X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,dde9c9f24d4f3269 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-04 22:20:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!central.cox.net!cox.net!p01!news2.west.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo Subject: Re: [DIS] where is everyone? References: Reply-To: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL X-PGP-Server: wwwkey.nl.pgp.net X-Why: are you reading this? X-PGP-KeyID: CF4DA06B Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 53 Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 06:20:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.8.9.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.west.cox.net 1036477204 68.8.9.87 (Tue, 05 Nov 2002 01:20:04 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 01:20:04 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20379 _.--- ABCGi spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ > I'm writing a RogueLike game that may have fantasy characters larger > than one square, and have been looking for ideas about how to best > represent them in ASCII. The side on view seems to suck - maybe top > down with fill art? Have you played quake with the falcons eye plugin for nethack? http://falconseye.sourceforge.net/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/falconseye http://www.hut.fi/~jtpelto2/nhfeatures.html I liked the 3d perspective but not the game play. You could try to do something like that in your game. As for the rest of the details that you inumerated: its your game do what you want. But make sure you check out http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~brain/0verkill/ . . . . \ . .\ \. . . . .\. . .\ / \. ..... <@> |.\ / \...... \"/ |..\ ABCGi / . / \....../\###-+...\ :F_P: / . . / \.....\/### ....\ / . ./..../ \.... |^| .....+----------------------+. . ./....+------ \... d b .....|......................| . ./:::::|...... \.....::::\....|......................|. ./::::::|...... \:::::::::\...|......................| ./:::::::|...... \:::::::::\..|......................| /::::::::|...... \:::::::::\.|.... , /\ ..........|/:::::::::|...... \:::::::::\|____ ( ( ')__________/::::::::::|______ \:::::::::::::: ( / ):::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \::::::::::::: \(__)|:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: +----------------------------------------------- A AM HUNTING FOR DICK ######################################Mon Nov 4 2002################# '---,..____ Faux_Pseudo ________________..,---~~~ -- ICQ=66618055 : (Now Playing) http://asciipr0n.com/fp updated=10/30 YIM=faux_pseudo : Rev: tura_-_Arise_(Remaster)_-_03_-_Desperate_Cry.mp3 I am the hate you: Now: ck_whore/soylent_green/01-but_today_is_2sdxx.mp3 try to hide : Fwd: /track_whore/soylent_green/09-fourheads.mp3