The Nomad (ASCII)

The Nomad ASCII is a project that I have been developing for a long time. This is the current "working" repository. I'm occasionally pulling code from my local repo, but its somewhat new code.

The game is compiled for an x86_64 arch, will be compiled on an i586 and riscv64 and x64 arch's in the future

NOTICE: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS REPOSITORY!!! IT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT!!!!

Building it Yourself

The following dependencies are required:

• ncurses-6.3

So you'll need a static library of ncurses-6.3, and with a custom configuration, so follow these steps to set up this game for your own stuff:

wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.3.tar.gz tar -xf ncurses-6.3.tar.gz && cd ncurses-6.3

Next run ./configure in the ncurses directory with these options, otherwise, the game will not run: (also make sure to make the prefix your pwd)

./configure pwd/Files/gamedata/DEPS --without-curses-h --with-exp-win32 --with-sp-funcs --enable-expanded --enable-assertions --enable-ext-putwin --enable-wattr-macros --disable-leaks --with-dmalloc --with-chtype=uint16_t --enable-sigwinch --with-normal -enable-ext-colors

Then run make install. Then also do the following:

cd include && make install ./MKkey_defs.sh && ./MKhashsize.sh && ./MKncurses_def.sh && ./MKparametrized.sh cd ../ncurses && make install

After building ncurses, cd back into the main game directory, and run make, if you don't have an arch that is one of the following: x86_64, x86, x64, i586, i386, i486, i686, or riscv64, you'll have to use either -D_NOMAD_32 or -D_NOMAD_64 with the makefile depending on what your own PC's arch is. Consult n_shared.h if you are wondering the sizes and types of this game.

Current Build

The current working game has the following issues that will be addressed after the game is completed (as they aren't game-breaking):

• BFF file parser can't yet load in custom mobs or bosses
• game is somewhat slower than I would like it to be
• debug file logging

Guide To The Code's Layout

So, as you may have noticed, the files are labeled with various prefixes, here's how they work:

• g_* this is general game code used by almost everything
• m_* this is map code, so whatever is visual, such as the HUD, biomes, and pints
• c_* this is the campaign code, so the code only used in the campaign
• p_* this is the entity, used really only in the level playloop. this includes physics, AI, and stuff like that

The Replit

Yeah, I'm writing this on a replit, partly because I don't have a PC at the moment, and also due to the philosophy: if the thing can run on a replit, it can run almost anywhere.