Hi, this is my second Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n
I will be making the same mistake I did the first time and use a framework\/engine I’m not very familiar with. The thing is I’m trying to get a hold of C++ and STL. I’m hoping to get better by trying to apply what I learned so far. Also it is a great motivation knowing that there are hundreds of other people working on similar stuff, it is significantly better than working on your own – isolated.<\/p>\n
I had a second motive (which I won’t be able to fulfill it seems) which was to show the world how good a 2D top-down game engine Zod Engine is. It looks like it is just the remake of the old Bitmap Brothers strategy game Z but once you check out the code you see a competent 2D game engine which can be used for any kind of top-down game, from Diablo style point&click RPGs to old-skool shoot’em ups. Well, I hope to write longer on Zod Engine and make this engine known to a larger audience later (it has been around for so long but I don’t know any projects utilizing it). You can check it out yourself at http:\/\/zod.sourceforge.net\/<\/a> now.<\/p>\n One problem is getting the game Z out of Zod Engine. I guess I will have to shutdown most of the features. It can be argued if the code is really a framework\/engine or a working game but I guess once you delete the files involving Z and write a new main.cpp file you can still run it.<\/p>\n