Grid Game With Delphi

The ''guy'' knows where he is on the map by remembering the X and Y coordinates of where he is. When he wants to move, he checks the neighbouring map cell in the direction that he wants to move to see if he can move there or not. For example, if he wants to move left, he checks the map cell at (X+1,Y) to see if it is not a wall or rock or something similar. If he can move there, then he updates his own coordinates.

To use mouse or keyboard, either use the OnKeyXX or OnMouseXX events of the form or control.

To show the map and guy, draw the map from left-to-right, top-to-bottom, and then draw the guy at the coordinates the guy knows he is at.

Steve ''Sly'' Williams  Monkey Wrangler  Krome Studios
turbo game development with Borland compilers

I don''t have any example code on me. That was all off the top of my head. Not much time to write any sample code either. Being lead programmer on a big title for PS2 doesn''t leave one with much spare time.

Steve ''Sly'' Williams  Monkey Wrangler  Krome Studios
turbo game development with Borland compilers

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=44

You can find the demo of RTS Game founded on DelphiX and two
tutorials about map making on:
http://www.gamedev.narod.ru

Hi,

You might want to try the tutorials on my site, two of which introduce creating a tile-based game. The site is http://www.delphigamedev.com

Hope that helps,

Ben Watt
delphigamedev.com

Yeah the tutorials at Ben''s page should get you going.

keep up the good work ben!

Thanks guys,

Your kind words are appreciated!

Cheers,
Ben Watt
delphigamedev.com

P.S. Be sure to return the favour once you get good with Delphi/Kylix, and write some tutorials for the site

Edited by - benwatt on November 26, 2001 10:17:15 AM