Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Adventure!, my "mostly" text adventure game, needed a way to store the details for the game. The locations, objects, non-player characters, etc. Without a database of sorts, the game would be hard coded. I wanted to avoid this and include an editor for creating your own games.
One solution is to use a Database Management Systems (DBMS). Data management solutions have been around nearly as long as computers have been. There's even a #HyperCard XCMD for a relational database management system. We're going to look at a very simple flat-file database I've created in HyperCard.
We'll go over the file structure for the database and some of the code that supports creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting data (CRUD).
Thank you to my patrons!
You can help support creating content on this channel for as little as $1 per month on Patreon at patreon.com/EricsEdge.
You can also support my channel on Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com/ericsedge.
Mastodon: https://bitbang.social/@ericsedge
Blog: pragmaticpizza.blogspot.com
Website: http://home.macintosh.garden/~ericsedge/
References and Attribution:
Music & Sound Effects:
"Chromatic Rag" & "Same the Man"
by The Mini Vandals
Extra Special Patrons: FrodoJedi
Special Patrons: Adam's Apples
Matt Plachejo
Patrons: Ron's Computer Videos (first!)
Justin D. Morgan
Garth Beagle
Dave's Vintage Apple Tech
Tom Barber
Tink Time
Adventure!, my "mostly" text adventure game, needed a way to store the details for the game. The locations, objects, non-player characters, etc. Without a database of sorts, the game would be hard coded. I wanted to avoid this and include an editor for creating your own games.
One solution is to use a Database Management Systems (DBMS). Data management solutions have been around nearly as long as computers have been. There's even a #HyperCard XCMD for a relational database management system. We're going to look at a very simple flat-file database I've created in HyperCard.
We'll go over the file structure for the database and some of the code that supports creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting data (CRUD).
Thank you to my patrons!
You can help support creating content on this channel for as little as $1 per month on Patreon at patreon.com/EricsEdge.
You can also support my channel on Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com/ericsedge.
Mastodon: https://bitbang.social/@ericsedge
Blog: pragmaticpizza.blogspot.com
Website: http://home.macintosh.garden/~ericsedge/
References and Attribution:
Music & Sound Effects:
"Chromatic Rag" & "Same the Man"
by The Mini Vandals
Extra Special Patrons: FrodoJedi
Special Patrons: Adam's Apples
Matt Plachejo
Patrons: Ron's Computer Videos (first!)
Justin D. Morgan
Garth Beagle
Dave's Vintage Apple Tech
Tom Barber
Tink Time
