From dto at gnu.org  Fri Dec 12 07:55:32 2008
From: dto at gnu.org (David O'Toole)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:55:32 -0500
Subject: [boston-lisp] local lisper's roguelike game
Message-ID: <64bfe3d50812112355pc829813k46672c65c3fe5857@mail.gmail.com>

My CL roguelike game project is approaching playable alpha so I
thought I would announce it here and see if anyone has comments or
feedback. The project homepage is
http://dto.mamalala.org/notebook/rlx.html and it is structured as a
"virtual game console" for 2d roguelike-ish games. You could probably
also do a basic snake game or tetris but I haven't tried this
yet---instead I'm trying to create a sci-fi roguelike with (hopefully)
innovative and fun combat (see page for images and video links)

I live near Worcester about 45 minutes from Boston and have attended a
previous Boston Lisp meeting, which I greatly enjoyed. So perhaps I
could give a quick talk about the technology if there is an open space
at some future meeting? I used a custom object system called CLON (see
cliki entry or visit http://github.com/dto/clon ) and maybe it would
be interesting to explain why I think it works for the game. I have a
laptop with vga out so I could maybe hook up to the projector and give
a colorful demo with plenty of explosions.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

---Dave



From xach at xach.com  Sat Dec 13 13:06:25 2008
From: xach at xach.com (Zach Beane)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:06:25 -0500
Subject: [boston-lisp] local lisper's roguelike game
In-Reply-To: <64bfe3d50812112355pc829813k46672c65c3fe5857@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 02:55:32AM -0500, David O'Toole wrote:
> My CL roguelike game project is approaching playable alpha so I
> thought I would announce it here and see if anyone has comments or
> feedback. The project homepage is
> http://dto.mamalala.org/notebook/rlx.html and it is structured as a
> "virtual game console" for 2d roguelike-ish games. You could probably
> also do a basic snake game or tetris but I haven't tried this
> yet---instead I'm trying to create a sci-fi roguelike with (hopefully)
> innovative and fun combat (see page for images and video links)
> 
> I live near Worcester about 45 minutes from Boston and have attended a
> previous Boston Lisp meeting, which I greatly enjoyed. So perhaps I
> could give a quick talk about the technology if there is an open space
> at some future meeting? I used a custom object system called CLON (see
> cliki entry or visit http://github.com/dto/clon ) and maybe it would
> be interesting to explain why I think it works for the game. I have a
> laptop with vga out so I could maybe hook up to the projector and give
> a colorful demo with plenty of explosions.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

I'd love to see something like this. Actual Common Lisp!

Zach



From dlw at alum.mit.edu  Sat Dec 13 14:36:45 2008
From: dlw at alum.mit.edu (Daniel Weinreb)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:36:45 -0500
Subject: [boston-lisp] ILC extension
Message-ID: <4943C87D.4020801@alum.mit.edu>

Because of timing and technical difficulties, the submission
deadline for the 2009 International Lisp Conference has been
extended from December 9, 2009, to December 16, 2009.
http://www.international-lisp-conference.org

-- Dan

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Daniel Weinreb
http://danweinreb.org/blog/
Lisp: The Next 50 Years:  http://ilc09.org