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text parsers

Started by randomDecay Oct 22, 2001 at 11:45 AM 3 replies 250+ views

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Oct 22, 2001 at 11:45 AM

Hi everyone. I am developing a text game in Win32 Console mode using C++. This game is an adventure game similar to Colossal Cave (Adventure), which has as text parser. Does any one have any links or general info and how to make a text parser for text games? Please respond, thanks.

Diodor

Oct 22, 2001 at 2:27 PM

There is a complete set of tutorials on flipcode about how to make a script for a game. This tuts may be a bit more advanced than what you need, but they explain how to use Lex (aka Flex, Bison) an app kind of like an wizard for generating C programs that parse text. Very powerfull stuff.

Edited by - Diodor on October 22, 2001 3:27:55 PM

krez

Oct 22, 2001 at 2:51 PM

check out this site... it is a text-based parser used for games like zork and whatnot... you can download the compiler to create your own colossal-cave-like games, or just look at the specs and source for ideas...

--- krez (krezisback@aol.com)

randomDecay

Oct 22, 2001 at 3:31 PM

Thanks for the flipcode link. The scripting language looks totally like a new language.

Arild Fines

Oct 22, 2001 at 8:35 PM

Hehe...first time I''ve heard bison described as a wizard...

"A society without religion is like a crazed psychopath without a loaded .45"

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