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markus_zhang on July 16, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Deconstructing the Role-Playing Video Game

Just to comment on the choice to go text instead of graphics.

I actually think it's pretty easy to program a graphic based 2d game. SDL2 is very easy to use and can blit graphics easily. I do agree it increases the complexity though.

HideousKojima on July 16, 2024 | [–]

Or even simpler, you could do a roguelike with a custom graphical font

markus_zhang on July 16, 2024 | | [–]

Yeah, I remember using bearlibterminal library to make a simple roguelike, which contains a set of graphical font.

spondylosaurus on July 16, 2024 | [–]

There are a bunch of GUI-based 2D games tools, too. RPGMaker is probably the most famous.

xeonmc on July 17, 2024 | [–]

Or not even that:

https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

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