Xenocide

Xenocide
Beta Project
Developer	Jakub Debski
Theme	Science fiction
Influences
Released	2002
Updated	2007 Mar 28
Licensing
P. Language	C++
Platforms	DOS, Linux and Windows
Interface	ASCII
Game Length
Official site of Xenocide

Xenocide is a futuristic roguelike developed by Jakub Debski since 2002.

Description

Xenocide is based on a futuristic and horror theme, where the player must try and survive while fighting his way through waves of human, alien, and robotic foes.

Xenocide has, amongst its various features:

• A simple character creation system (for now)
• Permadeath
• Persistent levels
• Combat that relies heavily on the use of tactics, guns and devices
• An assortment of various pills (like potions in other games) and tools
• Unique level design algorithms that give each area its own distinct flavour (i.e. the levels onboard the space shuttle are vastly different from the levels in the mines)
• The ability for the player to build his own army of robots from spare parts
• The ability to splice the player's DNA with enemy DNA
• A single boss monster at the end of one of the areas
• Multiple tile monsters
• Some energy weapons

Xenocide is also planned to have, sometime in the future:

• More items, weapons, armours and monsters
• Boss monsters at the end of most game areas
• An actual ending whereby the player can beat the game
• More energy weapons and flamethrowers

Versions and platforms

Latest version has been compiled for Windows but author claims it should run without problems under wine.

Related links

• Jakub Debski's homepage
• Old Xenocide version (available for all listed platforms)
• A review on Temple of the Roguelike
• A review on The Ascii Dungeon