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I try REALLY HARD to make 2 goblins fall towards a wall instead of the floor.
Also, you forgot to update my skill level in the statuses.

I go practice making a cup fall upwards(basically, I practice gravity manipulation) and then specuate on how skilled I would need to be to do the same to say... a goblin.

No, I want to get to the point where I can crush them into a 1 inch diameter ball, then send it flying apart in 26 diffrent directions at twice the speed of sound, while missing every ally.

So, I practice, waiting for the day(turn?).

I don't personally like the name, but it is pretty interesting.
Basically, it is a huge array of chars, and there are only 8 instructions:
+  increment the current data
-  decrement the current data
>  move forward one array position
<  move backward one array position
,  get a char as input and store it in the current array position
.  output the char at the current array position
[  if current data contains 0, jump forward to matching ]
]  if current data contains non-zero, jump backwards to matching [

{wikipedia's view}
My interpreter.


It is quite neat, since you can write a program to output all of the ASCII chars VERY quickly..
.+[.+],
Or the standard input-to-output:
,[.,]
Edit:
I would like to note how quick it is to use this to convert line breaks(if it does not run in binary read mode) from unreadable to easily read, perfect for those open source things that use those annoying things that should be \n but aren't...

I use gravity to push the goblins against a wall, reducing their ability to get close enough to land a successful attack(I am hoping to give them a negative penalty).
If I can't affect them all, I target the strongest or least hurt one(s).

Turn based, or even tile based are hard, impossible, awkward, or unse un-friendly in a simple internet browser.

Sure, they could be done, but it would make the game only even playable to about 10 or so hardcore DF fans, and that will make it highly improbable to get more than 2 users on at a time.

Users could tolerate turn based OR tile based in an internet browser, but few could tolerate both.
Add to that the complexity of DF, or even a fraction of it, and you have a game that will die from inactivity.


Maybe I am wrong, but the average user will only tolerate so much...

A java based roguelike inspired tile MMO with a turn once each second would work, but HTML is too static.

Just curious, but how many browser based games have you ever played?
In my small(a few games currently being played) experience, users "like" a sense of security(a 99% chance of nothing too bad happening while they are gone, at least initially, and no requirement to rebuild from NOTHING afterwards) and often they also would like times where they can do nothing, allowing for other online activities, as well as times where they can do a lot quickly(such as just after logging on), but whatever happens, people like options, and the ability to only HAVE to play 5 minutes a day(or even take a break for a week) or play a whole 6 hours in a day if they want, with few consequences of their schedules either way.

Bottom line:
-non DF obsessed users need:
--secuirity
--wide range of time lengths to play
--a second chance when they "die" so they don't los everything
-An internet browser is bad for roguelike turn based stuff
-(but okay for resource(energy,food,other) based systems


But most importantly, you can continue with this any way and still get somewhere, but with fewer satisfied users.

Some few people might play to build up their characters WITHOUT killing everything.

What about letting each user have one "main" character who can optionally escape death by going into a one week(month?) long coma, protecting them from further harm, excluding insta-death such as by lava.

They would also take a penalty to their stats, doubled for each legendary they have, and people can take their stuff to prevent the legendart dwarf in artifact armor from simply attacking again with their armor's bonuses to do the damage.


Of course, such a feature can be disabled in a fortress set to hardcore mode.