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Re:A framework for making 2D DOS games in Lua by barbs on Friday June 20, 2014 @01:31AM (#7919624)
That's cool. I've often wondered about creating a retro DOS-shareware-style game, as a throwback to Commander Keen and Jill of the Jungle etc.

It'd be a challenge working with the limited resources, but since most things run DosBOX, you'd also get cross-platform compatibility for free :)

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Re:A framework for making 2D DOS games in Lua by bluedino on Friday June 20, 2014 @09:34AM (#7920605)
>> It'd be a challenge working with the limited resources

It's fairly simple until you get into things like different hardware and trying to do things with networking. VGA graphics, keyboard input, that stuff is all pretty simple.

Assuming something like a SoundBlaster, even sound programming could be done with a library.

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