Damn - I can't believe someone did an entire RPG. So - FYI - a tiny back story for me...
For those that know me - and know I'm a serious 3D Printing guy - I've been doing computer graphics - and even 3D graphics - as far back as 1980 on an Apple II. Well, when I was working this job in NYC for several years (doing VFP work), during my lunch breaks - I had decided to do a pet project. Because of my intense interest in CG - and I knew that in VFP you could display graphical characters. That's when I decided to do a copy of the BrickOut video game. Because the graphics for that would be simple enough to do. And, I did have a basic version running by the end. Interact purely via keyboard - and the bricks would disappear when hit. But, I didn't get so far as doing any scoring display. I did want to follow it up by doing a Space Invaders game - but, I never got around to it... -K On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM Eric Selje <[email protected]> wrote: > We had a MadFox attendee come ONE TIME and show us his recreation of an RPG > done in VFP. It was an impressive start but we wondered why he was doing it > in VFP instead of a more suitable language. We never saw him again. I > sometimes wonder whatever happened to him or that project... > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Wow - that Visual Basic thing is crazy. It looks like a environment > running > > on like Windows 3.1 type UI. Or, am I wrong - and it's supposed to be a > > graphical app running in DOS? I never really did the Visual Basic thing - > > but, I DID Indeed start way back using BASIC on an Apple II, and then on > > the original PC-XT machines. > > > > As for that Doom thing - that's just NUTS! I had no idea that PDF files > > have THAT much interactive capabilities. That being said, is it just me - > > or does that Doom PDF thing only show a kind of pixelated B&W interface > > with NO Colors??? > > > > Kinda reminds of when I did a basic recreation of the Brick Out game > using > > Visual FoxPro - circa 2011... > > > > -Kurt > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM Eric Selje <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That's impressive, in the way that playing Doom on an electric > toothbrush > > > is impressive. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM Alan Bourke <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Well sorta. > > > > > > > > https://bandysc.github.io/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/ > > > > > > > > Anyone want to take a swing at VFP ? :) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alan Bourke > > > > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > > > multipart/alternative > > > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > > > text/html > > > > --- > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/caamusvin9eaccbmqblu76xwozq55mctratrpcu5-48gmk7p...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
