Elderlore » donblas http://www.elderlore.com En publiant des logiciels libres, on participe à l'évolution de l'Humanité ! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Iteration 9 and 10 – The new plan http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/iteration-9-and-10-the-new-plan.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/iteration-9-and-10-the-new-plan.htm#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:57:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-7468895181765447128
  • Plans for Iteration 8 and beyond
  • Iterations – Iteration 6 Complete
  • Iteration 9 – “Levels” and polish
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    So, I'm changing my iteration plans around the release of a video game. Let's just put it out there. Final Fantasy 14 is being released September 30th (early access on 22nd), and I am excited enough to pre-order it. Due to that, and the expected week or two post-release that I won't involve much coding, here's the new plan. Iteration 9 - Finishes asap. As soon as I get the game balance ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/iteration-9-and-10-the-new-plan.htm/feed 0     Generic can be the enemy of progress http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/generic-can-be-the-enemy-of-progress.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/generic-can-be-the-enemy-of-progress.htm#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:45:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-7846254915098985294
  • Skill Tree Complete for Iteration 8
  • When making a type of change in your game is tedious, first fix things so that it isn’t anymore
  • Skill Tree Initial Work
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    As it was said on coding horror, "a blog without comments is not a blog". Earlier today Jotaf posted a comment on my last post that got me thinking. The post was on my work making changes to the skill tree easier, here's the meat of it: "Nice, I agree completely, although you must always ask yourself the obvious question: "is it worth it?". Since you're gonna change the skill tree many times ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/generic-can-be-the-enemy-of-progress.htm/feed 0     When making a type of change in your game is tedious, first fix things so that it isn’t anymore http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/when-making-a-type-of-change-in-your-game-is-tedious-first-fix-things-so-that-it-isnt-anymore.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/when-making-a-type-of-change-in-your-game-is-tedious-first-fix-things-so-that-it-isnt-anymore.htm#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:01:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-854673133420588853
  • Skill Tree Initial Work
  • More Skill Tree Goodness
  • Generic can be the enemy of progress
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    So part of my balancing work involved buffing the player's abilities when it makes sense. One way to do this is to add new skills on the skill tree. However, the system I had in place for read/displaying the skill tree made me hesitant to do so, as even a simple change was a lot of work. The previous system involved a text file with a grid of ascii characters laying out the exact location for ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/when-making-a-type-of-change-in-your-game-is-tedious-first-fix-things-so-that-it-isnt-anymore.htm/feed 0     “Backgrounds” – The compromise of class selection and skill tree http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/backgrounds-the-compromise-of-class-selection-and-skill-tree.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/backgrounds-the-compromise-of-class-selection-and-skill-tree.htm#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:42:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-1540359098863817160
  • Skill Tree Initial Work
  • More Skill Tree Goodness
  • Skill Tree Complete for Iteration 8
    • ]]>     Source: If Error Throw New Brick

    One of the unwritten design guides I've followed in magecrawl has been to not ask the player for choices they can't answer before the game starts. The first time I launch a game and am ambushed by something like this (care of Crawl Stone Soup): I get overwhelmed with choices. What the difference between fighers and gladiators? What is the difference fire/ice/air/earth elementalists? These ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/backgrounds-the-compromise-of-class-selection-and-skill-tree.htm/feed 0     Current plans on dealing with game balance, with the first step being spelling it correctly… http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/current-plans-on-dealing-with-game-balance-with-the-first-step-being-spelling-it-correctly.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/current-plans-on-dealing-with-game-balance-with-the-first-step-being-spelling-it-correctly.htm#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:35:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-8527438518392455880
  • libtcod and swig – The current plan…
  • 7DOMC – Seven days of magecrawl coding
  • When making a type of change in your game is tedious, first fix things so that it isn’t anymore
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    (Potential bloggers out there, don't write new entries when you are tired or else you might blast everyone's RSS reader with blatant misspellings like my last post) So as I mentioned, balancing roguelikes is hard since doing so involves balancing multiple variables (with a significant amount of randomness thrown in). In an effort to motivate myself into finishing this work, I'm writing up a ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/current-plans-on-dealing-with-game-balance-with-the-first-step-being-spelling-it-correctly.htm/feed 0     The trouble with game balencing is that it is hard….seriously http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/the-trouble-with-game-balencing-is-that-it-is-hard-seriously.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/the-trouble-with-game-balencing-is-that-it-is-hard-seriously.htm#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:11:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-6218842006617915122
  • Current plans on dealing with game balance, with the first step being spelling it correctly…
  • File dialog trouble
  • When making a type of change in your game is tedious, first fix things so that it isn’t anymore
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    So part of the long delay between this and the last post was a (hopefully?) well deserved break after a mammoth week of coding. However, part of it is related to my lack of progress in balancing the new monster/weapon/quality types. Trying to keep individual fights interesting while keeping ambushes from turning into two turn player-deaths and making it scale after (for now) 5 levels is hard. ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/the-trouble-with-game-balencing-is-that-it-is-hard-seriously.htm/feed 0     7DOMC – Day 7 – Monsters and thoughts on this week http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-7-monsters-and-thoughts-on-this-week.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-7-monsters-and-thoughts-on-this-week.htm#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:58:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-4362290123663512090
  • 7DOMC – Day 6 – I thought I was done with items, but I made them better.
  • 7DOMC – Day 4 – Planning and Monsters
  • 7DOMC – Day 2 – The great item rewrite
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    With my commit here I'm done with my XML generation changes this iteration. Monsters now have different names that are level dependent, with base stats and some stats that go up each level. The "trait" system has been booted to iteration 10 due to my exhaustion in this area of magecrawl. I need to create some content for items still, item levels for each armor/weapon from 1-6 or so, but otherwise]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-7-monsters-and-thoughts-on-this-week.htm/feed 0     7DOMC – Day 6 – I thought I was done with items, but I made them better. http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-6-i-thought-i-was-done-with-items-but-i-made-them-better.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-6-i-thought-i-was-done-with-items-but-i-made-them-better.htm#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:27:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-1120457098044047424
  • 7DOMC – Day 7 – Monsters and thoughts on this week
  • 7DOMC – Day 2 – The great item rewrite
  • 7DOMC – Day 3 – The item rewrite is done…finally.
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    So on day three I said I was done with the item rewrite. While this was a true statement, I realized today that there was one way I could improve items even more. The current system had each material list the base stats for a weapon/armor made of it. Something roughly: Wood Club - 3d3  CTCost=1.0 Iron Sword - 4d6 CTCost=1.25 Cloth Armor -  +5 stamina The issues is that I had to list out each ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-6-i-thought-i-was-done-with-items-but-i-made-them-better.htm/feed 0     C# – The dangers of int.Parse() on non-english systems http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/c-the-dangers-of-int-parse-on-non-english-systems.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/c-the-dangers-of-int-parse-on-non-english-systems.htm#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:44:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-7526509348466039387
  • Non-English operating systems, InvariantCulture, and You
  • The Quest for Custom Keymapping and International Keyboard Support
  • Type Frustrations II : Return of the Erasure
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    I ran into this issue in a similar for way back in January here, but I stumbled upon in again today and I figured another post wouldn't be a bad idea. This simple function double ParseString(string s) { return double.Parse(s); } is a timebomb waiting for one of your fans or customers to run into if s comes from a a source that isn't translated into the specific language. For my C/C++ ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/c-the-dangers-of-int-parse-on-non-english-systems.htm/feed 0     7DOMC – Day 5 – Monsters AI changes wrapping up http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-5-monsters-ai-changes-wrapping-up.htm http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-5-monsters-ai-changes-wrapping-up.htm#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:36:00 +0000 donblas tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191282505396518907.post-3634260988216375158
  • 7DOMC – Day 4 – Planning and Monsters
  • 7DOMC – Day 7 – Monsters and thoughts on this week
  • 7DOMC – Day 1 Status
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    So, all the great AI work that I did a few iterations back can be distilled into this chunk of code now: switch(typeName) { case "Bruiser": tactics.Add(new DoubleSwingTactic()); tactics.Add(new DefaultTactic()); break; case "Healer": tactics.Add(new UseFirstAidTactic()); ]]>     http://www.elderlore.com/en/planet-roguelike/7domc-day-5-monsters-ai-changes-wrapping-up.htm/feed 0