Serial Killer

Serial Killer
Alpha Project
Developer	bloodrizer
Theme	Social simulation
Influences	Serial Killer Hoax
Released	Feb 2010
Updated	Mar 2012
Licensing	Freeware, Open Source
P. Language	Java, formerly Python
Platforms	cross-platform
Interface	ASCII, Tiles, Keyboard, Mouse
Game Length	Open ended
Official site of Serial Killer

Serial Killer (working title) is a proof-of-concept social simulation roguelike. The sole gameplay purpose is to let the player kill (or not to kill) in-game NPC's.

Technologies

Serial Killer was formerly written using Python and libtcod wrapper. Rewrited in 2012 using opengl-based java render and LWJGL library.

Latest dev build can be found on the web site and is playable in browser via java applet.

Status and Road Map

Jskiller (Java Serial Killer Roguelike) is a prof-of-the-concept project. It is currently an early alpha prototype. It has basic gameplay features like npc, ai, town map generation, inventory, simple gui. Hoover, it has no goal, no score system, no challenges.

Developer is currently in search of gameplay conception, so feature requests are gratefully acceptable.

Game is now in stage of legacy code porting.

Current roadmap:

• [ ] Basic score system
• [ ] Clues on the crimeplace
• [ ] Blood traces on player (kind of 'crime cooldown')
• [ ] Police should react on blood splats on player
• [ ] FBI agents should locate clues and investigate them
• [ ] Newspapers

Features

Ported:

• Widnow GUI system and mouse support
• Random town generation
• Simple inventory system
• NPC with random name, race and stats generation

Not ported yet:

• Simple body simulation with bloodloss, stun effect, body part damage and dismember function
• Simple police AI and simple crimeplace investigation mechanic

Screenshots

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External Links

Latest code release Development blog since 2010