Back in my pre-Loki days, I was an embedded systems engineer. Instead of spending my time writing code, however, I wasted away my days filling out paperwork about how the code was supposed to be written. Software engineering at its finest. Put simply, it sucked. I wanted to play with bigger projects so that I could improve my coding skills and learn a few tricks. At the point where I joined Adonthell, my skills need the help.

Adonthell is your classic example of a tile-based RPG engine. For anyone who has played tile-based RPG titles in the past (Final Fantasy 1, the Ultima series, and whatnot), you'll feel right at home with the basic mechanics of Adonthell. There are a lot of features in the engine, such as Python-based behavior scripting for NPCs, multiple layers to the map display, and a window system for dialogs. All in all, it looks like a very promising project.

My contributions weren't too spectacular, but I had a lot of fun doing them. Other than writing the audio system for Adonthell (sound effect playback and playing background music), I just did little bits with the cutscene and graphics engines, as well as some documentation. I was really happy about sticking sound support in the game, since the project contains a lot of high-quality original music.

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