ADVENTURES OF SOROS - WORK UPDATES

[Jubal]

Python's handling of writing files is fairly good - there are a couple of weaknesses in the system, but it works pretty well. It basically just dumps all the data into a text file with the character name as filename and then reads it when you load it. There's also a central list of the saved names, so it knows which characters can & can't be loaded. The disadvantages are that you can't really delete a save easily, that if you made your character called "saves" you would over-write the central savegame file and break the system, and that you can't have multiple characters with exactly the same name. 

[Jubal]

GUI work has tentatively begun... may well be looking for someone to do some location & monster 2d static art at some point (no preference as to style, as long as it's consistent).

[gixxy]

Definitely sounds worth a try

I was working on an RPG at one point that was going to be over a telnet server. It was a blast! Sadly the guy running it abandoned it.

[Jubal]

GUI work is slow but getting there, every submenu now needs its own function rather than dealing with loads of stuff within one while looped uberfunction which is going to be time consuming.

[Jubal]

I've made a bit of a breakthrough which will enable me to use less code changes, still a long way to go before all functionality is restored in GUI'd form though!

[Cuddly Khan]

Lovely to see you still working on this Jubal. Do you still need quest ideas?

[Jubal]

Thanks for the offer, but for the next bit at least working on the GUI will be the main thing - I'm totally rebuilding the user interface.

[Jubal]

Finally got a working combat engine again! 

[Jubal]

Load/Save is working again, so the upgrade is more or less complete. I can also announce that the team has rapidly doubled in size to two with the addition of Claudia Starke (Rotegruetze) as artist - a full preview of the new version and her work so far is coming soon!

[comrade_general]

Still like to see those pictures sometime.

[Silver Wolf]

The same. The artwork looks great...

[Jubal]

More sketch ideas through in my email yesterday, it's still all moving along - and I should hopefully get more programming done in the near future too!

[Jubal]

I cannot get this one minor function for picking wizard spells done and it's killing me with annoyance.

[Jubal]

Fixed! 

[Jubal]

Hunger system is now in place.