Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 2:09 PM UTC

Kandria, an open world action RPG platformer written in Common Lisp is now out and available!

A prior discussion of Kandria can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32043026.

I'm the lead developer and sole programmer for the project. Would be happy to answer any questions about it!

Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out
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Post by Shinmera » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 2:11 PM UTC

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Post by baggers » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 2:44 PM UTC

No questions today, but just wanted to pass huge congratulations your way. Getting to release is no small feat even when leaning on existing engines, and knowing how little was available in CL makes this day all the sweeter.

Also thanks for the SteamDeck support!

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Post by Shinmera » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 2:45 PM UTC

baggers wrote: post #3

No questions today, but just wanted to pass huge congratulations your way. Getting to release is no small feat even when leaning on existing engines, and knowing how little was available in CL makes this day all the sweeter. Also thanks for the SteamDeck support!

Thanks! Hope you enjoy playing it on the Deck! :)

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Post by peebz » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 3:13 PM UTC

This looks amazing! I'm guessing you may have answered these questions before somewhere so please point me to the information if so. I'd like to know what development environment you use (Emacs, SBCL and Slime?), what packages you used to create the graphics for the game, and what the game is compiled to. Thanks.

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Post by jshaqaw » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 3:20 PM UTC

Hi. I’d be interested on how you feel using lisp impacted the development of the game and the final game structure. Would it be the “same” game if implemented in a more conventional approach? Thanks.

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Post by Heksell » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC

I was originally a Kickstarter backer when the developer was advertising the game as intended to be open-sourced, but then open-source became a Kickstarter goal so I withdrew the backing.

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Post by tumdum_ » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 3:52 PM UTC

Are there any plans to support consoles (ps5, switch)?

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Post by joamag » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 4:04 PM UTC

Wow looks beautiful, congratulations. Would love to learn about the development experience, specially taking into consideration that you've used Lisp.

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Post by mikedelago » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 4:04 PM UTC

Congrats on shipping it!

I've been following the progress since I've been learning Common Lisp here and there over the past year or so.