7DRL Announcement Thread
Darren Grey
year I propose that everyone reply to this thread with their
announcements, so we can keep track of entrants a little easier.
Or ignore this and make your own thread :P Best of luck to everyone
regardless!
--
Darren Grey
LordBistian
sigonasr2
like called "Free-Like".
Best of Luck to all!
Michael Doherty
really want to stick to it. Best of luck to everybody! btw I'm doing
it in Game Maker 8
Kevin Wells
I'll be writing this in C++ using SDL (along with image, gfx, and mixer), GLEW, and Boost. Oh, and I'm using libfov and Richard J. Wagner's implementation of the Mersenne Twister. As I said, the rest of the code is my own generic engine code, updated earlier tonight to actually work, and the very beginning of a roguelike engine I started a while back.
hmp
roguelike codenamed Dwarftown. The game will be about exploring a
fallen dwarven fortress. I plan to focus on level generation and
diverse environments.
This is my second 7DRL challenge, after Madness in 2010. This time I
will be using Lua and libtcod. My starting inventory: some design
notes, and libtcod Lua bindings (modified donblas's SWIG wrapper).
hmp
radek soldek
I am glad to join this group. I always wanted to create a game with my
own world and rules
so one day I decided to start writing a roguelike. I think this event
7DRL is a good opportunity
to make the project alive. The project called "Alamut" has been
writing by me and freekE from polish forum of ADoM (by T. Biskup)
one year ago, but we stopped probably of its huge size and lack of
time. Now we are planning just to make smaller part of it, ofcourse
which doesn't means its low potential ;). The project was based on
previous written code in C using Borland C++ 5.02. What we
did that time is displaying viewed area, monster simple actions, item
management, location change system. Now the time has come
to build one small world with one main task and few quest just to see
if the idea could be cool or not ;). We are starting on Monday coz
last days of week are better to finish feeling the deadline is
coming ;).
Good luck to You too!
Numeron
Starting now at 7.00pm, Adelaide Australia.
This will be my fourth 7drl, and this time Im going to break my trend of fast CTF style games and go with a much more genre adhering crawler, because that was basically the only thing I scored low on last year.
The game will be called "The Man in the Mirror", and its main feature will be a dual personality player who can trade places with his evil alter ego by switching over into a dark haunted mirror of the real world.
I will be using the engine and many of the image assets of Rogue Assassin, which came out at the release party last year. I intend to put as much effort into the appearance and atmosphere of the game as possible - and attempt to really breathe some life into the frozen timesliced worlds that roguelikes tend to be.
Best of luck to everyone else!
-Numeron
Greg
fun! I think Rogue was the first computer game I ever played, and
since then I've played NetHack and Cthangband 3.12b (the best
version :> ). I loved those roguelikes, though I've never actually
played to the "end" of a game...
Anyway, it's 12:23am here, so I'm going to start coding and give this
competition a try. I'll be using Python with libtcod.
No title yet, still working out the idea for the game. I'm kind of
thinking a gothic/steampunk/fantasy/horror theme.
Good luck everyone! I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes
up with!
-Greg
Scott Edgar
competition. It is a going to be called the four challenges roguelike
(4CRL). I have never coded something as complex as this so who knows
how well this will go. It should be fun though and I think the concept
will at least be pretty interesting.
It will all be written in Java and I still have not decided what use,
but we will see I guess.
Good luck to everyone else, I sure know I will need it. :D
Darren Grey
I did an hour of jiggling last night before settling on what I want to
do. I'm gonna properly start now, and finish on Thursday (since I'm
unavailable after then).
I'm scrapping my original plan for a sequel to Unstoppable and going
with a new idea - Broken Bottle, a post-apocalyptic game set down a
mine-shaft. You control a depressive alcoholic struggling to make his
way to the surface. Its intended to be gritty and emotionally
challenging, but ultimately may end up just camp and cheesy.
I shall be using DarkGod's T-Engine. This is in spite of having no
experience with it or Lua :/ We'll see how that goes... If I fail
to make any headway after a couple of days then I'll switch back to
Free Pascal and make the Unstoppable sequel in the remaining time. If
I made Unstoppable in 4 days I can do a sequel in 3, right...? :D
All the best to everyone taking part. Remember not to aim too high,
and try and get something at least playable out the door :)
Hopefully we'll have another record batch of new games to play at the
end!
--
Darren Grey
Nik Coughlin
Saturday 5th March 10:38pm NZST
Just about to fire up Visual Studio and create a new project.
It will be a homage to Seth Able Robinson's Legend of the Red Dragon.
Good luck everyone!
Nicolas Mäkelä
+ and PDCurses sounds tempting too...
-Cujoes
SophieH
Unity. good luck everyone :)
Ido Yehieli
> Last year the newsgroup got a tad flooded by announcement posts. This
> year I propose that everyone reply to this thread with their
> announcements, so we can keep track of entrants a little easier.
>
Starting now, Saturday at 10:00AM CET on a yet-unnamed 7drl written in
haxe & using a modified haxe port of the popular Flixel game library.
-Ido & Corey.
Ido Yehieli
>
> Starting now, Saturday at 10:00AM CET on a yet-unnamed 7drl written in
> haxe & using a modified haxe port of the popular Flixel game library.
>
Oops, it's 12AM not 10...
Ido Yehieli
Arg, 12PM! Stupid AM/PM system...It's noon not midnight.
Konstantin Stupnik
Name: 'Monster Slayer Show'.
Motto: 'Kill monsters with style' :)
Language: C++
Library: libtcod
Good luck everyone!
deps
gabriel arthur petrie
Glad to see I'm not the only person who'll get a late start, also on
Monday. I'll use the next two days to try and have a complete flow
design / checklist to work from by the time I sit at the keyboard. I
dont have a name for it. It's fairly ambitious but i think I'll finish
in time.
Perdurabo
Ah sod it, I'll take part. :p
I've been bumbling about a new RL for a year or so now without getting
much done in it other than a @ walking around a map. So I should take
this opportunity to actually write the damn thing.
It will be a trad roguelike, called Stygia, inspired somewhat by
Frozen Depths, BRogue and Crawl, and I'll be starting it TOMORROW @
noon UK time.
I'll be using C# & Libtcod.
P.
FruitPie
Well, I guess I'm in. :)
My entry is going to be Gourmancer, a short-ish roguelike about being
what you eat. Hopefully as fun to play as it (probably) is to make.
I'll be using Python and libtcod, which is apparently really popular
this year. I'll be starting 10:00 AM GMT-3, in about 15 minutes.
Good luck to everyone. :P
Ed Kolis
http://7drl.org/2011/02/25/my-idea-into-the-darkness/
I'll try using Silverlight for this, but you never know, that might change...
Jeff Lait
I'm taking a break from art-oriented non-roguelikes to push for
something completely traditional. There exists a dungeon. You go
into it to kill the vicious orcs. That is all.
Title: Vicious Orcs (Not to be confused with the slow moving Viscous
Orcs)
Engine: libtcod + Smart Kobold
--
Jeff Lait
(POWDER: http://www.zincland.com/powder)
aave
JavaScript. I have posted some thoughts to 7drl.org / tendrl.org and
will continue to do so during the challenge.
Krice
reach the new version 1.3 with data-driven engine and some new
content. Had a good start while waiting for Reason 5 demo
download (it's huge, still downloading.......).
Zonk
set.
Sherm Pendley
and my travel plans, so I *may* have to bail out and start packing. But
what the heck, I'm gonna start anyway. :-)
It's 9:20AM local, and my (unnamed) RL will be in Objective-C, use SDL,
and will be based on the old Robots/Daleks game with an added twist or
two.
sherm--
--
Sherm Pendley
<http://camelbones.sourceforge.net>
Cocoa Developer
Oohara Yuuma
I will use the following codes:
* the 7DRL I wrote last year
http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/last-of-candle/index.html
* digital FOV with recursive shadowcasting, which was posted
here last year
http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/digital-fov/index.html
* basic room-and-corridor dungeon generator, which was posted
a few days ago
http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/r-and-c/index.html
The time now is Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:26:20 +0900.
wiglud
Identify minigame. c++, curses
Nate
You can find it announced with it's storyline here...
Kevin Mees
for the gui. won't get too fancy though since there aren't any
good .NET RL libs and its my first RL,so i will mostly focus on
getting it done.
Ciarán Walsh
don't yet have a plan! But it will probably be using C++ and the tcod
library, and most likely without any complex AI as it’s my first
roguelike.
Perdurabo
Libtcod has a .NET version which is rather splendid.
Best,
D.
Geoffrey White
> what you eat.
This sounds like fun. Good luck!
- Geoffrey White
purplearcanist
probably start on sunday. I am using some predeveloped code. And
pointers in C++ are hard!
gabriel arthur petrie
> I'm in.
>
> Glad to see I'm not the only person who'll get a late start, also on
> Monday. I'll use the next two days to try and have a
I rwad that the rules this year state you can start any time saturday or
sunday and finish 168 hours later. If that's the case i am offiially
starting at the latest possible time sunday night. I dpnt have a PC and
its going to be monkeys up the ass busy in college this week, and
saturday and sunday will be my only actual moments of extended periods
of time available to code. My total time where i can spend five or more
hours coding without interruption equals thirty seven hours. I wonder if
thats comparable to others' schedules?
hopefully the simplifications ive settled on will make the game doable
in the limited time i have. im going to springboard off my kobold mines
version 2x3 for windows code, so control handling and output wont need
to be recoded. Im doing it all in C using PSPad and MimGW, the standard
windows library and i think my own ansi graphic curses replacement but
cant remember (havent seen 2x3 in some time).
One thing ill do to simplify is use memory like normal people do.
Instead of cramming bits ill be giving myself room to breath. That frees
me from having to write dozens of lines of bit-manipulating code just to
shave a few K off the map data. If there is unused space ill just let it
fly and use it in a sequel, or beefier post-contest version, or other
game.
Antoine
OK, what's the gimmick?
A.
Tanthie
Dragon.
You play as a dragon, trying survive from a mere wyrmling all the way
to a great wyrm. The activities of a dragon's life are many, for two
millennia is a long time. Deal with pesky adventurers, fend off other
dragons invading your territory, and, of course, gather a huge hoard
of riches in your home lair.
I'm coding in C++ and using libtcod.
I'll try to post about my progress on my blog during the week.
http://dowhilecompiling.blogspot.com
Akhier
to make my roguelike "The Soul Lord"
RedboneBit
Peregrinus
using C++ and pdcurses and developing on Win7 and OSX. It's going to
be called MonsterEnthrallerRL.
Geoffrey White
> to a great wyrm. The activities of a dragon's life are many, for two
> millennia is a long time. Deal with pesky adventurers, fend off other
> dragons invading your territory, and, of course, gather a huge hoard
> of riches in your home lair.
Sounds interesting - I will look forward to it.
- Geoffrey White
James Meickle
spell out sequences of magical letters on items/objects to affect
their stats.
DNewhall
as of yet, but it's going to be written as a KornShell93 (ksh) script
for two reasons: 1) so it can run on any system that has ksh
installed, and 2) I like it when people look at my programming ideas
and go "Ewwww...."
Furi
1:00 AM March 4th (yes, I got really anxious, sorry).
More info here:
http://7drl.org/2011/03/05/3drl-7-day-roguelike-challenge-challenge/
Kristopher Saxton
We've (Jason Makay and K. Drew Saxton) just started our 7DRL project
tentatively entitled "Scavenger: Throat Cutting for Fun and Profit."
The player gathers treasure on an active battlefield while outwitting
or defeating other scavengers and the wounded soldiers of the engaged
armies.
Currently we primarily use Python and Pygame for development.
jplur
GridFolk will be a multiplayer roguelike. I'll be using python,
libtcod, and podSixNet python TCP library. My goal will be to make a
crafting/building world with a focus on PVP interaction.
Adam Gatt
booming to you. "Adventurer, you have come to your death! I have
decided to make kobolds breathe fire now. Oh, and they leave trails of
corrosive acid as well. Also, I've given them a hive mind; why not?
Have fun, adventurer!". Normally this wouldn't bother you, since you
already fought past the nest of kobolds and they were a push over, but
ever since the walls literally melted and rearranged around you,
you're not so sure that you won't see them again. And this time, it's
going to be a whole lot harder.
I will be beginning work on my 7DRL at 11AM Sunday morning (Adelaide
time). I will be writing it in C++ and libtcod. My game is called God
of Change, where species of monsters begin as blank canvasses that
interesting and powerful traits are randomly assigned to by an evil
god.
Joseph Bradshwe
Experimental. I was burning out a bit on coding so decided to take a
break and do this.
It's a lot of fun. I have the rules outline completed and am working
on the cards.
-JO
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wiglud
> Getting started this evening on Mad Mage, a game to subvert the
> Identify minigame. c++, curses
Starting Mad Mage as of 6 PM US Central time. Development log at
www.wiglud.com
Todd Carnes
> im going to springboard off my kobold mines version 2x3 for windows
> code, so control handling and output wont need to be recoded.
This is not aimed at you personally, Gabriel, but I noticed that many of
the people who say they are going to play are going to be using old work
that they have already been working on, re-working last years entry, etc.
My question is... "What's the point?"
I thought the whole idea was to write a rogue-like in 7 days from
scratch. If you are starting out with a codebase that you have already
been working in, it almost seems like cheating. I mean, it's not
*really* a 7 day rogue-like, if you've been working on it since last
year. Is it?
Please don't take it personal, it's not meant to be, my question is for
everyone who is not starting from scratch.
Why bother, if you're not going to follow the rules?
Just curious,
Todd
patxor
> Last year the newsgroup got a tad flooded by announcement posts. This
> year I propose that everyone reply to this thread with their
> announcements, so we can keep track of entrants a little easier.
>
> Or ignore this and make your own thread :P Best of luck to everyone
> regardless!
>
> --
> Darren Grey
starting sunday 11am australian eastern time with python and libtcod!
Perdurabo
In my own case, I've already got a @ walking about a map (about 200
loc), and I'm using the competition as a much needed kick up the arse.
P.
Legend of Angband
will be written in JavaScript which I am learning.
Goal is to get something to work. A little "@" symbol running around,
with walls, maybe some gold and monsters.
If I get lucky and the basics work, I will extend the goal to provide
10 levels the player must go down to kill the big boss.
Good luck to all. My progress will be posted on my blog -
http://legend-angband.blogspot.com/
- Legend of Angband
legend....@gmail.com
Todd Carnes
> In my own case, I've already got a @ walking about a map (about 200
> loc), and I'm using the competition as a much needed kick up the arse.
That makes sense. :)
AstralCalculus
I'll be using Lua, LÖVE, PÄSSION, and lots and lots of Coca-Cola.
Jeff Lait
> On Mar 6, 1:48 am, Jeff Lait <jml...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's 7:45 AM EST and I'm about to embark on my 7DRL.
>
> > I'm taking a break from art-oriented non-roguelikes to push for
> > something completely traditional. There exists a dungeon. You go
> > into it to kill the vicious orcs. That is all.
>
> > Title: Vicious Orcs (Not to be confused with the slow moving Viscous
> > Orcs)
> > Engine: libtcod + Smart Kobold
>
Considering my track record, I guess I deserve that :>
Anyways, a good first day done! I think I have a big portion of the
technical component of the game roughed in. Hopefully by the end of
tomorrow I can focus on balance and polish.
Town portal spell is in and works. Yay! Shopkeepers are proof-of-
concepted (Sorry, Crawl style, not Nethack) and need to be fleshed
out. Then itemization and mobization.
Akhier
I myself am coding almost everything myself with only malison to
help with the displaying it part. If people want to ruin the
experience for themselves by not making a new game in 7 days that is
fine by me. Honestly though from my point of view the fun of this is
making a game from scratch while knowing that others are doing it with
you and against you. Then again I think losing is !!FUN!! and don't
mind if I do not manage to make it all the way because at least I
tried my best. I have my "@" moving and my code compiling so what if
others don't want to share the experience with me.
Numeron
On Sunday, March 6, 2011 3:20:46 PM UTC+10:30, Akhier wrote:
> On Mar 5, 7:20 pm, Todd Carnes <toddc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is not aimed at you personally, Gabriel, but I noticed that many of
> > the people who say they are going to play are going to be using old work
> > that they have already been working on, re-working last years entry, etc.
> >
> > My question is... "What's the point?"
> >
> I myself am coding almost everything myself with only malison to
> help with the displaying it part. If people want to ruin the
> experience for themselves by not making a new game in 7 days that is
> fine by me.
Ive been a roguelike dev for 4 and a half years now - Ive pumped out enough @ walking around games and feature test demos that when it comes time to make something from scratch... again... all that the 7drl becomes is a challenge to myself to see how fast I can reinvent the wheel.
I want to make game in 7 days, not hammer out the same code I have 1000 times over.
-Numeron
Karies
I want to have an urban environment in my game. Probably not ascii
Ido Yehieli
>
> FarmCraft will be available as shareware for Windows, and the full
> version will cost 97 cents.
Why 97?
Friedrich Hanisch
> Last year the newsgroup got a tad flooded by announcement posts. This
> year I propose that everyone reply to this thread with their
> announcements, so we can keep track of entrants a little easier.
Jana Reinhardt and me now start to develop our entry. It's 11:00 AM,
Sunday, here in Germany. We use Unity3D as the game engine, so it will
have 3D graphics. We are inspired by some board games, like Carcassonne or
Hero Quest, and want to capture this feeling.
As this is our first roguelike ever we're really eager to see where we
will get with this in seven days only! It's also the reason why our game
will be a pretty basic roguelike: You play a dwarf in a mine, killing
monsters as you delve deeper and uncover the strange things that are going
on. Name is not yet decided.
There won't be "giant rats" in our game.
Regards,
Friedrich
Friedrich Hanisch
<f.ha...@online.de> wrote:
> There won't be "giant rats" in our game.
I forgot to mention that I will reuse some generic code, like an
implementation of A*, from older projects. Nothing serious, because, as I
said, this is our first roguelike.
Regards,
Friedrich
corremn
Monday. So I guess I have until the end of the comp to get something
going.
Title: Inversion of Control
Plot: You are a small dog/cat. You lead you feeble human "master" into
the dungeon for some TBA reason. Basically you help him kill stuff,
find items for him, steal from shops for him and basically keep him
alive. Hopefully you can keep fed and grow bigger.
Lets see how far I get this time. Troll Slayer was written in 4 days.
Hopefully I will have at least 5 days to work on this :)
Darren Grey
I don't think you should get caught up on "rules". This is after all
for fun and personal accomplishment. Many of the games produced in
the past ain't exactly roguelikes either.
Besides, the rules do say you can use existing code if you wish.
Almost everyone that's written a roguelike before (or started writing
one) will use existing code. Even those that haven't worked on a game
before might use existing public code or things like libtcod. It
saves time doing the nitty gritty and helps you get onto the fun part
of real game design.
--
Darren Grey
