Grimlore
A downloadable game
Requires : Windows 8+
BackGround :
2D Open world ASCII rpg written in standard Library Python delivering an old school rpg experience. Include source code and basic engine to make your own games if you want to learn python.
I have updated the game to the point where I feel not only people who wants to learn Python might be interested in the game but potentially fans of old school rpgs might be too.
Art and Music were created solely by me using freeware software like GraphicsGale and Beepbox. I wanted to see how far I can go with writing a game without spending any money nor using any game libraries/framework or engine.
Game Description :
A hand reaches out from a shallow grave...That hand is yours.. You gasp for air as you free yourself. The only thing you can remember is your name. You see a wood sign pointing south east label 'Beggar's Hole'. Maybe you will find some answers there or at least a safe place to sleep
Explore the land of the Heretic Hand and unravel the mystery of your past. Craft powerful weapons from the broken bodies of your enemies. Choose between 3 Class paths ( Shadow Hunter, Holy Knight and the Doom Wizard) each with their unique play style. Test your might in the Blood Pits of Telpo, complete bounty hunts called 'Blood Contracts' to gain reputation and other delightful rewards. After all that, if you think you are 'hard' enough challenge the Doom King of the Heretic Hand and free the land of his consuming darkness.
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Tried to play it but got this error:
Program cannot start.
API-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll is missing.
Is this not supported on all versions of Windows?
mmnhh interesting, what version of Windows are you using ? It just an exe file that you double click with the only advise is not to move it out of the folder as it needs the other files to play it.
ps: From looking on the internet it looks like you are using Windows 7 am I right ?
pss: From doing a bit more research the latest version of Python has dropped support for Windows 7. I see if there is a work around.
psss: There is a work around by installing a hacked version of Python which I am not too sure what I want to do that as the reason why they removed support was because there are some features on the latest version of Python that makes it unsafe for Windows 7. I will add a ' Windows requirement ' so other people with Windows 7 won't be wasting their time attempting to play my game.
Oh wow I didn't realize Python dropped compatibility. Honestly I think that is a poor reason, because any EXE can be unsafe no matter the language it was written in. Kind of a bit bonkers that a simple terminal game won't run on anything Windows 10 or greater. This is why I think I made great choice sticking to Pure Basic over Python (bytecode is a slower than compiled anyway) after all these years because it will run on any version of Windows based upon NT.
Sorry for the rant but its less about security and more about forcing conformity. I do have a laptop with Windows 10 so I will give this another try when I can. Thank you for though for looking into this.
Oh the safety issues are definitely going to be something unrelated to how they are converted to EXE. I mean Python isn't used for games hence it is less concern about providing wide compatibility and to be honest I had no idea until I researched the issue. Yeah Python is incredibly slow for gaming but just wanted to see how far I can push myself with writing a game just using the standard library.