Stone Soup is a good community, and sounds like the right idea. The TOME suggestion is also good.
If you just want to write something to share with friends, go with rot.js. It's a nice approach, and it takes away all the complications of delivery. I did a 7drl entry a few years ago. The task of making it deliver in a clean package for multiple platforms took longer than everything else about writing the game put together.
If you just want to write something to share with friends, go with rot.js. It's a nice approach, and it takes away all the complications of delivery. I did a 7drl entry a few years ago. The task of making it deliver in a clean package for multiple platforms took longer than everything else about writing the game put together.
Smart Kobald is an interesting read, C++. http://www.zincland.com/7drl/kobold/
So is Gruesome, Pascal. http://gamesofgrey.com/