Forays into Norrendrin

Forays into Norrendrin
Stable game
Developer	Derrick Creamer
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	ADOM, DoomRL, Angband
Released	January 28, 2012 (0.5.0)
Updated	February 15, 2012 (0.6.0)
Licensing	MIT
P. Language	C# with Mono
Platforms	Windows, Linux
Interface	ASCII, Keyboard
Game Length	Coffeebreak to medium
Official site of Forays into Norrendrin

A twenty-level dungeon crawl with a skill and feat system, originally starting development in October, 2011. The game features starting traits which define your special ability throughout the game on top of the skills/feats which you choose on each character level increase (and at the beginning of the game). There is a quick start system in place that will allow you to save past configurations for a faster start. There is a high-score system which is based on dungeon depth and player level comparisons. The game focuses on a clean user interface with many accessibility options such as quick slots, automated task options, key bindings and more.

Help & How To Play

Included in the download are five text files which will help on a variety of topics, including:

• help.txt - Featuring a 'how to play' section as well as keyboard commands.
• advanced_help.txt - Shows some more advanced gameplay tips.
• feat_help.txt - Describes which each skill/feat does as well as the category for each.
• item_help.txt - Describes what each item does in the game.
• spell_help.txt - Describes what each spell does.

Alternatively, most of this information is available in game through various means, including the help menu, which is accessed by pressing "?" (Shift + /).

Future Plans

• 0.7.0 - Gameplay improvement release: Balance changes, more traps, better handling of sound events, some improvements to dungeon generation.
• Soon after - The last major feature: Templated special levels will appear once per game to offer different challenges.