Journal #5913

Posted 15 years ago2009-06-26 07:54:50 UTC
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Side project showcase!

(I've kept the same format as my last journal)

I'm finished the first semester of uni for this year, so I'm ready to start on my big project again. I just thought I might show off some of my random side projects that I started during the semester. (I didn't want to do any big project until my break, which is a month long, starting now.)

Project the second: Randomly generated MUD game
Goal: Make this (with a twist).

I was bored at uni and I had a few hours to kill so I started making a MUD game. The basic idea is that it's the regular text-based adventure game, except everything is randomly generated, making it more of a text-based dungeon crawl. Also, I wanted to inject a 'twist' in the form of surprise windows forms elements appearing and offering a puzzle or display that no command line ever could.

Another thing I slipped in there was the use of the Half-Life 'action' words: Run, Think, Shoot, Live. "Think" was to be for investigation, "shoot" for attacking, "run" for movement, and "live" for...well, I didn't get that far.
_>
How far I got:
See for yourself:
Early version showing random generation of map:
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Bit later showing enemies:
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The end. Nothing more was done. It wasn't really going anywhere anyway. The end result would be boring to play, so who really cares?

Project status:
Pretty much dead. Chances of revival: not zero, but slim. I have better things to work on.

Can you have it?
No. No, you can't.

PS: Big project hasn't started again. Maybe tomorrow...

8 Comments

Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 07:59:22 UTC Comment #50016
Interesting, although as you concluded, 4 commands dont get you far. Maybe use games like Zork as inspiration?
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 09:07:44 UTC Comment #50022
Zork was pretty good for what it was. Good luck on making this.
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 09:19:36 UTC Comment #50018
Did you read the part where I said that the project is dead?
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 09:29:37 UTC Comment #50023
No, no I did'nt. My mistake.
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 10:08:39 UTC Comment #50017
Oh no! Mose the Violent Panda!

Badass.
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 15:15:43 UTC Comment #50020
Fred the Quivering Cheerleader sounds more terrifying.
'Oh no! He's quivering at me!'
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-26 18:48:57 UTC Comment #50021
if you continue this project it, your code will become the self-aware AI that will seek to destroy all humankind.
Commented 15 years ago2009-06-27 02:54:56 UTC Comment #50019
I don't see how Skynet's going to be too useful for mapping.

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