12.07.2010, 21:47, written by Mario Donick

Small Status Update

If all things had run so well as I planned some weeks ago, there would already a 1.5.4 version of LambdaRogue, finalizing the current 1.5 branch of the game and freeing the way to 1.6. So where are we now and what are the reasons?

• I got a Mac. This, basically, was the moment where development of 1.5.4 stopped, because all time spent on LambdaRogue went into trying to get it compile and link using the Mac version of Lazarus/FreePascal. Compiling went well, but linking is a bit trickier and I have still not figured out how to do this.
• I will have a talk about roguelikes and esp. communication in the roguelike community during the F.R.O.G. gaming conference in Vienna, in September 2010. This requires some time for preparation.
• Several other reasons in private life and job.

So when can we expect LambdaRogue 1.5.4 with all it's nice improvements? Honestly ... I don't know. Perhaps I will stop my Mac efforts for now and get the Windows and Linux versions ready. Perhaps I'll try to offer a Mac version via WineBottler, which uses Wine to run the Windows binaries. WineBottler has the advantage that it bundles Wine and the actual program in one App, so users don't need to care about that Wine stuff. This is basically the way most Mac versions of commercial games are made, although there it's called Cider.

Hopefully it will be soon. Then the next question is: Am I able to get a 1.6 update out during the roguelike release party?

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Chris Hamons schrieb am 12.07.2010, 22:05
Mac Linking Nonsense?

So I had some nonsense related to linking on the mac for libtcod-net. If you want, shoot a quick description of your issue to me at chris dot hamons at gmail dot com and I'll see if it was similar to my issue.

--Chris

 

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