Hello fellow D programmers,

I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series written in D called bosskoneun. :)

It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:

http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php

D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the most graphically intensense levels.

Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look at the
default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?

My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be utilized on the PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink wink. :)

P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info TLD. Hmmm... -Will.

Will DeVore wrote:
> Hello fellow D programmers,
> 
> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series
> written in D called bosskoneun. :)
> 
> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:
> 
> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
> 
> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the most
> graphically intensense levels.
> 
> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look at the
> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
> 
> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be utilized on the
> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink wink. :)
> 
> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info TLD. Hmmm...
> -Will.

Cool! You need to include SDL.dll in there too though. I'm going to give it a spin.

~ Clay

clayasaurus wrote:
> Will DeVore wrote:
>> Hello fellow D programmers,
>>
>> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series
>> written in D called bosskoneun. :)
>>
>> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:
>>
>> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
>>
>> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the most
>> graphically intensense levels.
>>
>> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look at the
>> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
>> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
>>
>> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be utilized on the
>> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink wink. :)
>>
>> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info TLD. Hmmm...
>> -Will.
> 
> Cool! You need to include SDL.dll in there too though. I'm going to give it a spin.
> 
> ~ Clay

Tried it a little bit, I enjoy the game but it would be nice if you supported the arrow keys for movement and space for fire, the controls were a little difficult for me to manage :)

clayasaurus wrote:
> clayasaurus wrote:
> 
> Tried it a little bit, I enjoy the game but it would be nice if you supported the arrow keys for movement and space for fire, the controls were a little difficult for me to manage :)
> 
Easier controls would be nice, yes.  Would be nice to be able to select between arrow keys, numeric keypad, and maybe the current keyset for laptop users.  Then I promise I will give it another shot. :)

== Repost the article of clayasaurus (clayasaurus@gmail.com) == Posted at 2006/11/09 20:52 to digitalmars.D.announce

clayasaurus wrote:
> Will DeVore wrote:
>> Hello fellow D programmers,
>>
>> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series written in D called bosskoneun. :)
>>
>> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:
>>
>> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
>>
>> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the
>> most
>> graphically intensense levels.
>>
>> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look
>> at the
>> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
>> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
>>
>> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be
>> utilized on the
>> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink
>> wink. :)
>>
>> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info
>> TLD. Hmmm...
>> -Will.
>
> Cool! You need to include SDL.dll in there too though. I'm going to give it a spin.
>
> ~ Clay

Tried it a little bit, I enjoy the game but it would be nice if you supported the arrow keys for movement and space for fire, the controls were a little difficult for me to manage :)




Oops. You are right. I did forget the SDL.dll.

Speaking about the arrow keys, I tried them but couldn't figure out how to get SDL to recognize two arrow keys for diagonals. The fire key is easy enough though. :)

Will DeVore wrote:
> == Repost the article of clayasaurus (clayasaurus@gmail.com)
> == Posted at 2006/11/09 20:52 to digitalmars.D.announce
> 
> clayasaurus wrote:
>> Will DeVore wrote:
>>> Hello fellow D programmers,
>>>
>>> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series
>>> written in D called bosskoneun. :)
>>>
>>> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are
>>> available at:
>>>
>>> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
>>>
>>> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the
>>> most
>>> graphically intensense levels.
>>>
>>> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look
>>> at the
>>> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
>>> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
>>>
>>> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be
>>> utilized on the
>>> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink
>>> wink. :)
>>>
>>> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info
>>> TLD. Hmmm...
>>> -Will.
>> Cool! You need to include SDL.dll in there too though. I'm going to give
>> it a spin.
>>
>> ~ Clay
> 
> Tried it a little bit, I enjoy the game but it would be nice if you
> supported the arrow keys for movement and space for fire, the controls
> were a little difficult for me to manage :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Oops. You are right. I did forget the SDL.dll.
> 
> Speaking about the arrow keys, I tried them but couldn't figure out how to get SDL
> to recognize two arrow keys for diagonals. The fire key is easy enough though. :)

---------

You might be interested in my input wrapper for SDL.
http://arcgames.dsource.org/arc/arc/input.html
http://dsource.org/projects/freeuniverse/browser/trunk/freeuniverse/arc/io/input.d

With it, all you have to do to get it to work is...

if (arc.io.keyDown(SDLK_LEFT) && arc.io.keyDown(SDLK_UP))
{
   /// left up diagonal
}

I do have a 2D game library in D that I'm working on that uses SDL, OpenGL (rendering), OpenAL (sound), and has a sprite class. Outdated tutorials for it can be found here

http://www-users.mat.uni.torun.pl/~h3r3tic/dmedia/?n=Tutorials.ArcIntro
http://www-users.mat.uni.torun.pl/~h3r3tic/dmedia/?n=Tutorials.ArcAsteroids

--------

Or, just set a bool that is true if key is down and false if key is up, then with your two key bools use

if (key_down && key_left)
{
   /// diagonal down-left
}

~ Clay

Hi Clay,

I have seen the Arcgames library and was thinking of using it but I got carried away figuring out pixel collision that I couldn't help myself. ;)

Thanks for the suggestion. The code snippet gave the clue that I needed. I should have arrows working.

I added the missing sdl.dll. I didn't know if it would work because I don't have windows. I created that zip guessing at which dlls to include. A friend compiled it for windows.

I think the game engine you are doing is great for D. You know I thought about using OpenAl because it worked well for me in Java.

Tks for the info.

-Will.

Will DeVore wrote:
> Hello fellow D programmers,
> 
> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series
> written in D called bosskoneun. :)
> 
> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:
> 
> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
> 
> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the most
> graphically intensense levels.
> 
> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look at the
> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
> 
> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be utilized on the
> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink wink. :)
> 
> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info TLD. Hmmm...
> -Will.

Windows binary silently fails on loading a new 1 player game. (Windows XP SP2, Athlon64)

Kyle Furlong wrote:
> Will DeVore wrote:
>> Hello fellow D programmers,
>>
>> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series
>> written in D called bosskoneun. :)
>>
>> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:
>>
>> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
>>
>> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the most
>> graphically intensense levels.
>>
>> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look at the
>> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
>> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
>>
>> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be utilized on the
>> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink wink. :)
>>
>> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info TLD. Hmmm...
>> -Will.
> 
> Windows binary silently fails on loading a new 1 player game. (Windows XP SP2, Athlon64)

Hmmm, works now. Strange.

Kyle Furlong wrote:
> Will DeVore wrote:
>> Hello fellow D programmers,
>>
>> I thought I would announce the completion of the next game in my series written in D called bosskoneun. :)
>>
>> It is a 2D top-down shootem-up. Pictures, binaries and source are available at:
>>
>> http://distanthumans.info/programming/D/bosconian/bosconian.php
>>
>> D is so efficient that the game sleeps 98% of the time even under the
>> most
>> graphically intensense levels.
>>
>> Thanks Walter for creating an easy and powerful language. Hint: Look
>> at the
>> default high scores. ;) The credits list DigitalMars.com
>> If you like the game, could it be posted to the "dlinks" section?
>>
>> My next assignment, on the horizon, is evaluating how D can be
>> utilized on the
>> PS3 for games. Gee Walter what do you think those chances are, wink
>> wink. :)
>>
>> P.S. Posting this message didn't like the fact that I have a .info
>> TLD. Hmmm...
>> -Will.
>
> Windows binary silently fails on loading a new 1 player game. (Windows
> XP SP2, Athlon64)

> Hmmm, works now. Strange.

Hi Kyle,

That silent error you got is one of the bugs I think can be fixed if I upgrade from 0.160 to the lastest dmd compiler. If you had run it from a console it would have said something like "can't load... explosion.png$%?". The garbage tacked on the end of the string is something I can't figure out what D/phobos is doing. I have rewritten that section of code a few different ways but it does the same thing each time. The problem occurs each time the game is first loaded onto a 3D card, after that it loads fine. It happens both on windows and linux. I am guessing it is something to do with phobos (I think). Anyway I am hoping the issue goes away when I upgrade to the latest dmd compiler and phobos. Of course it could be something else entirely. I haven't investigated to deep yet, there are so many variations to consider.

-Will