Yeah one save file is plenty. If you're gonna do auto save, then you should let the user turn it off or on.  

*Shun*

Btw, welcome to Omnimaga. Well if you're willing to give out help, and it looks like you're great at pixel art, and i could use a little bit of help in that area. I'll pm you with specifications later.  

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Just downloaded and tested. Very nice for a start, especially for and first redo. I like the mini-game thing that comes up after the fight (although i don't know what its for ) I'm guessing it's for experience or something. Also, since you're using xlib, i would only draw the map first, then when the user hits 2nd, open the menu, instead of having the meny open the whole time. The house doesn't have a roof, or maybe it's just me.. I know it's only an early form of the game, but the fighting menu and options should implement xlib's graphics capabilities instead of ascii. (don't know if you were going to do that or not.)  Also, after i win a fight, it shows the experience and money, but doesn't wait to let me view it (just a Pause button needed).

some optimizations:

pgrmADETO
This:
X+(K=26)(X!=15)-(K=24)(X!=->N
Y+(K=34)(Y!=15)-(K=25)(Y!=->O
To:
X+(K=26 and X!=15)-(K=24 and X->N
Y+(K=34 and Y!=15)-(K=25 and Y->O

It's smaller, and faster i think.

There's more optimizations, like removing parenthesis and :'s and rearanging your if (.....)=.. to if ..=(...
It will save a byte each time.

All in all, a great start to a very promising project.

EDIT: Also try to avoid goto's out of while loops.

No, dual layer ascii is one ascii character on top of another (using DJ's routine), and what Darkline used (although i'm not sure) is a string of characters and printed 1, then the next one 1 pixel over, and the next 1 another pixel over, etc. This would cause it to leave only the 1st column of the ascii character instead of using the whole one, thus creating different graphics. I don't know if that's understandable or not.. but i think that's the general idea.

more like xLIB ftw! Ha man i wish i would have grouped my projects.. just had a RAM clear on mine today at school, and lost my unofficial project oh well now i can start over and make it better

It depends on how many physical maps you'll need... if it's overwhelming (even archived) then i would think sacrificing a little bit of speed for size wouldn't be a bad trade. Otherwise i would go with the preset maps.

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