01-22-2004, 12:08 PM
Well, after promising to get this game up for the past few months, I've finally got a working version up and running on my computer.
For those who missed the original thread, Dungeon is a BBS door game--written by yours truly in QBasic. I used a library called EZDoor for the basic text/ansi commands.
Dungeon is playable, although at the moment it is sorely lacking in the Amount-of-Things-that-can-Happen department. I need to spend a lot more time coming up with events.
BBS Door games are designed to be the kind of things that you play for 10-20 minutes or so each day, and keep returning every day to play again. Dungeon is no different.
Although I haven't written any formal instructions for the game, it's fairly straightfoward. You are an adventurer who's been tossed into this dungeon and you need to survive as long as possible. I'll probably make some kind of plot when I find the time.
You get a certain number of "moves" each day. With a move you can explore deeper into the dungeon. Expect to find monsters, magic, puzzles, items, tough choices, life-or-death situations, etc., etc., etc. Every day *should* be different, as each move is pulled from a pool of possible events--sometimes random, sometimes planned. As I add to the event pool, the game will become even more variable day-to-day. Some days you might encounter smooth sailing, learn three new magic spells, find a Crystal Scimitar, and earn thousands of gold. Other days might be filled with pitfalls, Zombies, Poison, Backtracking and the Ever-Dreaded Fluffy Bunny !!
So, without further ado....
HOW TO PLAY DUNGEON:
1. First you've gotta get some kind of telnet software. Windows comes with it, but unless you've got XP I don't recommend the windows client. My personal choice is MTel32:
http://203.22.237.93/public/mtel32.htm
Go there, download the telnet software, and use it for step 2.
2. Connect to TheDungeon BBS (I threw this online in like 5 minutes so don't expect any fancy menus or anything.. just the bad generic ones!):
68.49.88.171 port 23
if there's not a separate place to put in the port in your software, then enter it as follows:
68.49.88.171:23
If that doesn't work, then maybe the port 23 is being assumed, so try just:
68.49.88.171
And if *THAT* doesn't work, then I probably took the BBS down for some reason or another. I'll try to keep it online as much as possible for the next few days at least.
3. Log onto the BBS as a new user ('NEW') and create an account. You can make up stuff if you want, I don't really care =) Eventually you'll arrive at a main menu. hit "X" to go to the external programs/door games menu. Then hit "1" to run Dungeon.
4. Enjoy !
5. Please log out of the BBS when you're done. After Dungeon closes, hit Q to return to the Main Menu, and /O to log off
*peace*
Meg
p.s. if you encounter any problems, let me know here.
For those who missed the original thread, Dungeon is a BBS door game--written by yours truly in QBasic. I used a library called EZDoor for the basic text/ansi commands.
Dungeon is playable, although at the moment it is sorely lacking in the Amount-of-Things-that-can-Happen department. I need to spend a lot more time coming up with events.
BBS Door games are designed to be the kind of things that you play for 10-20 minutes or so each day, and keep returning every day to play again. Dungeon is no different.
Although I haven't written any formal instructions for the game, it's fairly straightfoward. You are an adventurer who's been tossed into this dungeon and you need to survive as long as possible. I'll probably make some kind of plot when I find the time.
You get a certain number of "moves" each day. With a move you can explore deeper into the dungeon. Expect to find monsters, magic, puzzles, items, tough choices, life-or-death situations, etc., etc., etc. Every day *should* be different, as each move is pulled from a pool of possible events--sometimes random, sometimes planned. As I add to the event pool, the game will become even more variable day-to-day. Some days you might encounter smooth sailing, learn three new magic spells, find a Crystal Scimitar, and earn thousands of gold. Other days might be filled with pitfalls, Zombies, Poison, Backtracking and the Ever-Dreaded Fluffy Bunny !!
So, without further ado....
HOW TO PLAY DUNGEON:
1. First you've gotta get some kind of telnet software. Windows comes with it, but unless you've got XP I don't recommend the windows client. My personal choice is MTel32:
http://203.22.237.93/public/mtel32.htm
Go there, download the telnet software, and use it for step 2.
2. Connect to TheDungeon BBS (I threw this online in like 5 minutes so don't expect any fancy menus or anything.. just the bad generic ones!):
68.49.88.171 port 23
if there's not a separate place to put in the port in your software, then enter it as follows:
68.49.88.171:23
If that doesn't work, then maybe the port 23 is being assumed, so try just:
68.49.88.171
And if *THAT* doesn't work, then I probably took the BBS down for some reason or another. I'll try to keep it online as much as possible for the next few days at least.
3. Log onto the BBS as a new user ('NEW') and create an account. You can make up stuff if you want, I don't really care =) Eventually you'll arrive at a main menu. hit "X" to go to the external programs/door games menu. Then hit "1" to run Dungeon.
4. Enjoy !
5. Please log out of the BBS when you're done. After Dungeon closes, hit Q to return to the Main Menu, and /O to log off
*peace*
Meg
p.s. if you encounter any problems, let me know here.
I use Putty, which you can download from the official site (kind of confusing) at 