Version 0.4 adds several new spells - 9 total. There's a bit of a slowdown sometimes, but I'm looking into that.
This is mostly what I want. The next few updates will probably just add content (like new spells) with very few major changes.
As always, any feedback is welcome.
update the latest version is at http://trystans.blogspot.com/2013/09/pugnacious-wizards-2-version-10.html
I've been playing around with Scala lately and while doing the Roman Numeral kata, I ended up with this.
def numeral(i:Int):String = {
if (i == 0) return ""
if (i % 1000 <= 900) return numeral(i-900) + "CM"
if (i % 1000 == 0) return numeral(i-1000) + "M"
if (i % 500 <= 400) return numeral(i-400) + "CD"
if (i % 500 == 0) return numeral(i-500) + "D"
if (i % 100 <= 90) return numeral(i-90) + "XC"
if (i % 100 == 0) return numeral(i-100) + "C"
if (i % 50 <= 40) return numeral(i-40) + "XL"
if (i % 50 == 0) return numeral(i-50) + "L"
if (i % 10 == 9) return numeral(i-9) + "IX"
if (i % 10 == 0) return numeral(i-10) + "X"
if (i % 5 == 4) return numeral(i-4) + "IV"
if (i % 5 == 0) return numeral(i-5) + "V"
numeral(i-1) + "I"
}
I did the simplest thing that possibly could work, followed the red/green/refactor cycle, and I even followed The Transformation Priority Premise. There's better ways of doing this, but I think I'm stuck in a local maximum and I'm not sure how to refactor my way out of it. Using a lookup table is an obvious improvement (such as List((1,"I"),(5,"V"),(10,"X") ...) but those funky comparisons make how to get there non-obvious. TDD doesn't seem to point me in one direction or another. I do believe that Test Driven Development often leads to clean and well factored code so this is an interesting case. TDD lead me down each step I took to get here and it's not leading me anywhere from here. So maybe this is the simplest way to write this?
Version 0.3 mostly adds help. There's a help screen, an examine screen, and help popups. There's also a few new room themes, but nothing much.
The next version will add several new spells and will — I think — be the first version worth actually playing.
As always, any feedback is welcome.
update the latest version is at http://trystans.blogspot.com/2013/09/pugnacious-wizards-2-version-10.html
Version 0.2 adds guards, archers, new rooms, health pickups, better lighting and effects, and many tweaks. I can beat the game about half the time, which means it's too easy. It takes about 20 minutes to play. It's starting to feel like a real game even though it only has three spells.
As always, any feedback is welcome.
update the latest version is at http://trystans.blogspot.com/2013/09/pugnacious-wizards-2-version-10.html
I really enjoyed making and playing my 7DRL PugnaciousWizards. So I started from scratch and have made a new one. Or at least some of it. There's only three spells and a bunch of traps so far. There's no help, examine, or explanatory popups. No bad guys either.
As always, any feedback is welcome.
update the latest version is at http://trystans.blogspot.com/2013/09/pugnacious-wizards-2-version-10.html