Ganymede Gate is a coffeebreak roguelike

WARNING

This game has been deprecated in favor of the new version. A new page will be done soon-ish.

Overview

Ganymede Gate is a multiplayer roguelike set in a solar system human base that has been invaded by a mysterious presence.

Downloads

Alpha can be downloaded form itch.io <- New version

Alpha can be downloaded form itch.io <- Old, deprecated version

Content so far

4 types of monsters: the drone (letter **d**), the monsta (letter **m**), the tracer (letter **t**), and the new squad based AI Marine.
Several classes with different start attributes and weapons/items.
3 types of level generators: crumbling base, caves and lava lake.
Marine class starts with a randomly generated weapon based on the MP9 sub machine gun.
Several powerups-weapons to explore.

Multiple AI enemies on a simple map showing the new squad based AI (Complete youtube video can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fmOSi7otyU )

Level types so far (FOV extended to show off the levels)

Controls

You can use WASD-Cursor-Vikeys to move:

   q w e    HOME  UP   PGUP     y k u
   \ | /        \  |  /         \ | /
  a- x -d   LEFT-- 5 --RIGHT   h- . -l
   / | \        /  |  \         / | \
   z s c    END  DOWN  PGDN     b j n

The center keys are for waiting. Shift augments movement with jumping or bashing (if a monster gets on the way). Bashing knockbacks enemies.

F: Fire. Hit again to pick the nearest target.
Shift + F: Secondary fire. Hit f to pick the nearest target.
G: Grab whatever is on the floor.
R: Reload.
Shift + R: Secondary reload.
I: Toggle inventory.
V: Toggle look mode.
Space: Activate (levers and stairs for now only). Use item on inventory screen.

Glaring bugs

Ganymede Gate
Futuristic Alpha Project
Developer	Chiguireitor
Theme	Science Fiction, Futuristic
Influences	DoomRL/Cogmind
Released	2015
Updated	02 Dec 2015
Licensing	MIT Assets: CC-BY
P. Language	Javascript
Platforms	Browser
Interface	HTML5, Keyboard, Mouse
Game Length	?
	Official site of Ganymede Gate

Sometimes secondary fire doesn't gets correctly tigerred.
Unsolvable levels. Reserve some explosive weapons for these cases.
General bugginess you would expect from an alpha release.

Features

No need for downloads, play directly from browser
Multiplayer possible but not required
Different play modes: Turn-based, Deadline turn-based and Continuous turn-based

Recent developments

Knockback
New level generators
Alternate fire for weapons
Jumping, shoving with shift + movement
Item generator with multiple variations for each one, ranging from a few variations for simple items, to thousands of variations for complex weapons.
Changed the terminal renderer to a WebGL backend

Game architecture

The game was developed form the start to be server based. The client is just a dumb terminal with little to no logic whatsoever. All player and npc commands are processed on the server and then results are sent back to each player, but only if their Area-of-Interest (AoI) covers the results. Communication between the client and the server is all done via JSON messages (with the server->client channel being compressed with ZLib) with a very straightforward and readable format.

The reference client, implemented on HTML5, is meant to be one of the many ways to play the game, with planned Unity port for Android and (if funds permit) iPhone.