[DM-dev] dungeonmaker as a web application :)

[Stephan B. <ste...@ei...>]

I've was toying around with some ideas and I think I've decided to make=20
a web-runnable version of dungeonmaker. Since writing a CGI app in C++=20
isn't something that sounds exciting, I'll do it in PHP and run=20
dungeonmaker from there, passing it whatever arguments the user select.=20
I can imagine an editor where the user can enter values for room=20
locations, etc. Then we simply run the dungeonmaker and print the=20
output to the screen, instead of to a file. Since I could pass data via=20
PHP in almost exactly the same manner as via a config file, this will=20
be a good testing ground for that stuff, too.

I don't guess it would be too difficult to give the user some=20
pre-defined options, like:
1) Big dungeon with lots of halls.
2) Small dungeon with one center room.
etc...
Just have a dir which holds templates and show the user the name of=20
each template.

Actually... DM doesn't really care where the dungeon grid comes from,=20
so I could even generate that in PHP using user-given parameters, then=20
feed it to DM when I call it (by saving it to a temp file, or sending=20
it in via stdin).

Hmmm....

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