Announcing Angband/65 (pre-alpha)

[PaulBlay]

The aim of this project is to produce Angband/64 reborn.

Rather than attempt to update the Angband/64 code directly I have decided to start from the Vanilla Angband code in the SVN repository and change the data (and code where required) to reproduce the Angband/64 gameplay.

Because I'm using GPL clean Angband + My code + (some of) Jurriaan Kalkman's code this is intended to be under the GPL.

I would welcome help, from coders or from normal Angband players, but I know you've all got your own things to do. Anyone interested, please let me know.

[PaulBlay]

Now have a page up at SourceForge.JP. Currently lots of tickets, very little actual work done.

Assistance welcome from all levels of expertise.

[Pete Mack]

I have only one question: why?

Presumably it's not much more complicated than updating* main-c64.c, utils.c, init1.c, angband.h, and the makefile, but still...

* PS: (as you requested help) when doing a port, these are the files that generally need to be modified.

[takkaria]

Originally Posted by Pete Mack

I have only one question: why?

Presumably it's not much more complicated than updating* main-c64.c, utils.c, init1.c, angband.h, and the makefile, but still...

* PS: (as you requested help) when doing a port, these are the files that generally need to be modified.

Angband/64 isn't a port to the commodore 64, but a variant in its own right.

[PaulBlay]

Originally Posted by takkaria

Angband/64 isn't a port to the commodore 64, but a variant in its own right.

Correct, which is why it has an entry near the top of the Oook Angband Variants list.

[PaulBlay]

If anybody's interested, here's a brief progress statement.

I'm just getting a grip on how much stuff I'll be including in the alpha release (and how much work it will be ;-).

I currently have 39 open tickets (6 for alpha release) and 7 closed tickets. I'm sure there will be a few more tickets opened before the alpha release is out.

See SourceForge site for specifics.

[Arendil]

Hmm. Looking at this thread I feel like dinosaur. I actually played Angband/64 some years ago, but it seems I'm dying breed. Trying hard to remember what features it has, I think there were huge levels - many times larger than in Vanilla, levels within levels, few interesting races, extra bonuses while creating characters at the expense of slower leveling...and here my memory fails.

Anyway, huge levels - bad idea. Endless search for a stairs down gets boring quick. Towers and whatnot within levels - cool, but stairs leading to them were impossible to tell apart from stairs leading to another level, so it needs better implementation. Extra races and bonuses were great.

So, that would be my - rather insignificant - two cents.
Ah, and yes, Angband/64 had one of the best manuals in a roguelike world.

Cheers.

[PaulBlay]

Originally Posted by Arendil

Hmm. Looking at this thread I feel like dinosaur. I actually played Angband/64 some years ago, but it seems I'm dying breed. Trying hard to remember what features it has, I think there were huge levels - many times larger than in Vanilla, levels within levels, few interesting races, extra bonuses while creating characters at the expense of slower leveling...and here my memory fails.

Anyway, huge levels - bad idea. Endless search for a stairs down gets boring quick. Towers and whatnot within levels - cool, but stairs leading to them were impossible to tell apart from stairs leading to another level, so it needs better implementation. Extra races and bonuses were great.

So, that would be my - rather insignificant - two cents.
Ah, and yes, Angband/64 had one of the best manuals in a roguelike world.

Cheers for the feedback.

'Huge levels' and areas within areas will be one of the very last things to get implemented. I might put in a birth option to turn them off (assuming I can get them working in the first place ).

In general, though, I plan to recreate Angband/64 rather than trying to change it. If anybody wants to change it they'll be welcome to take over from me at that point.

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by takkaria

Angband/64 isn't a port to the commodore 64, but a variant in its own right.

But what a fabulous idea!

[PaulBlay]

Originally Posted by Magnate

But what a fabulous idea!

Angband/64 does support the Amiga. Angband/65 might support Amiga (emulators), but only if I get as far as the beta version without incident.

Current progress(?) is 41 open tickets, 9 closed.

Anybody is welcome to comment on tickets or take on any I haven't assigned to me and submit patches. Some of them should be a walkover for anybody who's familiar with Angband code.