Wooo! I'd be more than willing to help with any aspect of this. However, I was curious as to which particular ruleset you intend on using, AD&D 1st ed., 2nd ed., or 3E (or the slightly updated 3.5). Personally I would suggest 3.5, as the rules are much more clear cut, making for an easier translation to programming logic. If you decide to go with 3.5, I could definitely help with converting any rules to programming logic. I could probably help some with the older editions though it's been a while since I've actively played either, I have PhB and DMGs for both hidden somewhere. Also if you go 3.5, I happen to have a database full of all of the spells from the PhB, though it's from the OGL reference docs, so it lacks certain copyrighted spellnames (i.e. Mordenkain's Lucubration is simply Mage's Lucubrations). But with a few tweaks it could be useful in at least easing the conversion of spells to in-game effects.
I've been looking for a fun project to participate in, but most of the ones I've come across are in a language I'm not familiar with (perl being the only one I'm at a skill level I'm comfortable with) or pertain to a subject I either have no interest in or no knowledge of. If nothing else I'm fairly confident that I could come up with some sample adventures to show off what it can do once it's to a useable point, I've got quite a few campaigns in the works that I just don't have the time (or consistent enough players) to actually run, which would be interesting to convert to CRPGs.
Just Another Perl Alchemist
