7 Feb 2002 ClimbNorth   » (Apprentice)

Today I signed up for this. I figure it will be a good way to learn and get involved. Thanks to my friend (booyaka) I was directed here. I am very very new to programming. All I know is alittle bit of C++, and some bash shell scripting. to get to the good stuff... I started programming a few games to get some practice. One is a game that you try to guess a number that is generated at random. It was a bit tricky to get the random number but luckily I use Linux and I have man pages and apropos to look up funcions and get a description. Other program (actually bundled with the first one in the same file) is a text adventure. There is no "adventure" part to it yet, but there is a help menu and the ability to walk forward backward turn left, right, and attack. I am gonna just try to emulate other RPG's I've played (exp, rand attack damage, etc.) Well and there is one more lil project that I am gonna "not try" with. In other words, if I don't know how to do it a good way, I'll do it to get it done even if it means writeing 1000 lines of extra code for simple stuff. As I learn more, I won't adapt that program and eventually it will be like a timeline of when I started and how I progressed. That program is gonna be an RPG as well but graphical. Characters representing walls, what you can't see, monsters etc. Move thru. Kinda like the old old version of dungeons of dragons I played on Commodore 64 when I was very young and I MISS IT SO DEARLY! Gotta a "new" version. :p

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