PLEX Game File Formats
This week I’ve been dealing with game file formats. Each character in the game has to have different maps that the game starts off with initially. The NPC will start off in different locations,...
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CHM & PDF Programming Manuals
I know these have come in handy for me over the years. Right click and save link as. AJAX – chm Pragmatic AJAX – pdf Allegro 4.2.1 – chm C++ Addison Reference – chm...
Allegro Tutorial: Alternative Text Input (not using Allegro GUI)
Okay, I didn’t program this, I actually got it from a friend. I’m not sure who wrote it (my friend didn’t) but he said it was freeware. #include allegro.h #include winalleg.h #include string using...
PLEX Source Code Version 0.03
I’ve done several things this week. The game now checks to see if you have a correct login, and only lets you login if it matches a login found in the game database. Once...
Envisioning PLEX
I realized that I never wrote up the storyboard and notes I drew up when I decided to make PLEX. Of course it has changed a little bit since then, but the rules and...
How to Make a Game Fun
Sooo, we know we want to make a game. But if the game isn’t any fun to play, or its too hard/easy to play, or to hard to learn then we find ourselves back...
PLEX Source Code Version 0.02
So here is the new source code (available under gpl license) and a screenshot of the new layout on the build screen due to the problems I had with the allegro GUI system.
The Downfalls of Allegro GUI
Okay, so after hours of torturous tutorials and lots of headaches over code that is making my brain hurt, I’ve finally found a way to get my GUI login working for PLEX. Because Allegro...
PLEX Screenshots
The loading screen The new game screen The mode screen The load a game screen The build game screen (what I have working) The build game screen (what it will look like) The exit...
Error FIX: Mysql.h Not Found
Okay, so I downloaded the mysql-dev pack from the software repositories on OpenSuse 10.2 and that fixed the problem I was having with the mysql.h file not found error. I’ve read a few websites...
