# Introduction - Mundus: My first shot at game development

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'define created 21 July 2020
'define edited 25 November 2020
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1. [url ./timeline.html Timeline]
2. [url ./user-interface.html User Interface]
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    1. [url ./user-interface.html#main-screen Main screen]
    2. [url ./user-interface.html#create-new-game Create new game]
    3. [url ./user-interface.html#game-window Game Window]
    4. [url ./user-interface.html#map-menu Map menu]
    5. [url ./user-interface.html#inventory-menu Inventory menu]
    6. [url ./user-interface.html#crafting-menu Crafting menu]

3. [url ./basic-concepts.html Basic Concepts]
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   1. [url ./basic-concepts.html#tiles Tiles]
   2. [url ./basic-concepts.html#layers-and-superlayers Layers and superlayers]
   3. [url ./basic-concepts.html#inventory Inventory]
   4. [url ./basic-concepts.html#crafting Crafting]
   5. [url ./basic-concepts.html#event-logs Event logs]



I have been toying with the idea of making a game ever since my first exposure to programming. The [url https://gitlab.com/Syndamia/Shower/-/tree/master/ARK%20(2015 earliest piece of code]) I ever wrote was about replicating a computer boot up sequence from the video game [url https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/SOMA/ 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 https://gitlab.com/Syndamia/Mundus 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.

=[Link to the source code]=: [url https://gitlab.com/Syndamia/Mundus GitLab]

## Screenshots

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	<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;">
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*[Screenshots are made on Linux Mint Cinnamon with the Mint-Y theme]*