http://nihilsys.com/wordpress Poor Impulse Control Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:34:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh no. Not that. Anything but that. NO! IT'S Click to download. http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=119 :: ethergrind :: :: distribution (source and win32 .exe) :: :: source requires pygame and pgu :: :: keys :: :: arrows - move :: :: space - shoot :: :: enter - accept powerup :: :: f - turn on high-quality visual effects :: :: esc - quit (why would you want to do that?) :: :: start ... http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=111 I've been working on a lot of tile-based games and thought I'd write up a series of tutorials on things I've learned. I'm going to try to keep these tutorials as concept-heavy as possible, but my implementation will always be in Python with Pygame. I'll try to provide psudeocode whenever ... http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=101 Cypress Tree Manor is one of those games that makes you click the X button in frustration, cursing and swearing, only to double click on 'run.py' again seconds later (still muttering expletives). For this reason alone, Nils Fagerburg should consider it a success. The basic premise of the game is that there ... http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=77 [gallery] Whispers in the Void 0.666 - Linux (python, pygame and pgu required) Whispers in the Void 0.666 - Windows (stand alone executable) - Update: If you downloaded this shortly after release, there was a bug included that crashed the game when you switched to fists or knife. This has been fixed. http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=63 [gallery] Oh wow, it's almost time to release. Okay, I've got a demo version for playtest purposes. There are some limitations in it, so just try to be gentle. If you find any bugs that I haven't listed here, let me know! Known limitations/bugs: You have to close the game when you die. The game ... http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=57 [gallery] So close! A bunch of new stuff today, cramming for a final night of testing on Friday. My 7 day deadline is Saturday at 8:00pm EST, and I won't be releasing it until a few hours before that. Stuff that got done today: Three types of grenades! Adrenaline! Ability to infrequently sense when monsters ... http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=54 Tons of new stuff: More weapons Lots of new tiles All enemies are in Armor Combat is nearly complete You can progress to new dungeon levels Powerups http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=50 Time for another quick screeny. Some preliminary weapons stuff is in! http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=48 Making progress. Monster AI and pathfinding is in (mostly), status system works, time to start on combat! http://nihilsys.com/wordpress/?p=47