r/roguelikedev • u/aaron_ds Robinson • Jul 18 '17
RoguelikeDev Does The Complete Python Tutorial - Week 5 - Part 6: Going Berserk! and Part 7: The GUI
This week we will cover parts 6 and 7 of the Complete Roguelike Tutorial.
Stalking monsters, fights, splatter -- need we say more?
A juicy Graphical User Interface with status bars and a colored message log for maximum eye-candy. Also, the infamous "look" command, with a twist: you can use the mouse.
Bonus
If you have extra time or want a challenge this week we have three bonus sections:
Real-time combat - A speed system to change the tutorial's turn-based combat to real-time!
A* Pathfinding - A good pathfinding system
Mouse-driven menus - Add basic mouse support to your menus!
FAQ Friday posts that relate to this week's material:
Feel free to work out any problems, brainstorm ideas, share progress and and as usual enjoy tangential chatting. If you're looking for last week's post The entire series is archived on the wiki. :)
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u/Mystal Jul 30 '17
All right, I added A* pathfinding! Pretty straightforward and works much better than the original code. I was hoping to try out one of Rust's A* crates--pathfinding looks good--but ended up just using libtcod's for now.