OK, now I have non-fixed stats (before it was just (+ 20 (* level 5)) for most things), & you can change jobs! Knight, Valkyrie, or Wizard.
Before I put this up, I want some way to set your name, & save/load.
The fussy part here is that saving anywhere would wreck later levels, so I have to make saves harder than that. Gold's an obvious gatekeeper, but I already use that for resting. Maybe add another currency like Souls?
Changed my data format from dumb text parsing, to sexprs, which made my parsing so much easier. I never learn this first thing in a project, I just think "I'll pull in string lines" & then I need a bit more structure.
Some NPCs will be a little more usesful in next version.
Doing a little post-jam hackery, tho won't update until voting ends, to be fair.
Audio can now be turned on/off, & doesn't crash if the audio crashes. SIGH. Why is it always audio?
Did a very minor investigation of joystick input & I think it'll be doable but I have to do a control screen for it, & figure out how it works on my menuing system. So: low priority.
Mouse? Meh, passing fad for UI input. Wake me when light pens come back in style.
Going thru a few Lisp Game Jam entries, & install/usability is all over the place.
Godot web thing just runs. Which is *WEIRD* since canonically you're waiting for Godot & he never shows up.
Guile/Hoot WASM thing runs like a 1960s mainframe with drum memory on a 110 baud teletype.
CL program requires some real hacker skills to even start, but then works.
I'm abusing the most weirdo Scheme & enterprise Java runtimes to run 1980s-style RPGs, but *this works*.
Well, it works the same way on all my machines! And some notes on jd's link of another excellent common lisp interface manager hextille implementation.
#sbcl of my #lispGames #hextille shindig. #commonLisp #McCLIM as requested @mdhughes ( @hairylarry ).
Finished & submitted!
UNDER STONE
A Tiny Fantasy RPG
https://itch.io/jam/spring-lisp-game-jam-2026/rate/4609304
All right, I've half-generated, half-drawn, & stocked a dungeon floor. NPCs can babble at you a bit, or let you rest. Gold is worth collecting.
No items, second dungeon is empty. I should put in line-of-sight code, maybe lighting? but I'm tired.
There's a core game loop & you could, in theory, beat the main quest.
Calling it done for the jam. v2 with more stuff will come when it comes. Uploading in a minute.
#lispgames #kawa #scheme #lisp #gamedev
Got sound effects in. That was super easy! (because I already did the work on another thing.)
Low-hanging fruit at end of a jam is always the best.
#gamedev #lispgames
Fighting is done, I'm minimal game complete! Get murdered by spiders, fool!
Still need to do an NPC innkeeper or some such, & then I can draw out some dungeons.
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