Beleriand status

Gauss · June 7, 2019, 09:39

Found https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Beleriand and my hype wnet over 1000.
Suddenly i noticed that the latest commit was from 2013. Did you leave the project Nick?
Also what where the major goals of this unreleased variant? Was it an FAangband evolution?

Mondkalb · June 7, 2019, 10:11

There is more: http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=6062

I sincerely hope Nick will be done with Vanilla in the not too far future and will then still be motivated to go on with Beleriand.

Nick · June 7, 2019, 15:04

I have plans...

Mondkalb · June 7, 2019, 15:38

I knew it!

Gauss · June 8, 2019, 12:25

Then i'm hyped again. Make sure to keep us informed on your progress Nick.

HugoVirtuoso · June 9, 2019, 05:17

I spoke to Nick on angband.live on this topic for a bit. AFAIK, he will work more on Beleriand after Angband v4.2 is released.

DrWho42 · September 12, 2019, 11:24

exciting news!

Nick · September 27, 2021, 03:43

After considerable effort, I have now got back to the situation of 8 years ago. The very uninformative home page is here.

This is not yet a game. It has progressed enough that I can say the method of saving and reloading of dungeon and wilderness (including monsters, objects and the player) works, and the game can be closed and re-opened and loads the savefile correctly. But my intention is for the game to look absolutely nothing like its current form - in particular pretty much all the gameplay is going to be gutted and replaced with something more like Sil, and I don't really have a clear picture of what you might call a win condition. The foundation of the game is the map, and so getting that working the way I want it is top priority.

My broad plan from here is:

Get wilderness generation working. This involves getting the individual types working (forest, plain, etc), and then adding rivers and roads which are handled separately. Also I'll need to properly add in landmarks besides the gates of Angband.
Work out how characters are going to work. The general idea is redo races, replace classes with a Sil-like skill tree, and then try to make that balanced, all with a planned new stat system.
Completely overhaul the monster and object lists.
Start thinking about how a game is played, including tasks and how to actually move around this ridiculous world.

The code repository will be updated from time to time, but this is a big task and progress is likely to be slow and irregular. My sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed to Angband and FA, as this is all built on top of that effort. I hope that one day this becomes something worth playing

HugoVirtuoso · September 27, 2021, 03:45

Behold! Of course, after now Angband 4.2.3 and FAAngband 2.0.0, here comes Beleriand!

EugeneLesnov · September 27, 2021, 06:19

Oh, I'm so excited

Your work is really appreciated

June 7, 2019, 09:39	#1
Gauss Adept Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Barcelona Posts: 110	Beleriand status Found https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Beleriand and my hype wnet over 1000. Suddenly i noticed that the latest commit was from 2013. Did you leave the project Nick? Also what where the major goals of this unreleased variant? Was it an FAangband evolution?

June 7, 2019, 10:11	#2
Mondkalb Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 980	There is more: http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=6062 I sincerely hope Nick will be done with Vanilla in the not too far future and will then still be motivated to go on with Beleriand. __________________ My Angband winners so far My FAangband efforts so far

June 7, 2019, 15:04	#3
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 57 Posts: 9,426 Donated: $60	I have plans... __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

June 7, 2019, 15:38	#4
Mondkalb Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 980	I knew it! __________________ My Angband winners so far My FAangband efforts so far

June 9, 2019, 05:17	#6
HugoVirtuoso Veteran Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Linux Age: 39 Posts: 1,231	I spoke to Nick on angband.live on this topic for a bit. AFAIK, he will work more on Beleriand after Angband v4.2 is released. __________________ My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other. As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

June 8, 2019, 12:25	#5
Gauss Adept Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Barcelona Posts: 110	Then i'm hyped again. Make sure to keep us informed on your progress Nick.

September 12, 2019, 11:24	#7
DrWho42 Adept Join Date: May 2019 Location: Indio, California, United States Posts: 191	exciting news! __________________ avatar by chuckdrawsthings. thanks chuck! bootleg fishcenterlive 🌲link🌲tree🌲

September 27, 2021, 03:43	#8
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 57 Posts: 9,426 Donated: $60	After considerable effort, I have now got back to the situation of 8 years ago. The very uninformative home page is here. This is not yet a game. It has progressed enough that I can say the method of saving and reloading of dungeon and wilderness (including monsters, objects and the player) works, and the game can be closed and re-opened and loads the savefile correctly. But my intention is for the game to look absolutely nothing like its current form - in particular pretty much all the gameplay is going to be gutted and replaced with something more like Sil, and I don't really have a clear picture of what you might call a win condition. The foundation of the game is the map, and so getting that working the way I want it is top priority. My broad plan from here is: Get wilderness generation working. This involves getting the individual types working (forest, plain, etc), and then adding rivers and roads which are handled separately. Also I'll need to properly add in landmarks besides the gates of Angband. Work out how characters are going to work. The general idea is redo races, replace classes with a Sil-like skill tree, and then try to make that balanced, all with a planned new stat system. Completely overhaul the monster and object lists. Start thinking about how a game is played, including tasks and how to actually move around this ridiculous world. The code repository will be updated from time to time, but this is a big task and progress is likely to be slow and irregular. My sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed to Angband and FA, as this is all built on top of that effort. I hope that one day this becomes something worth playing __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

September 27, 2021, 03:45	#9
HugoVirtuoso Veteran Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Linux Age: 39 Posts: 1,231	Behold! Of course, after now Angband 4.2.3 and FAAngband 2.0.0, here comes Beleriand! __________________ My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other. As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

September 27, 2021, 06:19	#10
EugeneLesnov Scout Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Donetsk Age: 26 Posts: 43	Oh, I'm so excited Your work is really appreciated __________________ Aurë entuluva!

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