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About Christopher Lane Hinson

A hairy Haskell hacker and developer of Roguestar, a 3D science fiction roguelike game.

ANN: Roguestar 0.6.0.0

Posted on 2 April, 2011

Roguestar 0.6.0.0 is now up on hackage.  You can install and run with: The latest version brings: New monsters: Hellions and Dust Vortexes Underground dungeons Power-ups (hidden in the aforementioned dungeons) that serve to level-up the player’s character. Improved walking … Continue reading →

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The One Function per Typeclass Rule

Posted on 16 March, 2011

After about five years programming in Haskell, I think we need a rule:  Only put one function in a typeclass. Why?  Because inevitably someone comes along with a data type for which one or the other function of a typeclass … Continue reading →

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But does it crawl?

Posted on 6 September, 2010

Roguestar is officially a dungeon crawl now, as it actually has dungeons: For the moment I’m ok with the empty black pits, but I want to do something with the skylights.  Maybe slant them at an angle?  I’ll probably also … Continue reading →

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