community project

Why don't we have a /prog/ community project? Or is there already one in progress? If so, it should be more obvious that there is one going on. I don't visit the irc channel if there is one.

We have one.  It's called ANONIX.

Oh, by the way, what would be a good project?

I'm thinking some kind of simple text-based game. Graphics are for faggots.

Personally, I really like 3d mazes(I'm not talking about a 2d maze with 3d graphics, I mean a maze that is actually 3d)

#!/usr/bin/perl
do {
    print "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.\n";
    print "Obvious exits are north, south, east, west, up, and down.\n";
    print "> ";
} while <>;

I'd be interested to hear from someone who has actually created a 3d maze. It seems very interesting.

I've seen a visual representation of a 4d maze on some website and I couldn't begin to understand what the fuck I was looking at.

>>5
http://www.urticator.net/maze/
It also has a 3D mode.

Voxels support for Classic DooM!!!!!

3D maze
Oh, like the Water Temple?

>>8
Fuck, its been over 10 years since I beat that Godforsaken temple. I forget what it was like.

Is it complex or just tedious?

>>9
Both. Running around in circles from room to room and level to flip the various switches all the while enduring that delay you get when you change rooms.

>>10
Okay. I wont play it again, then. Switch puzzles kind of suck imo.

I have an idea, lets play the adventure game in emacs, just to get ideas for any adventure game that this board would make.
tools>games>adventure

ok, I take the shovel, I dig, nothing there, where do I go now?

>>12
nvm, found it

get shovel, look shovel, e, e, dig, look, get cpu, look cpu, se, get
food, se, look bear, drop food, look, get key, sw, get bracelet, ne, nw,
nw, ne, ne, ne, e, look bins, w, w, put cpu in computer, type, toukmond,
robert, ls, uncompress paper.o.Z, exit, look paper, type, ftp gamma,
anonymous, toukmond, binary, send lamp.o, send shovel.o, send key.o, send
bracelet.o, send paper.o, quit, rlogin gamma, worms, get lamp, get
shovel, get key, get bracelet, get paper, e, n, e, drop shovel, drop key,
drop bracelet, drop paper, get weight, d, drop weight, nw, u, get
statuette, look statuette, get floppy, se, d, nw, ne, drop floppy, w, s,
e, turn dial clockwise, turn dial clockwise, turn dial clockwise, turn
dial counterclockwise, turn dial counterclockwise, turn dial
counterclockwise, w, n, e, get life, get shovel, get key, get bracelet,
get paper, get floppy, d, nw, u, se, d, nw, nw, s, s, s, s, put diamond
in chute, put bracelet in chute, s, get gold, e, e, s, d, look urinal,
put gold in urinal, flush, n, sleep, d, sw, e, u, dig, look, get
platinum, d, w, ne, u, s, put platinum in urinal, flush, n, d, sw, w, d,
e, get towel, look towel, d, s, s, s, look pc, put floppy in pc, reset, ,
dir, type foo.txt => xxx (combination), exit, n, n, n, n, n, u, look box,
put key in box, u, u, ne, ne, get axe, d, n, w, xxx (combination), cut
cable, exit, get key, e, n, get lamp, get license, get silver, w, put
silver in mail, n, n, e, e, e, e, e, get coins, get egg (in rooms 60 to
78), w, w, w, w, w, s, s, put egg in mail, put coins in mail, n, n, n, n,
e, e, e, e, e, look bus, in, s, s, s, w, w, w, w, w, nw, out, n, get
bone, e, e, get nitric, press switch, n, get glycerine, w, look bone, get
jar, get ruby, s, w, s, in, se, out, e, e, e, e, n, n, put nitric in jar,
put glycerine in jar, drop jar, in, n, n, put ruby in disposal, d, get
amethyst, u, put amethyst in disposal, d, ne, sw, u, u, w, w, s, w, s,
se, s, e, s, w, type, rlogin endgame, drop license, drop bone, drop key,
get diamond, get gold, get platinum, get amethyst, n, n, n, n, get bill,
n, get mona, s, drop bill, drop mona, drop diamond, drop gold, drop
platinum, drop amethyst, s, s, s, s, get silver, get egg, get coins, get
ruby, get bracelet, n, n, n, n, n, drop silver, drop egg, drop coins,
drop ruby, drop bracelet, n, quit,

>>13
wtf

from the deepest pits of hell i summon thee

Maybe we should make a /prog/ git repository for projects and shit.

I would vote for some kind of RPG, with wizzards, plan9 dragons, cdrs, the wizzard book and other items and other kinds of shit.

Don't we have a dropbox or similar account too?

>>13
You offer the Parentheses to Sussman...
An invisible choir sings, and you are bathed in radiance...
The voice of Sussman booms out: "Congratulations, mortal!"
"In return to thy service, I grant thee the gift of Satori!"
You ascend to the status of Wizard...

im opposed to an rpg because that has been overdone to shit and considering the amount of rpgs that exist it is unlikely we will be able to fashion together anything 'fresh'

rather, we should attempt to do something original so that we at least produce something interesting

that said, with some effort, we could probably create an innovative rpg but i have issues with the traditional leveling system which seems to promote grinding rather than enhance gameplay

>>19

>>19 maybe you should play some decent RPGs

>>20
Oops
>>19
Levels suck. I would rather say we use XP and Items.
With XP one could buy "skills" and "get rid of them, so one could customize his own character by playing but still not restricting it and Items would provide bonuses for players and could be used for trade.

Anyone played "dark messiha of might and magic"? Its a pretty cool game, would think something in that direction.
I imagine a /prog/(ramming) and medival + magic themed RPG would be pretty cool.

what if it was an online game?

we'd need to work some network magicks, but it would promote a kind of community that would encourage development if players could interact

how about a secure distributed internet platform for chatting, filesharing, LEAKING SECURE DOCS, photo publishing, etc

>>24
>secure
no such thing
there are already many avenues for filesharing that work better than what we'd come up with

>>23
Let's do it in Erlang.

>>26
whyfore

>>27
*wherefore

>>24
A bit complex dont you think?
I dont think /prog/(or World4ch) would have much use for this.

I think most would enjoy a RPG alot more.

What about a procedurally-generated RPG? You could go on a myriad unique quests generated from a few generic RPG quest lines.

How about we start a business and make millions of $$$

>>27
what if it was an online game?

we'd need to work some network magicks
Done and done in Erlang.

what the fuck is so great about erlang

>>33
http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http://video.google.com/videoplay%3Fdocid%3D-5830318882717959520&sa=X&ei=IvgLTfeiGYOnrAeihrXMCw&ved=0CBYQuAIwAA&usg=AFQjCNHosQv2ZghzvtnWy3CXi6A_Qox7pA

I believe a good community project would be to restore quality in this BBS board system. However, the odds of this succeeding are slim.

>>35
>I believe a good community project would be to restore quality in this BBS board system. However, the odds of this succeeding are slim.
What do you suggest? What is wrong with it? It's probably manageable.

Why don't we make a simple, extensible game? A minimalist engine with Lua scripting or something. Text-based or curses, unless any of us are sadomasochistic enough to use Allegro or even SDL.
This way most of us can participate, as I know we all have different programming capabilities.

extensible
U MENA LISP.
like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr3piK3T6a8

>>38
Common Lisp
looks like shit
sounds like shit
I laughed heartily

>>39

(looks|sounds) like shit
That's what I thought when I saw it.