How do I look around at things that aren't next to me?

[vitruvianjew]

Do I need to walk next to every item and examine it?

[Whales]

For now, yes, you need to do that. However, obviously a "look around" button is planned - I'll code that in tomorrow if I have time!

[vitruvianjew]

I edited this post to remove the first two issues, as they aren't that relevant.

Walking around and doing things is laggy and slow. I understand that there were several optimizations to be done that would make the saves take up less room or something (have a "no items on this tile" flag was one of them I think). Have you already done that or is it still in committee?

Bear in mind that my laptop has 4 cores each clocked at 2.5 ghz, and 8 gb of ram. This is not a weak machine.

[Whales]

Are you running on Windows or Linux?
Are things slow from the onset, or do they start reasonably fast and slow down later?

[Whales]

Also, what size terminal are you running in (standard 80x24 / 80x25, or something bigger)?

Did you edit the Makefile before compiling? The Makefile is configured for debugging purposes, not for speed. Compiling without editing the Makefile will result in a version that runs at around 10% normal performance.