Rayel

Rayel
Beta Project
Developer	Anfeir
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	Daggerfall, ADOM, ArcticMUD
Released	Mar 5, 2010
Updated	Apr 18, 2011
Licensing	Freeware, Closed Source
P. Language	C++
Platforms	Windows
Interface	ASCII - Keyboard, Mouse
Game Length	50+ hours
Official site of Rayel

Rayel is a single-player role playing game similar to a rogue-like. The game world is predefined and almost static: all the areas, dungeons, most of item properties.

The plot: A character comes to in a world that is completely new to him. He knows nothing about it. How he should behave and what to do - it's all up to him.

Current version: 0.1.12.

• fixed bug with empty messages in quests, when you get hidden secret rewards.
• fixed several mistypes.
• some skills are not trainable now because of too boring training: hide, poison.
• slight balance tweaks. More starting items.
• some items in inventory are highlighted now.

Features:

• The game is stable, playable, winnable and rather balanced starting from version 0.1. There are winners already.
• The plot with at least 3 endings.
• Pseudo real-time actions: every action and movements takes some time, has the beginning and the end, and everything can happen during this period.
• Missiles (and some spell effects) are flying in the real-time. Some classes have ability to gain amazing speed and overrun them.
• Internationalization support: full Russian and English versions.
• Interface: flexible settings of quick movements, autorunning along the long plains roads, etc.
• Random quests with different difficulty degrees.

The world

• The big and fully active world.
• 178 areas, over 500 sub-areas
• Variety of the world: dungeons, plains, forests, steppes, swamps, deserts, seas, isles, rivers (with underwater part), mountains, castles, temples, towers, towns (plains, forest, underground, mountain), ruins, ancient misty constructions.
• No strict bound between locations. There are some areas which extend over the significant map part.
• No strict levels/floors division: in any place of the map you can encounter an ascending, descending or stairs. Many corridors lead very far away.
• Hidden and locked passages.

Monsters

• 340+ monster races. The significant part of experienced monsters (capital 'letters') can be met only outside the well-known region of map.
• Monsters have almost the same set of attributes that the main character, they can use weapons and other items.
• One the same monster type can be of different professions.
• Large variety of temporary monster effects. Miscellaneous buffs, weaknesses, diseases, venoms, curses etc. Like 120 effect types total.

Skills and spells

• Over 200 total skills and spells (inc. monsters).
• Skills: real raising, without manual raising.
• Monsters, especially experienced, can have large variety of skills and spells, depending on their races and classes.
• There are some spells, effects of which can vary depending on caster's power (mostly his intelligence).

Objects

• 930+ different item types.
• 40+ artifacts.
• 12 unique classes, every of them has its own set of skills and spells, besides the common skills and spells. The significant part of them are accessible only after gaining a particular level.
• Different types of non-item objects: signposts, traps, fountains, plants, levers, caches, windows.