Welcome

[Mikera]

I've set up this group to host discussions on Ironclad: Generals of
Steam, which is a steampunk-themed strategy game.

You can download and play the game for free at http://www.mikera.net/ironclad/

Once you've played the game, I'd love to hear what you think! Please
leave your comments as a message in this forum.

The game is currently under active development, so any suggestions to
improve the game are very welcome.

[sar...@gmail.com]

I was linked here by a clojure site claiming that this is written in clojure. Is it true?

[Mikera]

On Tuesday, 9 April 2013 05:02:32 UTC+8, sar...@gmail.com wrote:

I was linked here by a clojure site claiming that this is written in clojure. Is it true?

Absolutely true!

It uses some Java libraries to provide graphics, sound and a few utility functions but the game itself is pure Clojure.

All the source is here:

https://github.com/mikera/ironclad 

[sar...@gmail.com]

That's really awesome man! I've been thinking about writing a game in clojure. How fitting was it overall? Do you feel that using clojure has helped or hindered the game?

[Mike Anderson]

It was interesting: figuring out to write a game with immutable state was a fun challenge. quite hard in fact, although rewarding when it worked....

I have a quite comprehensive review of writing a different game (Alchemy, a 7 day roguelike) in Clojure which you may find interesting on my Creative Clojure blog:

http://clojurefun.wordpress.com/2013/03/

On 26 April 2013 04:14, <sar...@gmail.com> wrote:

That's really awesome man! I've been thinking about writing a game in clojure. How fitting was it overall? Do you feel that using clojure has helped or hindered the game?

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[sar...@gmail.com]

That's really cool! Thanks for referencing me to that. The game I want to make is actually a survival rougelike based in an infinite world with creative building elements like minecraft or dwarf fortress. I'm definitely going to check out the code. :)

[Mike Anderson]

I actually separated a lot of the engine code into a separate library: it is probably quite usable for building a completely new roguelike

https://github.com/mikera/orculje

On 2 May 2013 04:50, <sar...@gmail.com> wrote:

That's really cool! Thanks for referencing me to that. The game I want to make is actually a survival rougelike based in an infinite world with creative building elements like minecraft or dwarf fortress. I'm definitely going to check out the code. :)

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