Category Archives: Design

Cut Off One Head…

Posted on April 7, 2018 by adamantyr

Working on the CRPG and fixing bugs has been rather like fighting HYDRA lately… cut off one head, and two more take its place! I decided to convert my item and spell lists to use bit-delimited strings to save some … Continue reading →

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Slants and Wraps

Posted on April 3, 2018 by adamantyr

It was a frustrating weekend filled with regressions and complex problems to solve… The travel module is by far the oldest code in the game. Iterations of it go back all the way to 2005. As a result, some things … Continue reading →

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A Quick Word

Posted on March 27, 2018 by adamantyr

My work at converting the dialogue system to sectors instead of records is complete! Now all incidental text for a given set of mobs is stored with the mobs themselves, and transaction text is with the transaction codes. Effectively, you … Continue reading →

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Do-Over Dialogue

Posted on March 24, 2018 by adamantyr

So… I need to re-engineer my file system for dialogue. I hadn’t loaded the current game executable on my actual TI in awhile, so I decided to try, mainly to make sure I hadn’t introduced any problems. Initially I had … Continue reading →

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Quick Update

Posted on March 19, 2018 by adamantyr

Gotten quite a bit of ground covered since my last post… All the bugs I first encountered are fixed, but there’s plenty more to deal with. 🙂 I took a brief side-trek to write myself some console applications in C# … Continue reading →

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Demo Anxiety

Posted on March 11, 2018 by adamantyr

Back from Con, it was a blast! Meeting David Tennant and Billie Piper was especially cool. 😀 Back on the game, I decided to step back from combat engine work for a bit and get the rest of the game … Continue reading →

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Con Bound

Posted on February 28, 2018 by adamantyr

A quick update… I’m going to be at Emerald City Comic Con for the next four days, enjoying myself! Always a nice way to recharge the batteries. My revisions for levels/experience and bit-delimited text are largely done. I then decided … Continue reading →

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Revisioning and Ranting

Posted on February 22, 2018 by adamantyr

Work continues, but I had to take a step back and revise code… I’m revising all my code to use bit-delimited text as much as possible. I was able to use a lot less data tables for constructing interface screens, … Continue reading →

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Bits and Battlemaps

Posted on February 13, 2018 by adamantyr

Continuing my work on the combat module, and finishing up the start module! Some updates… While studying a hex dump of Castle of Tharrogad for the Color Computer 3, I noticed an interesting data pattern… All the text strings had … Continue reading →

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A Preview

Posted on February 1, 2018 by adamantyr

A new video… the title screen with music! Work on the combat module is proceeding slowly… I have to solve the battlemap generation problem, which is a totally new design. I also did some clean-up work with my external tools. … Continue reading →

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