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Dungeon Crawler Challenge - Tile Movement!

Dungeon Crawler Challenge - Tile Movement!

Hello all, since the Frogger Challenge I have been hard at work doing some cleanup in my "engine" and adding a few features that were missing from...

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Final Submission for the Challenge!

Final Submission for the Challenge!

WOOOOO, last 3 days have been epic. I was able to add sound, a menu, a game over screen, and a score in 3 nights. Here it is! Enjoy! Update:...

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Day 2 Feature 2 of 4 - Music

Day 2 Feature 2 of 4 - Music

I was able to use SFML to bring in my recording of my banjo. Seems to suit the goblin nicely. Unfortunately, the video recording is paying the price...

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3 Days, 4 features - Menu

3 Days, 4 features - Menu

I've come to realize that I will not make the deadline unless I seriously crunch, so, enter game menu, witness the monstrosity - dies a little on the...

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New Map and Water Trap!

New Map and Water Trap!

Wow, this last couple weeks has been quite a journey. As soon as I updated my map and added a water feature obstacle, I realized I had no obvious way...

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Game Events based on Physics Interactions

Game Events based on Physics Interactions

So, last night I jumped a giant hurdle in design with regards to triggering game events. The problem I faced was that I had two systems that were...

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Game Initialization

Game Initialization

I've spent the night shrinking the amount of code it takes to set up my map, goblin player, enemies, and triggers. Here is what I've come up with:...

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