Oh cool. Thought I'd heard that somewhere. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trouble Sent: 10 June 2011 13:31 To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: My first version of an RPG game engine Just to let you know that mac's come with python already installed. At 04:52 AM 6/10/2011, you wrote: >Cool. > >My sighted brother is also meant to be testing it on a mac for me >shortly - think the pyc format ones will be simplest, but it will >need python to be installed thereon as well, but let me know. > >Stay well > >Jacob Kruger >Blind Biker >Skype: BlindZA >'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > >----- Original Message --------------- > >Subject: RE: My first version of an RPG game engine > From: "Harmony Neil" <harmonylm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:24:15 +0100 > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Hellow, > >I'm downloading the source and the other files now. I'll have a look at them > >on here. > >I'm getting a mac soon as well, although not sure when, so I'll be glad to > >test it on there as well if you'd like. That'll possibly not be for some > >time though, so .. > >Anyway, talk soon, > >Harmony. > >Feel free to contact me by > >e-mail: harmonylm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >MSN: harmonyneil@xxxxxxxxxx > >AIM: harmonyneil7 > >Skype: harmonylneil > >Twitter: harmonyneil > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger > >Sent: 10 June 2011 06:48 > >To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: My first version of an RPG game engine > > > >If you want to check out the current version, you can download it here: > >http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData_dist.zip > > > >In there, run mapData.exe, but preferably from a command line window since > >otherwise it might sort of skip the outro message when you finish the > >mission/quest. > > > >Either way, if you look at the following 3 files, you'll see they contain > >all the data/info that this app, which is literally a sort of RPG game > >engine is making use of as such, and they do also have comments etc. in them > >to sort of explain the data as such: > >mapData.txt > >mapDataObjects.txt > >mapDataNPC.txt > > > >Aside from that, in the game engine itself, it will be simplest to type > >something like ? in the window to let it give you info on all commands, but > >the one extra thing is that after picking up an item/object, typing in > >something like: > >l objectName > > > >will actually give you more details on it. > > > >Anyway, this was done using python, and I have also had a guy test it on > >linux/vinux, and it works well enough there as well: > >http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData_pyc.zip > > > >That was partly why wanted to do it using python as such, but also used it > >as sort of practice, and if you want to check out the source (almost 700 > >lines of it), here's yet another URL: > >http://www.blindza.co.za/uploads/mapData_source.zip > > > >Anyway, still going to add a few things in there, like maybe a bit more > >environment interaction - as in performing some tasks on things, as opposed > >to just picking up and placing items in locations, but might also make it > >possible to do things like change terminology in game output itsself, so > >that it then might be more useful for various other types of activities, > >etc. > > > >Stay well > > > >Jacob Kruger > >Blind Biker > >Skype: BlindZA > >'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > > >__________ > >View the list's information and change your settings at > >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > >__________ > >View the list's information and change your settings at > >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > >__________ >View the list's information and change your settings at >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind