Alfie's blog

Colony Control report 2

2011-11-03T20:15:00.000-07:00

Didn't get much done due to school and life stuff.
Implemented job system, you now lay plans and the dude carries them out.

As always, email me at alfie275@live.co.uk if you want to be an alpha/beta tester.

Colony Control report 1

2011-09-24T15:45:00.000-07:00

So far I've done pathfinding and some basic AI stuff, as well as a framework for objects.
Pic:

Colony Control

2011-09-20T15:23:00.000-07:00

I guess this is an announcement, of sorts, that I am starting progress on a new game called Colony Control.
It's going to be an isometric game, and play kinda like a mix between SS13, Dwarf fortress and The Sims.
The player plays the part of an AI placed in control of a colony on an inhospitable moon or asteroid, you'll have to look after the humans, oversee mission objectives and react to situations.

If you want to sign up for early alpha testing, email me at alfie275@live.co.uk with the subject header "Alpha Testing".

I expect to have a progress update in about a week, probably less.

ALife source!

2011-08-26T16:56:00.001-07:00

Because hey, I'm not likely to do anything with it!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4826080/ALife%20src.rar

Alife rv3

2011-08-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4826080/ALiferv3.rar
In this release:
Yellow time travel blocks, will send back blocks:
Sends white blocks back 4 steps, which then reapear on opposite side
Counts number of green blocks and sends a signal back that*2 many steps, signal makes block act like green

The white blocks bounce around, and are a tad glitchy but nothing too bad.

Pic:

rv2

2011-08-16T17:07:00.000-07:00

Squished a bug where stuff would loop, also changed step thingy into relative offset indicator.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4826080/ALife.rar

ALife

2011-08-16T16:36:00.001-07:00

Heres' the first release of ALife:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4826080/ALife.rar
Controls are all click based, the On/Off switch refers to automated stepping.

Another release

2011-05-28T08:52:00.000-07:00

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4826080/5DPP.zip

Added editor and saving/loading. Controls are now relative to where you are facing.

New release!

2011-04-07T13:46:00.001-07:00

http://www.mediafire.com/?blez0j3qpchv0b0

Readme:

Controls:
WASD controls movement in horizontal plain
QEZC controls movement in other dimensions
X jumps, falls in middair (any movement falls)
O zoom in
P zoom out
I toggle peek
F1 full screen (bit wierd)

5DPP is alive

2011-04-06T13:09:00.001-07:00

5 Dimensional Puzzle Platformer project is started!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4826080/5DPP.exe

Edit:
Controls are arrow keys for camera, WASDQEZC for movement.

Variable pong

2010-05-22T17:57:00.001-07:00

I made a new game! Its like pong, but without graphics.
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?jnzmdjyzymm

AsciiMan Cave generation

2009-12-21T14:21:00.000-08:00

To the left you can see a cave generated by the game, my method starts with a grid filled with random bools, I then apply the CA (cellular automaton), as of time of writing, 15 times. The CA is as follows:
If a square has less than 4 surrounding walls it becomes a floor, if it has 4 it stays the same, if it has more than 4 it becomes a wall.

AsciiMan 0.26

2009-12-19T09:31:00.000-08:00

New in this release: it should crash LESS, you may sometimes get a crash but not as much. Also...Scrolling!

Download

AsciiMan 0.025

2009-12-13T06:31:00.000-08:00

WARNING: IT WILL CRASH SOMETIMES, it depends on the seed, I will hopefully be able to get this fixed.

AsciiMan

AsciiMan 0.024

2009-11-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

http://www.mediafire.com/?wmliec0jz2m

AsciiMan 0.023

2009-11-20T14:27:00.000-08:00

New version out!!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?3yyjiynmmjz

AsciiMan 0.02

2009-11-05T23:46:00.000-08:00

A new version is out!

Changes:

Can only attack if adjacent

You can die

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yxwjndqmtmh

AsciiMan 0.011

2009-11-03T11:30:00.000-08:00

A new version is out!
Changes:

Changed wall symbols
Wall detection
Duck can now die (with associated combat text)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gnbwg5qndnn

New project: AsciiMan

2009-11-02T12:46:00.000-08:00

I have started a new project, follow me on twitter (username alfie275 all updates will be prefixed #rougelike) or follow this thread.

Here is 0.01: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jmn2ymtdmlz

Source code give: Treasure Hunt

2009-10-24T16:57:00.000-07:00

I am giving the following code for free and you may use it wherever but I do ask you give credit where credit is due.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#include <ctime> // For time()
#include <cstdlib> // For srand() and rand()

int random (int Range)
{
int num;
num = rand() % (Range + 1);
return num;
}
int main ()
{
srand(time(0)); // Initialize random number generator.
cout << "Welcome to treasure Hunt! A game by Alfie275!\n You have to guess the position of the treasure on the following grid:\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9";
bool Guessed = false;
int Guesses = 0;
int pX;
int pY;
int X = random(9);
int Y = random(9);
while (!Guessed){
cout << "\n\n Enter your guess:\nX:";
cin >> pX;
cout <<"\nY:";
cin >> pY;
Guesses ++;
if (pX != X pY != Y){
cout << "\n Incorrect! The treasure was to the ";
if (pY < Y){
cout << "south";
}
if (pY > Y){
cout << "north";
}
if (pX < X){
cout << "east";
}
if (pX > X){
cout << "west";
}
cout << ".";
}
if (pX == X && pY == Y){
cout << "\n\nYou got it right ";
if (Guesses == 1){
cout << "first time!";
}
else {
cout << "in " << Guesses << " guesses.";
}
Guessed = true;
}
}
while (1);
}

Games to watch: Dwarf Fortress

2009-10-22T18:03:00.000-07:00

Dwarf Fortress (actually called "Slaves to Armok:God of Blood Chapter II:Dwarf Fortress) is an ascii based game (its currently in alpha, so remember that before criticising it) being made by Tarn Adams (also known as Toady One), head of Bay 12 Games.

The first thing the player will do (well the first thing you might want to do is get a tileset ifyou can't handle the ascii awsomeness) is to generate a world.

Then the player can use this world to play either Dwarf Mode or Adventure Mode.

Dwarf Mode:
This is similar to an RTS in some respects. The player does not directly control the dwarves, rather they give orders such as mining and building things. The player will have to provide food and shelter for their dwarves as well as defend against attackers. After a fort has matured the player will often attempt a 'megaproject' such as a pyramid or tower.

Adventure Mode:
This is like a rougelike. The player controls a single character and can take quests from mayors. This mode has a wrestling system and the player can train various other skills such as swimming or throwing. In the future it is planned that the player will be able to use the same skills as in dwarf mode to build a house.

Here is the site:
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

As of writing the current version is 0.28.181.40d16.

So yeah I got a new blog.

2009-07-04T11:10:00.000-07:00

I think it is important to have a blog, who doesn't have one? I already have a twitter but that is sort of different than a blog really.