After recently playing Rogue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(computer_game) i got the idea of making a similar game in visual basic with ascii graphics. Through determination, and 2 hours of testing i've been able to get an extremely functional movement system thats actually much better than i was hoping for.
ill post a demo for the system in the morning when the bugs are worked out.
If anyone can offer ideas it would be greatly appreciated, and if you want to help work on the project you can pm me.