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Legend of Siegfried
Beta Project
Developer	Xan
Theme	Classic
Influences	ADOM, JADE, Ragnarok
Released	7/02/2011
Updated	5/16/2012
Licensing	Open source
P. Language	C#
Platforms	Anything that works with SDL.NET (Windows, Linux)
Interface	ASCII, Keyboard
Game Length	Indefinite, nunc
	[Forums Official site of Legend of Siegfried]

Revision as of 00:07, 24 June 2012

Design

The game draws the most influence from ADOM, but it will go far beyond that. The world will be randomly generated, continents, dungeons, towns, cities, etc. There will be a single over-arching theme to the game, but there will also be random quests, as well as a selection of preset quests that will appear in some or all games. The idea is to take the great ideas of ADOM and other roguelikes and remove their limitations while improving upon them. Rather than the world and quests being completely static (and limited), they will be as dynamic as possible while still retaining their meaning and feel.

A lot of the mechanics will differ from ADOM, of course, but in the end it aims to be in the spirit of ADOM (and its predecessors), without limitations and with maximum re-playability.

Links

Download 0.2.5 (Windows); requires .NET Framework 4.0
Download 0.2.5 (Linux); requires Mono with support for .NET 4.0
Forums
Development Blog

Screenshots

Changelog for 0.2.5

ATTENTION: the game defaults to automatically checking for updates on startup; if this behavior is undesirable for any reason, you can disable it by adding the line "Autoupdate=false" to the file "settings.cfg".

Note that save-file compatibility is not guaranteed between versions, and attempting to load cross-version will most likely result in the program crashing or other bugs.

Added ability to perform possible actions with an object from the inventory
Complete rewrite of save routines
Mouse can now be used to select items from lists, as well as target
Added 1 new city feature
Added goto function
Added option to use graphical tileset
Added auto-pickup for items matching equipped ammunition and treasure
Added 2 more minor unique items
Increased hp gain per level
Added activatable combat feats and other new feats
Added 2 new creatures
Made gray mushrooms edible
Rework prices for items
Slightly increased levels of kobold and gnoll bosses
Added first part of yeti quest
Fixed a bug that prevented some items from stacking
Fixed a bug that allowed the same unique to spawn more than once

Features

Currently implemented features:

Quests and dialogue
Basic alchemy
Autoexplore and goto
Basic magic/spell system
Score keeping, and high score list
Shops
Basic settlements and cities
Field of view and light sources
Random world generation
A small selection of items and monsters
Several dungeon environments
Character backgrounds
Character generation
Basic melee and missile combat
Basic weapon skills and a few non-combat skills, with a basic training framework
Activatable items, skills, and powers
Languages: The more advanced races speak a common tongue, but each race generally has its own specific language as well
Factions and territories, e.g., goblins in their own territory might attack creatures they would not mind in other places
Multiple damage types
Natural weapons and special effects (e.g., rats can transmit disease through their bite)
Monsters are the same type of game entity as the player, and wield weapons, use items, etc.
Random item generation
Extremely extensible property-driven event system
Advanced and descriptive messages with dynamic grammar system
Various senses (sight, hearing, etc.) for different perceivable things
Time of day, i.e., day/night cycle with varying visibility
Saving/Loading
Abstract goal-based AI for monsters and NPCs
Various dungeon features (doors, decorations, etc.)
Materials and qualities for items
Many state modifiers (poison, diseases, bleeding, etc.)
19 types of terrain
Weather patterns
Customizable interface and keybindings

Planned features:

Races
Monster and item descriptions, memory
Hundreds of items and creatures
Many different locations, dungeons, complexes, etc.
Diverse effects for different weapon types and styles
Many, many skills
Random quests, and not just basic things like "Go and Find X of Y", "Kill X of Y", etc.
Multiple game modules (i.e., the engine supports loading different modules; The Legend of Siegfried is one of these.)
...and more...

Possibly future features:

Item containers
Inter-game interaction

@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
 Note that save-file compatibility is not guaranteed between versions, and attempting to load cross-version will most likely result in the program crashing or other bugs.
- * Added ability to perform possible actions with an object from the inventory
+* Added ability to perform possible actions with an object from the inventory
- * Complete rewrite of save routines
+* Complete rewrite of save routines
- * Mouse can now be used to select items from lists, as well as target
+* Mouse can now be used to select items from lists, as well as target
- * Added 1 new city feature
+* Added 1 new city feature
- * Added goto function
+* Added goto function
- * Added option to use graphical tileset
+* Added option to use graphical tileset
- * Added auto-pickup for items matching equipped ammunition and treasure
+* Added auto-pickup for items matching equipped ammunition and treasure
- * Added 2 more minor unique items
+* Added 2 more minor unique items
- * Increased hp gain per level
+* Increased hp gain per level
- * Added activatable combat feats and other new feats
+* Added activatable combat feats and other new feats
- * Added 2 new creatures
+* Added 2 new creatures
- * Made gray mushrooms edible
+* Made gray mushrooms edible
- * Rework prices for items
+* Rework prices for items
- * Slightly increased levels of kobold and gnoll bosses
+* Slightly increased levels of kobold and gnoll bosses
- * Added first part of yeti quest
+* Added first part of yeti quest
- * Fixed a bug that prevented some items from stacking
+* Fixed a bug that prevented some items from stacking
- * Fixed a bug that allowed the same unique to spawn more than once
+* Fixed a bug that allowed the same unique to spawn more than once
 == Features ==
 Currently implemented features:
- * Quests and dialogue
+* Quests and dialogue
- * Basic alchemy
+* Basic alchemy
- * Autoexplore and goto
+* Autoexplore and goto
- * Basic magic/spell system
+* Basic magic/spell system
- * Score keeping, and high score list
+* Score keeping, and high score list
- * Shops
+* Shops
- * Basic settlements and cities
+* Basic settlements and cities
- * Field of view and light sources
+* Field of view and light sources
- * Random world generation
+* Random world generation
- * A small selection of items and monsters
+* A small selection of items and monsters
- * Several dungeon environments
+* Several dungeon environments
- * Character backgrounds
+* Character backgrounds
- * Character generation
+* Character generation
- * Basic melee and missile combat
+* Basic melee and missile combat
- * Basic weapon skills and a few non-combat skills, with a basic training framework
+* Basic weapon skills and a few non-combat skills, with a basic training framework
- * Activatable items, skills, and powers
+* Activatable items, skills, and powers
- * Languages:  The more advanced races speak a common tongue, but each race generally has
+* Languages:  The more advanced races speak a common tongue, but each race generally has its own specific language as well
-    its own specific language as well
+* Factions and territories, e.g., goblins in their own territory might attack creatures they would not mind in other places
- * Factions and territories, e.g., goblins in their own territory might attack creatures
+* Multiple damage types
-    they would not mind in other places
+* Natural weapons and special effects (e.g., rats can transmit disease through their bite)
- * Multiple damage types
+* Monsters are the same type of game entity as the player, and wield weapons, use items, etc.
- * Natural weapons and special effects (e.g., rats can transmit disease through their bite)
+* Random item generation
- * Monsters are the same type of game entity as the player, and wield weapons, use items, etc.
+* Extremely extensible property-driven event system
- * Random item generation
+* Advanced and descriptive messages with dynamic grammar system
- * Extremely extensible property-driven event system
+* Various senses (sight, hearing, etc.) for different perceivable things
- * Advanced and descriptive messages with dynamic grammar system
+* Time of day, i.e., day/night cycle with varying visibility
- * Various senses (sight, hearing, etc.) for different perceivable things
+* Saving/Loading
- * Time of day, i.e., day/night cycle with varying visibility
+* Abstract goal-based AI for monsters and NPCs
- * Saving/Loading
+* Various dungeon features (doors, decorations, etc.)
- * Abstract goal-based AI for monsters and NPCs
+* Materials and qualities for items
- * Various dungeon features (doors, decorations, etc.)
+* Many state modifiers (poison, diseases, bleeding, etc.)
- * Materials and qualities for items
+* 19 types of terrain
- * Many state modifiers (poison, diseases, bleeding, etc.)
+* Weather patterns
- * 19 types of terrain
+* Customizable interface and keybindings
- * Weather patterns
- * Customizable interface and keybindings
 Planned features:
- * Races
+* Races
- * Monster and item descriptions, memory
+* Monster and item descriptions, memory
- * Hundreds of items and creatures
+* Hundreds of items and creatures
- * Many different locations, dungeons, complexes, etc.
+* Many different locations, dungeons, complexes, etc.
- * Diverse effects for different weapon types and styles
+* Diverse effects for different weapon types and styles
- * Many, many skills
+* Many, many skills
- * Random quests, and not just basic things like "Go and Find X of Y", "Kill X of Y", etc.
+* Random quests, and not just basic things like "Go and Find X of Y", "Kill X of Y", etc.
- * Multiple game modules (i.e., the engine supports loading different modules;
+* Multiple game modules (i.e., the engine supports loading different modules; The Legend of Siegfried is one of these.)
-    The Legend of Siegfried is one of these.)
+* ...and more...
- * ...and more...
 Possibly future features:
- * Item containers
+* Item containers
- * Inter-game interaction
+* Inter-game interaction
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