JSRL Version 1.1

I have released version 1.1 of my roguelike game JSRL. You can now use your keyboard for player navigation. The screen now has full information on the commands you can use. I also added an intro screen graphic.

Now I plan to concentrate on making the game more playable. I need to add Angband-like features. Definitely need a whole lot more types of monsters. I also want to add different items you can find like weapons and armor.

For now I plan to continue improvement on my game. Let's see how far I can take this.

More work on JSRL

After a short hiatus, I have started development on JSRL again. This is the roguelike I entered into the 2011 7DRL competition. Now it is time to complete version 1.1.

At first I am going to go after some low hanging fruit. I will start by allowing navigation with the number pad. That will involve new diagonal moves as well. Then I might internally redo how I draw the maze to the screen. Right now it is very inefficient. I redraw the whole darn thing when something changes. An incremental change will be to redraw the line that got changed.

If I get ambitious, I might try to add an intro screen. Sure I could put some lame text intro screen in there. But I hear you should really rock your user with a cool graphic intro. So let's see how far I get. I will post a link to the new version of the game as soon as I code and test it out.

Arrival of the Maze

Made some progress on the JSRL roguelike game. Now I have drawn some rooms in the dungeon. They are of random size and in random locations. Sometimes the rooms are not connected. But it is good enough for now.

Next step is to get the adventurer displayed using the "@" sign. Then I have to process commands from the user. Specifically I want to start with navigational commands. You know. If the user presses up, the symbol moves up one position on the screen unless there is some obstruction.

I am optimistic that the resulting game after a week will be marginally playable.