This is a test about retro-styled games. We have no clue what this game will be about, but currently we are developing the engine, and then having a Lua content side, so we can make game content, while allowing modders to use it.
It will be a game engine and a game at the same time. This way, players can use the same engine to make a different game. Although, this is a WIP, and is not even close to completion, it still works, and we are willing to explain how stuff works via email at [email protected], until we add docs of course.
Everything here should technically work on Mac, but it has not been tested. We are willing to compile a Mac build if you can test it for us. Thanks!
Load up the Visual Studio project, build and run, and you should be good to go. The application should export to the bin/ folder.
Install libSDL, Mono, MonoDevelop, and the MonoGame add-in for MonoDevelop, and open up the solution. Goto "Packages" and add 'MonoGame.Framework.Linux'.
Once you have done this, from the source directory in MonoDevelop, right click on 'Tato.Sdl.dll.config' and 'OpenTK.dll.config' and goto their Properties, and set 'Copy to output directory' as 'Always copy'.
After that, expand 'References' and then expand 'From Packages', and right click on all of the listings there, and goto their Properties, and check "Local Copy" for each.
Then, compile, and you should be good. Application should export to bin/.
This will export to an .exe, but because you have Mono, you goto the /bin directory in terminal and type "mono DungeonCrawler.exe", and it will run.
Further instruction on compiling will be given in a later version of this README. And with detailed answers to why it sometimes does not work with Linux, and how to solve it.
A basic guide for commiting files
With Windows, do not commit the following folders: packages, obj, bin
Everything else is fine to commit.
The tech behind Dungeontest
Dungeontest Engine uses MonoGame in C#, which is a cooler version of XNA, and Dungeontest API uses Moon# for Lua modifications.
We use Moon# to interpret Lua code to C#, so we have C# code loading all scripts from Lua, and then interpreting them into C#, so we can make modifcations.
We are currently using a Raycasting engine to create a 3D space, even though all of the logic is in 2D.
Uses .Net UdpClients. Currently featuring sending map data, sending entity data, sending texture data, and kicking idle players.
Loosly based on Windows Forms controls, has buttons, text inputs, and containers.
These are the different licenses from other libraries/frameworks/softwares we used. The full license for Dungeontest is under LICENSE.md
Copyright (C) 2015 acerio, Preston Cammarata [email protected]
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