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(Message started by: Mip on 02/09/04 at 03:34:19)
Title: Purpose.
Post by Mip on 02/09/04 at 03:34:19
I'm probably going to be stoned for this so I will make it brief.

What was Nightmist's original purpose? I mean, what was going through your head when you decided to make Nightmist? Was it divine inspiration or the spawn of utter and complete boredom?
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Tadpole on 02/09/04 at 04:28:52
lol i heard it was something to do with school *shrug*
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Stotic on 02/09/04 at 04:31:34
They did it for the chicks.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by CPG on 02/09/04 at 04:32:37
Haha...they get paid in chickens to program games. Nice.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by iggy on 02/09/04 at 04:41:17

on 02/09/04 at 04:31:34, Stotic wrote:
They did it for the chicks.

*nods*
I would  :-/

me is sad
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Epic on 02/09/04 at 09:10:58

on 02/09/04 at 04:31:34, Stotic wrote:
They did it for the chicks.


Well i think something needs to be changed cause that aint lookin so good
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Pandilex on 02/09/04 at 10:11:18

on 02/09/04 at 09:10:58, Epic wrote:
Well i think something needs to be changed cause that aint lookin so good


Yeah.......Males, out! Now! Off you go!


No seriously what happened was I was messing around with zMud and I thought wow it would be great to make a game like this. So I talked to JLH and then we messed around making one =)
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Issy on 02/09/04 at 11:15:11

on 02/09/04 at 10:11:18, Pandilex wrote:
Yeah.......Males, out! Now! Off you go!


No seriously what happened was I was messing around with zMud and I thought wow it would be great to make a game like this. So I talked to JLH and then we messed around making one =)


How many times did you get in a 'bind' while programming it? Not knowing how to do one thing.

How many times were you about to give up?
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Diagonyte on 02/09/04 at 15:41:26
Mmm Iwouldnt mind knowing that myself :P

~Baker~
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by JLH on 02/09/04 at 15:57:50
a few times, we've come across problems with working out the best way to do things, but we do work it out in the end.
if you mean nightmist as a whole, we have never wanted to give up with it, certain parts of nightmist that people thought we were going to add have not been added, but i wouldn't say that is "given up", more that we have better ways of doing it planned for the future.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by PureMourning on 02/09/04 at 21:15:49
Long live NightMist, eh? Woot!
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Issy on 02/09/04 at 21:54:57
Last question!

Is your coding well organized? or is it kinda cajumbled together?


I saw a 2000 line C++ program, and it was all unorganized. confused the hell out of me.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Mip on 02/09/04 at 21:57:04

on 02/09/04 at 10:11:18, Pandilex wrote:
...I was messing around with zMud...


I'm going to sound really dumb for asking this but...err...here goes:

Is zMud some kind of programming shell?
...I always thought you and JLH programmed this game from scratch.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Jace_Risky on 02/09/04 at 22:33:34
I'm betting they got the idea off Dungeons and Dragons :)
Because for some reason it's like a short and simplier version of the online game itself.
Pandilex prolly knows what I'm talkin' 'bout ;)
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Prodigy on 02/09/04 at 22:48:40
lol i dotn know but i back epic that the girls prolly arent rolling in too comp. nerds lol,, thx for creating tho
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by alone on 02/09/04 at 23:06:11
It is based on D&D, been said before.

And I think zMud is like RPG maker and such programs.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by JLH on 02/09/04 at 23:11:49

on 02/09/04 at 21:54:57, Issy wrote:
Last question!

Is your coding well organized? or is it kinda cajumbled together?


I saw a 2000 line C++ program, and it was all unorganized. confused the hell out of me.

well, i think it's fine lol
i know most of the array numbers from memory and after almost 4 years of working on nightmist easily make edits.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by JLH on 02/09/04 at 23:13:12

on 02/09/04 at 21:57:04, Mip wrote:
I'm going to sound really dumb for asking this but...err...here goes:

Is zMud some kind of programming shell?
...I always thought you and JLH programmed this game from scratch.

nightmist was written from scratch in visual basic.
zmud is just something pandilex was playing around with at the time to see what it could do.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Pandilex on 02/10/04 at 14:28:35
zMud is an interface, it's a game client that can connect to any zMud server. Unlike the nightmist client, which is tailored for its own server, zMud was a client that could connect to any of a huge database of Mud games. When I first saw the idea of entering into a fantasy world in text form, and the amount of detail some people had gone into to create such environments, I felt inspired to make my own version.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by ElDiAbLo on 02/10/04 at 15:26:38

on 02/10/04 at 14:28:35, Pandilex wrote:
zMud is an interface, it's a game client that can connect to any zMud server. Unlike the nightmist client, which is tailored for its own server, zMud was a client that could connect to any of a huge database of Mud games. When I first saw the idea of entering into a fantasy world in text form, and the amount of detail some people had gone into to create such environments, I felt inspired to make my own version.


You've done well in creating nightmist with JLH, it's a great game.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Dc on 02/10/04 at 22:51:07
naw it was probably just out of boredom, they say other stuff to make it sound better.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Mip on 02/11/04 at 00:04:34

on 02/10/04 at 22:51:07, Dc wrote:
naw it was probably just out of boredom, they say other stuff to make it sound better.


There's no real gain in saying that it was done out of boredom...I mean, I wouldn't respect JLH and Pandilex any less if it was done as a school project, out of boredom or even with the use of a shell.

What it comes down to is that they created a game that has captivated 100s of people. Not many people can say that.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Issy on 02/11/04 at 00:07:14
I have to give Pandilex and JLH props.

I'm attempting to build my own Partially Text based game, and am experiencing plenty of difficulties.
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Mip on 02/11/04 at 00:09:54
I had trouble programming a math tutor game that used all 4 operations (that you could choose from) and that let you choose the highest number an answer could be. o_o;;;
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Issy on 02/11/04 at 00:13:33
I'm using C++, so naturally the coding will be tons different.

If i were to ask you two questions, could you help me answer them?  :D
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Angelus on 02/11/04 at 14:06:38
If you aren't a C++ pro I wouldn't start there. Seeing as it takes hella long to program in C++ and after programming for several hours the most you gonna get is 2 pixels and half a letter.

But with VB you can make a full working program in 2 min...
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Issy on 02/11/04 at 21:36:56

on 02/11/04 at 14:06:38, Angelus wrote:
If you aren't a C++ pro I wouldn't start there. Seeing as it takes hella long to program in C++ and after programming for several hours the most you gonna get is 2 pixels and half a letter.

But with VB you can make a full working program in 2 min...


Uhm, i've made a Chess game, a AI for the Chess game and made a CD player with C++. I know my way around C++.

If it takes several hours for you to get '2 pixels and half a letter' then thats rather sad. ;)
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Pandilex on 02/11/04 at 23:46:14
hmm I dare say C++ is going to become the ASM of the new age...
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Bean on 02/13/04 at 04:41:39
I'm making a text game on my calculator....

My math mark sucks though
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Pandilex on 02/14/04 at 15:58:02

on 02/13/04 at 04:41:39, Bean wrote:
I'm making a text game on my calculator....

My math mark sucks though


I did that once... was an adventure game where you had to fight monsters to gain experience, and you could visit towns to gamble your gold or buy potions, magic and spellbooks...
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by JLH on 02/14/04 at 16:26:09
derby day on the graphical calculators at school :)
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Bean on 02/16/04 at 01:00:56
Hmmmm...

Well mine isnt so good right now.

I can roll stats, and have the stats change when you pick your race, and Im setting up classes right now....

;D
Title: Re: Purpose.
Post by Pandilex on 02/16/04 at 02:23:26

on 02/14/04 at 16:26:09, JLH wrote:
derby day on the graphical calculators at school :)


the most impossible game ever created, the odds of winning are like 1 in 23582938592839582395880


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