Question Making a roguelike game

[Fenryr]

I've been in the process of making a vb .net console game (with ascii graphics of course) and since the console is only able to append text and not change what is already there, i figured that the only way to "move" things on the screen was to clear the console, and re-write the entire "interface" to the screen. Doing this results in a very noticeable flicker every time the screen is redrawn, and i wanted to know if there was any way to fix it.

I hope i explained my question well enough, and heres an example of what type of game this is Roguelike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[JohnH]

since the console is only able to append text and not change what is already there

Have a look in help about Console class, it will be quite easy for you to discover the SetCursorPosition member and find the above quote untrue.

 

[Fenryr]

Wow, thank you very much, i never would have thought to try that.