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It’s difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center. Closed 8 years ago. I am looking to find improvements upon my … Read more
A brief rundown of the hierarchy of the game data objects: Configuration – loaded from XML files, has Descriptors, among other things Atlas – has a Configuration, has a CreatureInstance(represents the player’s creature instance), is an associative array of AtlasColumns AtlasColumn – has an Atlas(parent), is an associative array of AtlasCells AtlasCell – has an … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question Playing a variety of games I noticed that some concepts are “trapped” in the realm of … Read more
I am creating a roguelike which will use an ASCII based tile set. There is a text file that represents the map (ie. walls, floor, items). I believe the next steps are to read this file in and use a 2D array to hold objects that represent each of the characters. My question is, is … Read more
I’m having difficult deciding on how to procedurally generate a dungeon floor. The way I’ve been doing it so far is like so: Populate list of Rooms with random height and width. Place first room in list at (0, 0). Add room to a temporary list of rooms that have been successfully placed. Place next … Read more
I’m making a roguelike in C# with the Roguesharp libraries, in which the map can be as large as 200×200 cells. When I have an entity requiring pathfinding, I am using Roguesharp’s built in pathfinding system (which I believe uses a variation on A*, with Manhattan movement instead of orthogonal movement). When I have an … Read more
i am working on a tile roguelike i got some of the basics working using this tutorial http://www.raywenderlich.com/1163/how-to-make-a-tile-based-game-with-cocos2d but i want to be able to create a map programatically instead of using the tiled editor just add a NSArray of sprites/tiles to my CCLayer derived class or something, or should i make use of the … Read more
I’m making a roguelike game similar to dwarf fortress. So far, I have an average temperature map and average yearly precipitation map generated with simplex noise. Now, I’m trying to implement a weather system that seems realistic, as in it rains more often in biomes with higher precipitation rates, but still seems coherent. Some of … Read more
I’m having a bit of trouble developing code to figure out which doors connect in Rogue which is written in c. Not the actual path making. I just dont understand how they link to each other. If rooms have 2 doors each then, while not the cleanest solution, I can connect the first rooms door1 … Read more
