Posts about design

The message log is harder than the combat

The orc hits you. Three words, and behind them a grammar engine, a visibility check, a repeat counter and a prompt that stops the game.

Unidentified items: why the potion is bubbly this time

Rogue shuffled the names of its potions, scrolls, rings and wands every game, and forty years later the genre still does it. The code is thirty lines. Working out what the mechanic is for took me longer.

Designing a procedural roguelike

How I designed my roguelike game, from the concept to the first mockups.

Rage against the popup

I grew up in a time when popups were bad. Everyone hated them, so they invented popup blockers. Then it all went away. Almost.

How I designed and coded my static blog

Let's see my creation process for this blog and the chosen technology behind it.