Quoting: Anticheese
Personally I am only profecient in Megazeux (www.digitalmzx.net) and Game Maker (Original name, no?(www.gamemaker.nl))
echeese? =P.
I used Megazeux once upon a time, though now I only hang about on the forums. Gonna try to get myself together and learn Java. Know some *VERY* basic... Basic. And C++. Really basic stuff.
Quoting: jimmyj
so are all those 4 rougelikes?
Strictly saying, none of them is :). MooRL stands for "Master of Orion RL", while it's actually a mix of MOO, Elite and BattleCruiser ;). RL stands for ASCII and style here.
"MercRL" is squad-based tactical RPG-strategy (think Warlords Battlecry 3 mixed with Final Fantasy Tactics). This one is closer to roguelike :).
"The Prince" is a medieval family sim (similar to strategical part of Rome: Total War, and maybe Crusader Kings).
I wonder, if you had seen the first MyADoM ;))). The second one will be bigger, prettier (in ASCII way) and generally more fun. And yeah, sourcecode won't be AS bad (you can generally use sc of first one as an example of the way you should never, never ever, not under any circumstances, write ANYTHING ;)) ).
Today I have a free day... Good time to get some hacking done ;).
Quoting: Santiago Zapata
I program in Java for a living, have been using it since about 3 years and it is my language of choice for almost everything, including standalone, mobile and web applications.
How did you learn it? I tried studying it armed with "Thinking in Java" and failed...
Quoting: Igor Savin
How did you learn it? I tried studying it armed with "Thinking in Java" and failed...
I was given a brief introduction at college and immediately got in love with it; I learned by force getting myself involved into my first RL project, 'Amber Dragon' and my first shoot at a Civ clone, 'History'; I also learned a lot by reading the 'Core Java' books 1 and 2, they are really awesome... as for the web applications stuff, I knew nothing about it until I got into this software company and had to learn it in 1 week :p
I guess the only way is getting into a project, and take it to personal levels.
Quoting: Santiago Zapata
I also learned a lot by reading the 'Core Java' books 1 and 2
Hmmm... I'll search for those.
Quoting: Santiago Zapata
I guess the only way is getting into a project, and take it to personal levels.
Maybe this summer third try will make a charm :).
Quoting: Igor Savin
How did you learn it? I tried studying it armed with "Thinking in Java" and failed...
It's better to learn one language real good than many on a average level. All experience gained beyond "average" will make learning each next language a lot easier.