Introduction - Mundus: My first shot at game development
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I have been toying with the idea of making a game ever since my first exposure to programming. The earliest piece of code I ever wrote was about replicating a computer boot up sequence from the video game 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 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: GitLab
Screenshots
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Screenshots are made on Linux Mint Cinnamon with the Mint-Y theme