played have, except the original.

and i don't know C#. or C++. or C+. or C.

[ January 22, 2004, 02:42: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Paul1980au]

Doesnt the angband and variants fall under this also - i play zangband which i find the best of the angband variants.