CollabRL is an attempt to make a multiplayer roguelike in which the players can edit the world around them. I didn't get as fancy edit controls as I would have liked, but you can at least walk around and 'drop' letters on the ground which other players see immediately. Technically this was a very difficult project for me.. I had to learn threading (mutexes and condition variables yay) as well as proper asynchronous transfer with sockets. I also used sqlite as a database system for storing map information which had a bit of a learning curve, but ended up working very well. Language used: C++
Libraries used: libtcod --- for input and display sqlite --- for storing map information win-pthreads --- for thread trickery zlib --- for network compression
Controls: Arrow keys - move Any letter - drop that letter on the ground for others to see
Although this is not really playable as a game, I did have fun drawing 'fan art' for the games I judged yesterday and having little exchanges with someone who was on at the same time.
Well I couldn't connect but I like the idea, although it would be nice if the characters had some meaning in the game, rather than just text to look at.
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Although this is not really playable as a game, I did have fun drawing 'fan art' for the games I judged yesterday and having little exchanges with someone who was on at the same time.
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