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[magnum_opus]

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features include:

As many 6x7 mechs as I can design (probably 3)
Combat that could be considered tactical, sorta
Precise aiming (okay like 9 points)
Multiple weapons
Color

features MAY include:

moving
multiple opponents at once
customization

[professor dead]

thou requireth the cockpit competition image for thee thread + this sounds silly fun

[nihilocrat]

Mechwarrior's answer to Privateer: ASCII Sector.

[magnum_opus]

unfortunately no where near that ambitious... yet.

If the initial phase (implementing combat/HUD) goes well I'll think about adding some more content. The problem is there's no way I can do FP pseudo 3d with out bumping the resolution up massively. At the current 12x40 there's no room for any sort of scaling, and I feel it's unrogueish to go any higher than 25x80 which still isn't enough. Maybe Myst-like static screen/slide show FP to wander around the level until you find a mech to engage in combat... hmm... damn now you've got me all thinking.

Though now that you say it GearHead 1/2 feel very unfocused to me so there's definitely plenty of room for a pure mech based roguelike.

[magnum_opus]

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|S|............................|<>   <>|
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|E|HEAT             |missle 011|<] | [>|
|D+-----------------+mgun   999|  / \  |
| |SHEILD           |flame  156| [   ] |
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A building is visible to the upper left, four screens away, a mountain is visible in the upper right.
You will encounter a Missle Boat mech (first screen), in three steps forward, he is visible on the radar, ~30 degrees to your left is a mission objective

[Traveller]

This just gets better and better!

[magnum_opus]

um, that's just a mock up, now that I have the idea I'll try an implement it but right now all I have is a HUD that responds to my commands so don't get hopeful. Terrain will come much later, if only because I'll need to make maps and a lot of different views or things.

[nunix]

Do you know of the BattleTech MUSH(es) out there?

[magnum_opus]

In the sense that I'm aware of their existence yes, beyond that no.
TextWarrior 3050 is really more just a tentative name anyway, I don't expect it to end up terribly Battletech-y, and while I'm a big fan of the MechWarrior VG series I've never played the tabletop or read any of the books so this isn't going to be a roguelike fan-fiction or anything I don't know the inner sphere from the clan.
IF and it's a big if I can get first person maps working and a little customization between levels I'm going to call it good.

[nunix]

Oh, no, I just meant for technical inspiration.

For some reason I thought they did it first-person, but I dug up screenshots and it was actually an overhead thing. Your mech damage display is similar, which made me think of it, is all. =)

[magnum_opus]

Ah, well I might poke around and look at it all the same.