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Shameless plug: I'm working on a [Text GUI library](https://github.com/Hexworks/zircon https://github.com/Hexworks/zircon) which has the option for isometric pr

by edem 9y ago

Shameless plug: I'm working on a [Text GUI library](https://github.com/Hexworks/zircon https://github.com/Hexworks/zircon) which has the option for isometric projection [like this](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/205245036084985857/419246113242218497/GIF.gif https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/205245036084985857/41...). It is completely decoupled from the backend (the simulation engine in your case) so if you are interested we can work together. I also work in Kotlin and I'm eager to put in some work to create a fun game. It also supports tilesets so you are not stuck with ASCII.

kotcity 9y ago
Very cool! If you could play this in terminal it would be awesome. We could be a good testbed for your ideas -- we have kept the simulator separate from the UI / display.
- edem 9y ago
  This is not a terminal emulator, but a text gui library. It works with swing or libgdx (you can choose), and soon it will have a web version as well. Let's talk about this. Do you have a discord channel? If not we can use ours [here](https://discord.gg/CXsnmT https://discord.gg/CXsnmT)
  - kotcity 9y ago
    We are all on gitter: https://gitter.im/kotcity/Lobby https://gitter.im/kotcity/Lobby Stop on in!
ajnin 9y ago
Just nitpicking, but this is not isometric, this is top-down oblique projection. Isometric is when all 3 axis are of equal length and separated by 120 degrees.
twic 9y ago
Apologies for being a massive dweeb, but i think that's some variety of oblique projection, rather than isometric: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_projection
- edem 9y ago
  This is as far as you can get with square based grids. :) We call it "top down isometric".
  - haggy 9y ago
    Who's "we"?
    - edem 9y ago
      My team and me.
- taneq 9y ago
  I think you're technically correct, but 'isometric' is also a pretty widely used non-technical term when describing video games which have some form of non-perspective 3D projection, even if the axes are unequally foreshortened.

by edem 9y ago

kotcity 9y ago

Very cool! If you could play this in terminal it would be awesome. We could be a good testbed for your ideas -- we have kept the simulator separate from the UI / display.

edem 9y ago
This is not a terminal emulator, but a text gui library. It works with swing or libgdx (you can choose), and soon it will have a web version as well. Let's talk about this. Do you have a discord channel? If not we can use ours [here](https://discord.gg/CXsnmT https://discord.gg/CXsnmT)
- kotcity 9y ago
  We are all on gitter: https://gitter.im/kotcity/Lobby https://gitter.im/kotcity/Lobby Stop on in!

ajnin 9y ago

Just nitpicking, but this is not isometric, this is top-down oblique projection. Isometric is when all 3 axis are of equal length and separated by 120 degrees.

twic 9y ago

Apologies for being a massive dweeb, but i think that's some variety of oblique projection, rather than isometric: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_projection

edem 9y ago
This is as far as you can get with square based grids. :) We call it "top down isometric".
- haggy 9y ago
  Who's "we"?
  - edem 9y ago
    My team and me.
taneq 9y ago
I think you're technically correct, but 'isometric' is also a pretty widely used non-technical term when describing video games which have some form of non-perspective 3D projection, even if the axes are unequally foreshortened.