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[Unitron]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

There's a **** ton of limitations! Keep in mind it's based on an engine from 1991. You work with a modifiable ASCII character set for graphics. It can play .ogg and .wav for sound at least, so that's something. It's a super fun engine to work in if you wanna make some really old school looking stuff, but forget all about 3D and sophisticated 16 bit style 2d artwork. Good programmers have pushed the boundaries of what the engine can do, but you have to be realistic about what you feel like is fun to make.

I'm making a very retro looking turn based RPG game with some top-down dungeon exploration. That's well within the capabilities of the engine.

I've seen people make basic platformers, action games, tetris clones...

BTW: Coming up shortly, I've recorded playthroughs of your two Doom maps.

I figured that it was only that 80's-style graphics, but I know some engines and game creation tools cater to certain kinds of games.

Nice! Can't wait to see them.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Unitron

Nice! Can't wait to see them.

Uploaded in the "what game are you playing" thread for maximum relevance. Kinda funny that I'm trying to avoid spamming the spam thread.

[Plankton]

[BassoonPlatoon]

Originally Posted by Plankton

The age old battle of the green army men vs the tan army men....in a dance off.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Plankton

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Plankton

I cut a lot of teeth with MS-DOS and AutoCAD, manipulating config.sys on a 386 and all that malarkey. They've understandably come a LONG way, but someone like me just loves the nostalgia (I just used this word), since it brings me back to the days of some of the first RPG's like Leisure Suit Larry, Pool of Radiance (D&D), and a few others. Looking forward to you putting it out there.

Did you have some kind of formal training/education in working in DOS and AutoCAD?

I had a DOS computer as a teen and basically used it from 1995 to around 2003. There's a lot of nostalgia for me in not just the games, but also the DOS operating system itself.

I used to play games like Realms of Arkania 2 and 3, Dungeon Master II, Eye of the Beholder, Thunderscape, Might & Magic 5, Daggerfall... The older titles from the early 90's and 80's are games that I've tried wrestling with in much more recent times. It can be hard to go back to PC games that are that ancient.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I had a DOS computer as a teen and basically used it from 1995 to around 2003.

The Crusades called. They want their technology back.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

The Crusades called. They want their technology back.

What devices are they calling on?

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

Did you have some kind of formal training/education in working in DOS and AutoCAD?

I had a DOS computer as a teen and basically used it from 1995 to around 2003. There's a lot of nostalgia for me in not just the games, but also the DOS operating system itself.

I used to play games like Realms of Arkania 2 and 3, Dungeon Master II, Eye of the Beholder, Thunderscape, Might & Magic 5, Daggerfall... The older titles from the early 90's and 80's are games that I've tried wrestling with in much more recent times. It can be hard to go back to PC games that are that ancient.

No 'formal' training, just hands on. As a drafter, I started out on the board using the old archaic tee squares and triangles, but when the engineering firm I started out with wanted to take the leap to CAD, I was asked to head that up. So, I had to spend a few nights after work learning, researching, and testing. They gave me a budget and I gave them a CAD department. It was in it's early stages though, so everything was DOS. I also had a modem so I could get on the BBS's and grab some free tech and games. This was early 90's during the 'crusades'.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

What devices are they calling on?

A car phone.