Ascii Dreams

Pro tip: India Pale Ale .* (* I would like to thank Charlie and Feorag for being incredibly generous with their time especially at the excru...

[You'll probably want to read the original article series that inspired this follow up, then start with parts one , two and three of ...

[You'll probably want to read the original article series that inspired this follow up, then start with parts one and two of this ser...

The meme of a procedural Zelda is a compelling concept when thinking about procedural generation. The classic Zelda design could be reduced...

You should read part one of this article, and are strongly encouraged to read the original Designing a Magic System series of articles if ...

In the original Designing a Magic System series of articles, I briefly looked at status effects as a way of separately out various incapaci...

For a variety of reasons, I am tempted to add the 'towel wrapped around head' character state.

The agony and the ecstasy of Valve is they don't release until they're ready. When this goes badly, it could be a recipe for timid o...

There was a fine fellow named Keldon [1] Whose AI for Angband worked seldom Quite the way you expect Hid in rooms and forget That you'd ...

One possible abuse of the ability to use Angband items in multiple ways is the ability to throw ammunition instead of shooting it from a bow...

“When you were born you shit yourself all the time, couldn’t talk and your hands were too small to shoryuken. in other words you really su...

I was reminded earlier today of my favourite TV series of all time...