How would you go about making a game using a text user interface? I would rather this my game not use a command line input / output interface but instead a TUI like those in the multitude of rougelike games out there. I already have a pretty good understanding of C++, so would this be possible using C++ and if not then what would be my best options taking into account my previous knowledge of C++?
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Jump to Post>would this be possible using C++
Not standard C++. Do some research on the curses library if you want more control over the console.
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Narue
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>would this be possible using C++
Not standard C++. Do some research on the curses library if you want more control over the console.
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http://tvision.sourceforge.net/
http://www.trumphurst.com/toolkit.phtml
http://www.usinglinux.org/devel/rhtvision.html
O.o I would think learning a GUI API would be easier (lots of choices, lots of documentation etc).... and look better. You will be able to accept text input via a GUI too ;)
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