7DRL - Fictional Rogue - SUCCESS

[Tritax]

I'm pleased to announce my first attempt at the 7drl (and roguelikes in general) was a success. I went in thinking I'd picked an idea too complex, but everything ended up working out in the end.

I created a simple, yet extensible context-free grammar parser to manage all of the narrative (room descriptions, combat flavor text, winning/losing, etc). The core rogue-like gameplay has randomly-generated maps, monsters, turn-based combat, line-of-sight, etc.

Fictional Rogue should run under Windows, Mac, or Linux. You can download it here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/IFRL.zip



Any and all feedback is welcome! Thanks!
Tritax (@JDBunnell)

[George Oliver]

On Mar 18, 11:20 am, Tritax <feltia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fictional Rogue should run under Windows, Mac, or Linux. You can download it here:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/IFRL.zip
>
> Any and all feedback is welcome! Thanks!
> Tritax (@JDBunnell)

Strange error with Windows XP and Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
(build 1.6.0_12-b04):

C:\Documents and Settings\george\My Documents\downloads\ifrl>java -jar
ifrl.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/
jdbunnell/ifrl/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
Could not find the main class: com.jdbunnell.ifrl.Game. Program will
exit.

Jar looks OK to me but I'm not too familiar with Java. Game sounds
interesting though so I look forward to a fix.

[Tritax]

On Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:31:04 PM UTC-4, George Oliver wrote:
> On Mar 18, 11:20 am, Tritax <feltia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fictional Rogue should run under Windows, Mac, or Linux. You can download it here:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/IFRL.zip
> >
> > Any and all feedback is welcome! Thanks!
> > Tritax (@JDBunnell)
>
>
> Strange error with Windows XP and Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
> (build 1.6.0_12-b04):
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\george\My Documents\downloads\ifrl>java -jar
> ifrl.jar
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/
> jdbunnell/ifrl/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
>

> Could not find the main class: com.jdbunnell.ifrl.Game. Program will
> exit.
>
> Jar looks OK to me but I'm not too familiar with Java. Game sounds
> interesting though so I look forward to a fix.

I'm betting this is because you're running the 1.6 JRE. I built this against the 1.7 JRE. You'll either need to update to the latest JRE, or I can post a build against the 1.6 JRE.

[Tritax]

On Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:31:04 PM UTC-4, George Oliver wrote:

> On Mar 18, 11:20 am, Tritax <feltia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fictional Rogue should run under Windows, Mac, or Linux. You can download it here:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/IFRL.zip
> >
> > Any and all feedback is welcome! Thanks!
> > Tritax (@JDBunnell)
>
>
> Strange error with Windows XP and Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
> (build 1.6.0_12-b04):
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\george\My Documents\downloads\ifrl>java -jar
> ifrl.jar
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/
> jdbunnell/ifrl/Game : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
>

> Could not find the main class: com.jdbunnell.ifrl.Game. Program will
> exit.
>
> Jar looks OK to me but I'm not too familiar with Java. Game sounds
> interesting though so I look forward to a fix.

I've put together a build against the 1.6 JRE. This should fix the problem you were seeing.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/ifrl_jre6.zip

[Ryan Szrama]

I just tried running both .jars with the same result on my Mac (OS X 10.6.8) with the following Java version info:

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11-402-10M3527)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02-402, mixed mode)

Looking forward to playing!

-Ryan

[George Oliver]

On Mar 18, 4:46 pm, Tritax <feltia...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've put together a build against the 1.6 JRE. This should fix the problem you were seeing.

!.6 build gives the same error, maybe bundle the 32 bit runtime with
the jar?

[Tritax]

I should apologize. While I reconfigured Eclipse, the build wasn't updating to the 1.6 JRE. I've changed this and I've posted a new version on dropbox:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/ifrl_jre6.zip


I'd hate to bloat up that download with the JRE, but below are the specific version I'm building against.

For the 1.7 JRE: JavaSE 7 Update 3
For the 1.6 JRE: JavaSE 6 Update 31


I hope this helps!

[Ryan Szrama]

Just fired it up and I love the concept! It definitely needs a "wait" command so I can let those kobolds come to me instead of opening myself up to attack, but then again I'm not sure you wrote this to produce a highly strategic combat system. : D

The flavor text adds a lot, and I find myself hitting l and trying to click on things in the hope that you might have snuck fun descriptions in somewhere. It doesn't seem like objects necessarily correspond to the "type" of room - are they supposed to, or is such a feature yet to come? For example, no tables or chairs in the old dining hall, and a bed in the sparring room.

Still, I love what you've done with the minimalist tiles and can see this becoming a very enjoyable - even immersive - game. Do you have post-competition plans?

-Ryan

[Tritax]

I'm glad you're enjoying it. :)

You can actually press an "unbound" key to "wait" a turn. I tend to you the 5 on the keypad, but any key that isn't bound will work. It's really a bug, but it has some valid tactical uses.

It's definitely an idea I was hoping to expand further, but 7 days is a tight schedule. :P I had plans for a system that could place rooms and then decorate them appropriately (Bedrooms would have beds, maybe a table w/ chairs, and a chest) and attaching monster types to specific dungeon features (ruins, moldy caves, etc).

Right now, I'm not sure about post-compo. I definitely want to do more rogue-like development; I find myself liking the genre more and more as I play more rogue-likes. But, I'm torn between expanding on this code base or leaving this as it is and trying something new (though I'd certainly try to use the things that worked well).

[Tritax]

I've put together a small update that fixes a few bugs and added an official key for resting.

+ Keypad-5 or Spacebar will now cause the player to rest for a turn.
+ fix a bug that could prevent the treasure from spawning properly
+ fix a bug that allowed descending/ascending at the wrong times


You can download the latest version here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48714596/IFRL.zip