Fallout style RPG made in Excel • Hacker News Board

I also tried exporting to XLS to try in Excel 97 on a Windows 95 dosbox but to my surprise (I couldn't expect this from a free fun project) this error encountered:

The document you are about to export has one or more protected items with password that cannot be exported. Please re-type your password to be able to export your document.

Re: Fallout style RPG made in Excel

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Post by alok-g » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 9:44 AM UTC

erickhill wrote: post #20

I had no idea Excel was even capable of something like this. Incredible!

Something you may like:

I had demonstrated several classical computer vision algorithms in Excel:

https://github.com/amzn/computer-vision-basics-in-microsoft-...

This was done using just built-in Excel formulas. No scripts/VBA.

Re: Fallout style RPG made in Excel

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Post by hu3 » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 11:18 AM UTC

all2 wrote: post #170

hu3 wrote: post #6

This is great! With that said, I'm not going to open random Excel Spreadsheets. But I imported to Google Sheets because I couldn't contain my curiosity. The game didn't work on Google Sheets but I could take some screenshots: Intro: https://i.imgur.com/m5NJuPn.png Map: https://i.imgur.com/GHUSpnv.png Stats: https://i.imgur.com/lMQPPdz.png Battle: https://i.imgur.com/NIXnxKD.png Information: https://i.imgur.com/fdn4aO…

But if its on GSheets, it could be multiplayer.

Indeed my friend. I wonder if we could implement anti-griefing and turn-based actions mechanisms using App Scripts:

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets

Re: Fallout style RPG made in Excel

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Post by justinclift » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 5:40 PM UTC

prophesi wrote: post #3

Is there a demonstration of this anywhere? I'd be hesitant to open a random Excel file.

Agreed. Hesitant is the nicest way to put it. "How do I get people to run my MS Office macros virus? Oh yeah, tell them it's a game or something..."

The Youtube video in a sibling comment helps though, giving a good idea of what it's about and how it looks. No need to download it to find out. :)