16 July 2013

This update is brought to you by git branching, hot drinks and popcorn.

I polished the fog that covers unseen and out-of-range map areas.

This was a good rewrite.

• overlay fog for seen areas and black out unseen areas
• separate move_player() and move_object(), to handle visible object in range better.
• fix the running path so relative resource paths work
• only trigger ‘exit’ and ‘message’ actions with direct interaction
• refactor method names to match PEP8
• add floating game messages
• add exit portal animation
• allow map-level overwrites of character stats

you can now override ai modes and behaviour on a map level for nicer level immersion.

• resize game window to 600x600 pixels

it now fits onto netbook screens

• polished the computer terminal screen

• add a microchip animated tile

• ai now have movement speeds. can you outrun them…?

• added a list of computer controlled movement behaviours:

  • random: moves in random directions.
  • magnet: moves towards the player while in sight.
  • updown: patrols up and down, turning around when blocked.
  • leftright: patrols left and right, turning around when blocked.
  • sniffer: follows the player’s scent if on the trail.

these can be stacked, so a ‘updown, magnet’ will patrol and then move toward you if you get too close.

• update story dialogue texts

  • allow multiple empty lines
  • supports dialogue color per line by defining a tuple like ((r, g, b), “dialogue line here”). lines that are just strings will display with the default color.

• you can have ‘friend’ AI types

• checks collisions for stacked objects including triggers

• cannot close doors if something is blocking the doorway.

• walking into walls and triggering switches counts as a turn.

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