Re: [Bontz-team] build targets, text system

[Chuck Rickard]

yes it would probably be based on some flags
i haven't gotten to text systems yet...

would you prefer tiles or text?  i can work on either, but probably not
both at the same time.

i am still thinking on how i want to define a map.  how to place the
tiles, portals/doorways that linke to other maps, placement of objects,
and npc's and so on.

the map needs multiple layers, and probably allow for varying degrees of
elevation of the land, and non-crossable terrain.

any good ideas for that?


ok, it doesn't matter to me, what do you want me to do first?  a text
engine or tiles?  it almost sounds that a text/menu engine may be a bit
easier than tiles



On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 09:27, Owen Swerkstrom wrote:
> the main() pointer stuff sounds to me like it would
> work. The code that actually assigns one "main" to the
> pointer, would that happen just based on what files
> are being built, or would you have a -DSOMEFLAG in the
> makefile's gcc line and an #ifdef SOMEFLAG in the
> code?  I know Linux itself uses such defines in
> determining whether a driver will build as a loadable
> module or something to be statically linked right into
> the kernel.
> 
> Any thoughts on file formats for text conversations? 
> There needs to be branching stuff, indicators of who's
> talking (to show the name, and possibly a mug shot)
> cues to stop and wait for the user to hit space/the a
> button/whatever, special "give/take item" things, and
> maybe other stuff?  I thought we might want to tie it
> into a sort-of-separate cursor system where the
> pointing hand shows up (will be used for selecting
> enemies etc too)...  here's a possible sample
> "script", more just to think about how we want to go
> about doing this, not so much a hard suggestion:
> 
> [Fishmonger Henry]fishmonger-happy.png
> Hey there, ol' buddy!
> ...
> ~
> [Furgason]furgason-confused.png
> Do I know you?
> ...
> ~
> [Fishmonger Henry]fishmonger-confused.png
> Nah.  Well probably not anyway.  Maybe.
> ...
> :menu
> ~
> [Fishmonger Henry]fishmonger-happy.png
> So what brings you here today?
> :buy:I'd like to buy some fish
> :sell:I've got some bait to sell you
> :race:Any fish races today?
> :end:Nothing, never mind.
> ?
> :buy
> ~
> What would you like?
> -10-Small fish
> -20-Big fish
> :menu:Nothing
> :sell
> ~
> What have you got for me?
> +1+Worm
> +30+Something
> +100+Super-bait
> :menu:Nothing
> :race
> Oooooh!  So you want to bet on fish races eh?
> Well let's get started then!!
> =fishrace=
> :end
> ~
> Bye-bye, old buddy!
> .
> 
> Each line's starting character determines if there's
> anything special about it.
> [something] means specify that the character is named
> "something" in the structure of the text box, an
> optional filename afterwards points to their mug shot.
> ~ means clear the text window
> :mark is a "goto" type label, often jumped to by a
> :target: makes a spot within the text window that the
> pointing-finger cursor can point to and select,
> jumping to ":target" in the script if chosen.
> =someroutine= starts up a special game event
> "someroutine".
> . all alone on a line means the conversation is over.
> ... all alone on a line means there's a pause to let
> the player read and hit space or whatever to continue.
> -50-someitem means someitem can be cursor-selected and
> costs $50, so if the player's short of money it would
> be grayed out.  if chosen, there's a cha-ching, a
> "thank you", and the user is sent back to the menu
> from which it was chosen.
> +50+someitem works the same way, giving the player $50
> if he has someitem, and removing someitem from the
> inventory.
> 
> as afterthoughts, maybe the +/- stuff needs to be more
> generalized so items can be given/taken without money
> involved etc.
> 
> Anyway all text in the game could use one common
> engine, a sign might be:
> []sign-wood.png
> You are reading a sign right now.
> .
> which would look something like (forgive the poor
> ascii art)
> +-----+-------------------------------------+
> | [=] | []                                  |
> |  I  | You are reading a sign right now.   |
> +-----+-------------------------------------+
> where the thing on the left is a picture of the sign,
> for lack of a sensible mugshot, and the [] isn't a
> literal "[]" but is where the character's name would
> go (in yellow or something) if it was a character or
> had a name.
> 
> Again, all just thinking out loud, the syntax I've
> chosen is totally arbitrary.  But I do think some
> generic text format would be more suitable than XML or
> something, no reason for us to get carried away.
> 
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