Wayfarer
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Wayfarer | |
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Alpha Project | |
Developer | Ben Hemmendinger |
Theme | Jabberwockyish |
Influences | Tunnels of Doom, classic RLs |
Released | Mar 27, 2009 |
Updated | Oct 13, 2009 |
Licensing | Freeware, Closed Source |
P. Language | Processing (Java) |
Platforms | Browser, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X |
Interface | 3D/2D graphics, keyboard |
Game Length | (undefined) |
Official site of Wayfarer |
Wayfarer is a developing Roguelike that fuses 3D graphics with 2D sprites. It can be played online, or downloaded for Mac, Windows, or Linux. (Downloads are up again, as of 8.28.09.)
Screenshot
Features
- Blend of turn-based and real-time
- 2D or 3D mode
- Simple vector graphics, scalable 8x8 sprites
- Sound and music
- Animation, special effects
- Save games online in the web applet version
- Save games to disk in the download version
- Persistent levels (and level contents)
- Shops
- Limb health system
- Combat
- Some spells (in the form of scrolls and wands, for now)
- A handful of skills
- ID minigame (the properties of potions, scrolls, etc. are obscure until tested)
Current limitations
- No win condition (bop 'til you drop)
- Only a few dungeon fauna, with increasing toughness on deeper levels to simulate difficulty
Future plans
- Many unique NPC / monster behaviors
- Versatile "combine items" command
- A server-based Pawn Shop for online characters
- A large world with multiple towns and dungeons, quests, guilds
- A speech/dialogue system
- More skills, spells, and enchanted items
- Cooperative, devious enemies
- Nonlethal combat skills
Resources
- Wayfarer, the official Wayfarer site.
- BenHem.com, the author's site.