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'def title Introduction - Mundus: My first shot at game development
'def desc General background on Mundus
# {title}
{pagenav 2 min;21 July 2020;25 November 2020}
{pagination ;;;Timeline;./timeline.html}
{due_for_rework}
\n
:contents
:numbered
1. {url Timeline;./timeline.html}
2. {url User Interface;./user-interface.html}
.numbered
1. {url Main screen;./user-interface.html#main-screen}
2. {url Create new game;./user-interface.html#create-new-game}
3. {url Game Window;./user-interface.html#game-window}
4. {url Map menu;./user-interface.html#map-menu}
5. {url Inventory menu;./user-interface.html#inventory-menu}
6. {url Crafting menu;./user-interface.html#crafting-menu}
3. {url Basic Concepts;./basic-concepts.html}
.numbered
1. {url Tiles;./basic-concepts.html#tiles}
2. {url Layers and superlayers;./basic-concepts.html#layers-and-superlayers}
3. {url Inventory;./basic-concepts.html#inventory}
4. {url Crafting;./basic-concepts.html#crafting}
5. {url Event logs;./basic-concepts.html#event-logs}
I have been toying with the idea of making a game ever since my first exposure to programming. The {url earliest piece of code;https://gitlab.com/Syndamia/Shower/-/tree/master/ARK%20(2015}) I ever wrote was about replicating a computer boot up sequence from the video game {url SOMA;https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/SOMA/}. I developed it in 2015, solid 3 years before my first proper introduction to software development.
Five years later, in early 2020, I had to make a project for an exam. I (initially) had about a month to complete it and the only requirements were technical: utilize a database with at least x tables, employ a specific design pattern, etc. Fairly quickly I decided upon making a "minecraftian" game: 2D sandbox where you could fight, craft, build, eat and explore.
I called it {url Mundus;https://gitlab.com/Syndamia/Mundus} and it took me around 3 months to complete and consisted of more than 2000 lines of code. Although these metrics aren't very impressive in the real world, they were a monumental achievement for me. In the beginning I planned on developing it into a fully fledged game, but that never happened.
Nevertheless, this journey was very important to me, hence writing this multi-page article.
{b Link to the source code}: {url GitLab;https://gitlab.com/Syndamia/Mundus}
## Screenshots
<div style="display: flex; overflow-x: scroll; align-items: center">
<img src="./img/small-game-window.png" style="height: 100%; flex: 1; margin-right: 0.5em">
<img src="./img/map-menu.png" style="height: 100%; flex: 1; margin-right: 0.5em">
<img src="./img/inventory-menu.png" style="height: 100%; flex: 1;">
</div>
{i Screenshots are made on Linux Mint Cinnamon with the Mint-Y theme}
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