Project dream

[Paul Rubin]

hwlgw at hotmail.com (Will Stuyvesant) writes:
> How long do you think a new roguelike from scratch would take in
> Python and where the most time is spent? 

These things can be as simple or as complicated as you like.  Remember
that the original Rogue ran on a PDP-11 so it can't have been that large. 

> I am afraid of a lot of work on options like magic and +ToHit etc.,
> while I am more interested in a smaller set of options but with a
> really smart AI.

Well, that's lots of work too.