Subject: Re: Level built by humans
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:48:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sheep@venus.wmid.amu.edu.pl (The Sheep)
Organization: POZMAN - http://www.man.poznan.pl/
Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.development

Dnia Mon, 4 Mar 2002 16:37:51 +0000 (UTC), The Sheep napisal(a):
>Anyways, you also use something similar to the buildings and
>dungeons in Alphaman.
>I think it goes like this:
>
>1) take a large, empty room
>2) select axis (horizontal or vertical)
>3) select position
>4) divide the room with a wall with some door in it
>5) repeat from 2 for each of the new rooms (if the rooms are
>large enough)

Now, I've red it again and I think I have a good idea. Don't just
add single walls. Add corridors (two parallel walls, close to each
other, with at least one door).

Somethnig like this:
1) Start with a big room:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

2) Add a corridor:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X####+#####################X
X..........................X
X#####################+####X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X..........................X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

3) Repeat it with each of the new rooms:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X..........................X
X..........................X
X##################+#######X
X..........................X
X############+#############X
X..........................X
X..........................X
X####+#####################X
X..........................X
X###########+#########+####X
X..........#.#.............X
X..........#.#.............X
X..........#.#.............X
X..........#.#.............X
X..........#.#.............X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

4) And again, and again...
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X...........#.+............X
X...........+.#............X
X############.#####+#######X
X..........................X
X#######.####+##########.##X
X......#.+.............#.#.X
X......+.#.............+.+.X
X####+##.###############.##X
X..........................X
X###########.######.##+####X
X..........#.#....+.#......X
X..........+.#....#.#......X
X..........#.#....#.+......X
X..........#.+....#.#......X
X..........#.#....#.#......X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

All you need is a way to determine how to add the corridors (vertically |
horizontally)
and where to put doors. You can keep a flag for every room indicating that
this room is
already connected (has door).
--
The Sheep