Difference between revisions of "CryptRL"
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* Secret passages and hidden items | * Secret passages and hidden items | ||
* Pushable items | * Pushable items | ||
* Pregenerated and Randomly generated | * Pregenerated and Randomly generated '''persistant''' maps | ||
* Predefined map editor CryptEDITOR.bat (On development) | * Predefined map editor CryptEDITOR.bat (On development) | ||
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* All of this results in several interaction and combo features. (eg. try digging in water, throw exploding traps, use the species relationships during combat, hide in water, throw a lantern in order to light an area while staying in darkness, attract a monster by making noice (like in Dark Project ;) ) and sneak around, ETC.... I give priority to interactions rather than XXX variations.) | * All of this results in several interaction and combo features. (eg. try digging in water, throw exploding traps, use the species relationships during combat, hide in water, throw a lantern in order to light an area while staying in darkness, attract a monster by making noice (like in Dark Project ;) ) and sneak around, ETC.... I give priority to interactions rather than XXX variations.) | ||
* Unlimited three dimensions world.(Of course future enhanced generators will add more interesting contents to this "infinity") | * Unlimited three dimensions world.(Of course future enhanced generators will add more interesting contents to this "infinity") | ||
* Holes in the ground => holes in the ceiling in inferior levels. The same is true for stairs (up<=>down) | * Holes in the ground => holes in the ceiling in inferior levels. The same is true for stairs (up<=>down) '''even for ingame randomly generated levels'''. @ and creatures can fly up/down thrown holes. | ||
* Evil Bunny. | * Evil Bunny. | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 6 October 2006
| CryptRL | |
|---|---|
| Alpha Project | |
| Developer | Crypt (Vincent Primault) |
| Theme | Fantasy |
| Influences | NetHack, Slash'EM,ADOM |
| Released | |
| Updated | 2006/10/07 ver: 0.6635 |
| Licensing | open source, freeware |
| P. Language | Java |
| Platforms | Java |
| Interface | Tiles,ASCII, Keyboard, Mouse |
| Game Length | final version will be neverending |
| Official site of CryptRL | |
Description
CryptRL is a Java 1.5 roguelike with sound and graphics, which uses the David Gervais tileset as well as the RLTiles library.
It's bilingual (english/french) and allows you to switch language ingame.
Its main influence is NetHack/Slash'Em (as for the ingame interaction)
The current in-dev version, described as being on "Engine Development Status", has no story nor quests yet, and the UI is not definitive. All this is being enhanced for future releases.
Development started in November 2005, it is currently a playable Alpha.
Notes:
My goal is NOT to build a generic engine.
My goal is to build a not so generic "on my very own way" engine.
This means far future features will make possible some ghostbusters, night of the living dead, beetlejuice, haunted houses or more "serious" heroic fantasy settings, campaigns and scenarii but there will be no SpaceOp nor Cyberpunk possibilities. (nor Western, nor Steampunk, nor...etc)
Features
- Tools (picking tools, picks, shovels, lanterns, oil flasks, etc)
- FOV and "FOH" (field of hearing)
- Dynamic lighting
- Monsters
- Current creatures can: melee attack, follow an ennemy, open doors, flee, pick up items, drink healing potion, cast firebolt, react when their possessions are stolen/or destroyed, track noises, guard things and others creatures, have friends and hereditary ennemies (not only the character)
- Potions, weapons, armors
- Traps, chests
- Stats & skills
- Night/day cycles
- Teleporters
- Automap
- Parrying
- Spells, scrolls
- Weather effects (visual only)
- Zoom
- Secret passages and hidden items
- Pushable items
- Pregenerated and Randomly generated persistant maps
- Predefined map editor CryptEDITOR.bat (On development)
- Optional Permadeath
- Simple Animations
- ASCII or TILES display
- Traders, guards, farmers
- Pets
- A permadead characters Graveyard (can be visited and profaned ingame)
- All of this results in several interaction and combo features. (eg. try digging in water, throw exploding traps, use the species relationships during combat, hide in water, throw a lantern in order to light an area while staying in darkness, attract a monster by making noice (like in Dark Project ;) ) and sneak around, ETC.... I give priority to interactions rather than XXX variations.)
- Unlimited three dimensions world.(Of course future enhanced generators will add more interesting contents to this "infinity")
- Holes in the ground => holes in the ceiling in inferior levels. The same is true for stairs (up<=>down) even for ingame randomly generated levels. @ and creatures can fly up/down thrown holes.
- Evil Bunny.
Planned Features
- More AI. Creatures will be able to use more items, cast more spells, take more decisions, etc.
- More spells
- More monsters
- Amulets, shields, boots, gauntlets
- Quests
- Cities, NPCs
- Thematic and more complex random generators for dungeons, cities and wilderness
- More AI again.
Known Issues
- Several optimizations are still pending to be done
Any bug reports must be sent to: cryptmaster@free.fr
Testing under Linux or MacOs is greatly appreciated
Links
- Executable distribution and source code: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptrl/
- Official Website including most recent release: http://cryptmaster.free.fr/
Running Instructions
Under Windows run :
START_CryptRL.bat
Other OS :
java -jar -Xms128m -Xmx128m "CryptRL.jar"
NORMAL version includes sounds (but not bonusSounds) and tiles.
If you download the NoSound or NoSound_NoTile version you may, if you like, get the sounds.zip and images.zip files and unpack them in the game folder. (\sons\ and \images\ folders would then be created)
An optional resource file available from the website, bonusSounds.zip, must be unpacked in the \sons\ambiance\ folder.
Ambient Sounds can be customized via .wav files (ACM only) on the following folders
\sons\ambiance\outdoorday \sons\ambiance\outdoornight \sons\ambiance\underground
Editor instructions
You can launch the editor ingame.
The maps using the following coords are special cases
0,0,0 0,-2,0 0,0,-1
These are precreated maps. If you modify them they could be rebuilt by clicking on the "Rebuild test maps" menu item anytime before starting a new game or ingame. Note that modifications on these maps would then be lost.
Maps files are saved as .zip (only .zip maps must be loaded) in the TERRAINSstockMonde folder.
Requirements
CryptRL requires Sun JAVA 1.5 JRE
Developped and tested under Windows XP.
Not tested under MacOS, Win98, WinMe nor Win2000.
Screenshots
Pseudo Ascii display and extended message panel:
Tiles display :
Optional GUI and optional tree display:
An underground :
Editor (Under construction):
