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For a start, you could draw the ground at the start of a combat level and save it as a single image.  The tiles are just top corner to left corner, then the row right and down from those.  You could actually have x and y running from 0 to 7 in order.  Movement is the same speed in all four directions. Calculating the square clicked in is a trivial exercise in algebraic geometry that you could hack your way through if you have the vaguest notion (and most computer games are tough to do without some concept of trigonometry).  And at least on this side of the water there were books and magazines that delved at least a little into the methodologies used by games.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe sprite masking is an issue for sure if you have memory or processing constraints - you need a bigger sprite because the angle doesn\u0026#39;t suit the screen memory map (or else as you say a custom data structure and a tool to convert standard images to it. 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And yeah, I\u0026#39;m pretty sure my parents specifically pointed out that Olbermann was paying homage to (and\/or ripping off, depending on your perspective) Murrow."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/6137325611579814542"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/6137325611579814542"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730272543736#c6137325611579814542","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/4152944884203889190"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"stepped pyramids"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2121862600"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 30, 2024 at 3:15 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-951662893904749620"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-30T03:03:41.374-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-30T03:03:41.374-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I\u0026#39;m not sure what you\u0026#39;re responding to. 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I don\u0026#39;t think a first dungeon crawler has to be boring, it just probably shouldn\u0026#39;t have a ton of teleporters and require passwall spells etc. if you expect a young person inexperienced with the genre to be able to complete it."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/951662893904749620"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/951662893904749620"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730271821374#c951662893904749620","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/2535231202513471247"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"stepped pyramids"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2121862600"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 30, 2024 at 3:03 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2257752988301315590"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T23:31:59.631-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T23:31:59.631-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"As of recently, I heard an interpretation of big F..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"As of recently, I heard an interpretation of big F\u0026#39;s relationship to this character, and it\u0026#39;s compared to warlock and their patron... Firstly it seemed absurd, but then... Isn\u0026#39;t it true that after so many uses of this little gem of his, big F is pretty close to some abomination or a fiend, at least psychologically and in terms of power? And the deal he made, well, it COULD qualify as a warlock deal... The problem is, there were NO warlocks in AD\u0026amp;D 1st and 2nd edition, though :-D"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/2257752988301315590"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/2257752988301315590"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html?showComment=1730259119631#c2257752988301315590","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/614108508584161428"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lorigulf"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-680296390669532813","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/680296390669532813","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2121862600"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 11:31 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6924525711595304888"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T23:31:04.378-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T23:31:04.378-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"And then there\u0026#39;s times your love of mapping ha..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"And then there\u0026#39;s times your love of mapping has approached problem levels. I\u0026#39;m thinking Fate: Gates of Dawn here ;)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/6411325594080214809\/comments\/default\/6924525711595304888"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/6411325594080214809\/comments\/default\/6924525711595304888"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-top-heavy.html?showComment=1730259064378#c6924525711595304888","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/6411325594080214809\/comments\/default\/2451030639997087036"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Delfayne"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09124490668865067793"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiI7jvI2rAt9frsP5U8dxwYSOf9iioyD9uWKVUTNnFnFxQZHWC5VRyl9UwhwX-XIzyW64FNQP-L5znsjVfkXfK08KvD6WTL0LxKfAl1oo4SK6J-NiwLvytiFHdNhb_M4Q\/s1600\/18acd6c9e8208ddc053f5cfc0d440841.png%3Fsize%3D200"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-top-heavy.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6411325594080214809","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/6411325594080214809","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1585979895"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 11:31 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8213464599814291417"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T20:15:39.647-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T20:15:39.647-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"@CRPG Addict, the earliest US RPG to use axonometr..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"@CRPG Addict, the earliest US RPG to use axonometric perspective is probably Dusk of Gods from the same year. Pretty much everything else from before 1992 uses \u0026quot;tiles drawn to look angled\u0026quot;. I went through your list to refresh my memory before I posted initially; perhaps I missed something, but I doubt it."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/8213464599814291417"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/8213464599814291417"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html?showComment=1730247339647#c8213464599814291417","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/6370582396326514231"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"RandomGamer"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14180997176123968298"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-680296390669532813","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/680296390669532813","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-983862268"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 8:15 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7439413931535229492"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T16:39:29.475-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T16:39:29.475-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nice @Busca. Good reference if the topic comes up ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Nice @Busca. Good reference if the topic comes up again. "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/7439413931535229492"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/7439413931535229492"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730234369475#c7439413931535229492","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/2393951365573177546"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fireball"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/01094871771537115267"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-166783182"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 4:39 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1208283992423870130"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T15:07:40.867-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T15:07:40.867-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Vallejo is highly overrated IMO. The Dragon  Wars ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Vallejo is highly overrated IMO. The Dragon  Wars cover was also pretty bad. The way the \u0026quot;models\u0026quot; pose in their underwear just looks so phony."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/1208283992423870130"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/1208283992423870130"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730228860867#c1208283992423870130","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/2696315484186434692"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"PO"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2121862600"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 3:07 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6581648243977061988"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:49:23.904-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:49:23.904-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ha. I only just noticed those are the nostrils, an..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Ha. I only just noticed those are the nostrils, and the glowing red thing in the back are the eyes. That makes it look more like a dragon instead of a snake with digestion problems."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/6581648243977061988"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/6581648243977061988"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730227763904#c6581648243977061988","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/1769673395184360956"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Buck"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/12184390528952633384"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-815424454"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1574733379846911877"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:44:31.838-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:44:31.838-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"So I decided to run a few tests.  I\u0026#39;m not goin..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"So I decided to run a few tests.  I\u0026#39;m not going to ROT13 this, because I think it\u0026#39;s not so much a spoiler as a take on how skill book mechanics work.  If you don\u0026#39;t think it\u0026#39;s good, just don\u0026#39;t do it; this won\u0026#39;t happen by accident.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince I have none of my old savegames, I started a new game and activated the cheat mode to get money and rations.  (Considering Chester\u0026#39;s comments about everything being narrated, I was really amused about the cheat mode having its own special narrative text.)  Then I went to LaMut, bought \u0026quot;Kalem\u0026#39;s Dialectic on Arrow Flight\u0026quot;, and had Gorath go on a few reading binges.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy observations:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1) Tagging the skill for improvement makes a huge difference.  Gorath starts at 53% crossbow accuracy.  If no skills are tagged, 100 reads gets him to 61%.  If Accy: Crossbow is the only skill tagged, he gets to 66%.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2) The first read gives about as much benefit as the next 99 combined.  The first gets Gorath to 58% untagged or 60% tagged.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3) Starving Gorath into near-death status before reading doesn\u0026#39;t matter. Presumably the skill experience adjustment is based on stats before the condition adjustment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4) Reading the book 100 times destroys its resale value, down from 86.6 sovereigns down to 0.1 sovereigns.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5) Each reading of this particular book takes 6 in-game hours, so 100 reads takes 25 in-game days, or 75 rations if you want to keep everyone out of \u0026quot;Starving\u0026quot; status.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EObviously some of the details will be different depending on the skills involved.  The lower your skills, the better it should work, but the early game opportunity cost is greater. My takeaway is that if you really want to power-game your stats by sitting around reading books for weeks on end, you can do it."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/1802203138193723486\/comments\/default\/1574733379846911877"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/1802203138193723486\/comments\/default\/1574733379846911877"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/betrayal-at-krondor-hand-and-cloth.html?showComment=1730227471838#c1574733379846911877","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/1802203138193723486\/comments\/default\/3267021748184800438"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JWL"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/blank.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/betrayal-at-krondor-hand-and-cloth.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1802203138193723486","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/1802203138193723486","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-2121862600"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2669393830717691256"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:11:46.408-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:11:46.408-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I think it\u0026#39;s recognizably his style, but I agr..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I think it\u0026#39;s recognizably his style, but I agree it\u0026#39;s not one of his better works. What in the world is that guy doing with the axe?"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/2669393830717691256"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/2669393830717691256"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730225506408#c2669393830717691256","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/2696315484186434692"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CRPG Addict"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/01238237377918550322"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"27","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjOb9C1_KiKx26aLHQTcaeo2I-exLlJ4K__FHGOPO6UGIgzmK5AD8LA4SEI_uwoZyyiQCj_OkTjCfCqpiTC9vL2utTSWEVixon8fYvK18hKNY6yYT616YlE-eqQ22gdPHE\/s97\/gimlet.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1686348697"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 2:11 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1251733300316659284"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:10:06.678-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T14:10:06.678-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Plenty of American RPGs used an isometric (or at l..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Plenty of American RPGs used an isometric (or at least axonometric) interface, but I can\u0026#39;t think of any that insisted, like so many British games do, that the action be depicted on a rotated square \u0026quot;board.\u0026quot; That is unique to UK developers."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/1251733300316659284"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/1251733300316659284"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html?showComment=1730225406678#c1251733300316659284","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/6370582396326514231"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CRPG Addict"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/01238237377918550322"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"27","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjOb9C1_KiKx26aLHQTcaeo2I-exLlJ4K__FHGOPO6UGIgzmK5AD8LA4SEI_uwoZyyiQCj_OkTjCfCqpiTC9vL2utTSWEVixon8fYvK18hKNY6yYT616YlE-eqQ22gdPHE\/s97\/gimlet.jpg"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-680296390669532813","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/680296390669532813","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1686348697"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 2:10 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5936727239362851994"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T13:16:30.643-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T13:16:30.643-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I played it on a GBA first! I\u0026#39;d played BG, NWN..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I played it on a GBA first! I\u0026#39;d played BG, NWN, and ID on my computer, so it suffered as a result. Also, I have vivid memories of sitting in Calc class with my graphing calculator\u0026#39;s top over the GB so it looked like I was working on the calc unless you got really close. 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I reckon millennials and older would understand the broad trope of the Highly Respected National Newscaster With Distinctive Mannerisms, but you\u0026#39;d probably need to be Gen X to recognize a Murrow reference specifically. (For example, Cronkite was before my time, but I would catch a reference to his catchphrase mostly because a book I read as a kid had a character whose quirkiness was demonstrated by him being a Cronkite fan)"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/4177018514472288669"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/4177018514472288669"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html?showComment=1730217039245#c4177018514472288669","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/5670992503678157833\/comments\/default\/4152944884203889190"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ross"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09703211229982182936"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/swords-and-serpents-won-with-summary.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5670992503678157833","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/5670992503678157833","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-679700542"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3595874423411228517"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T10:35:12.558-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T10:35:12.558-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"True enough, drawing with transparency is much slo..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"True enough, drawing with transparency is much slower than drawing without. And drawing larger areas to fit big objects (like trees) is slower than drawing neatly-fitting square tiles. On older systems, this *matters*."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/3595874423411228517"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/3595874423411228517"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html?showComment=1730212512558#c3595874423411228517","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/6370582396326514231"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dalinar"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15169795087350449583"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-680296390669532813","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/680296390669532813","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1447976836"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 10:35 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-158673059765289861"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T09:58:44.073-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T09:58:44.073-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"@Gerry, you are going too high level. You need to ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":" @Gerry, you are going too high level. You need to write a custom algorithm that loops through diagonals, a custom algorithm that stores diamond-shaped tiles (and, mind it, I doubt they used transparency mask too liberally when they could avoid doing this), a custom algorithm to calculate all the distances based on which direction the sprite is travelling and adjust speed accordingly, a custom algorithm to interpret mouse clicks on a real 2d plane, and so on, and so forth. It is doable in a sense that there is no special math behind it; but it is annoying as hell (and much more time consuming if you never did this before), which is why I\u0026#39;m talking about \u0026quot;demo scene background\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;self-imposed challenges\u0026quot; rather than anything related to genius-level math. And, mind it, brute forcing some of the stuff would be quite inefficient.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Again, this is not to shit on US developers; it is just that they had a different recruiting pool and different priorities."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/158673059765289861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/158673059765289861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html?showComment=1730210324073#c158673059765289861","title":""},{"rel":"related","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6162314467762792782\/680296390669532813\/comments\/default\/6370582396326514231"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"RandomGamer"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14180997176123968298"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/crpgaddict.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/brief-shadow-sorcerer-1991.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-680296390669532813","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6162314467762792782/posts/default/680296390669532813","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-983862268"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"October 29, 2024 at 9:58 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3078820952565256840"},"published":{"$t":"2024-10-29T09:45:53.946-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2024-10-29T09:45:53.946-04:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fistanandilus is almost a Sauron figure in the can..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Fistanandilus is almost a Sauron figure in the canon, to the point where the second trilogy involves the use of \u0026quot;his\u0026quot; power to assault and dethrone the gods. 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