Difference between revisions of "CryptRL"

CryptRL
Developer	Crypt
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	NetHack, Slash'EM
Status	Playable Alpha 0.6282
Released
Updated	2006/07/27
Licensing
P. Language	Java
Platforms	Java
Interface	Tiles, Keyboard
Game Length
	Official site of CryptRL

Revision as of 22:34, 3 August 2006

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.

Features

Tools (picking tools, picks, shovels, lanterns, oil flasks, etc)
LOS
Lighting
Monsters
Potions, weapons, armors
Traps, chests
Stats & skills
Night/day cycles
Teleporters
Automap
Parrying
Spells, scrolls
Weather effects
Zoom
Pregenerated and Random persistant maps
Predefined map editor CryptEDITOR.bat (On development)
Optional Permadeath
Simple Animations

Planned Features

More spells
More monsters
More AI
Amulets, shields, boots, gauntlets
Quests
Cities, NPCs
Thematic and more complex random generators for dungeons, cities and wilderness

Known Issues

Null pointer exceptions are still being thrown sometimes by the random dungeon generator
There are GUI troubles under LINUX. Not tested under MacOS.
Several optimizations still have 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 :

Simply run

CryptRL128.bat

or from the command line:

java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m CryptRL

To launch the editor:

Run

CryptEDITOR.bat

or

java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m Editeur

Editor instructions

The maps using the following coords are special cases

0,0,0
0,-2,0
0,0,-1

These are precreated maps. If you've modified them you may still rebuild them by pressing Shift+Alt+R ingame. (start a new game, press shift+alt+r then start a new game again) Note that your modifications on this maps would then be lost. (Please note that i sometime leave the rebuild function activated in some releases. In this case any modifications on 0/0/0 , 0/-2/0 , or 0/0/1 maps would be cancelled at game startup)

Maps files are saved as .zip (and you must only load .zip maps) in the TERRAINSstockMonde folder.

Ambient Sounds : You can put any .wav (ACM only) file in the following folders =

\sons\ambiance\outdoorday

\sons\ambiance\outdoornight

\sons\ambiance\underground

If you download ambianceWavs.rar or ambianceWavs.zip, unpack it in the \sons\ambiance\ folder.

Requirements

CryptRL requires Sun JAVA 1.5 JRE

Developped and works fine under Windows XP.

Not tested under MacOS, Win98, WinMe nor Win2000.

Screenshots

Wilderness by night (and rain) :

Zoom :

Optional black GUI :

An underground :

Editor (Under construction):

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 Its main influence is NetHack/Slash'Em (as for the ingame interaction)
-The UI is not definitive and is being enhanced for future releases.
+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.
-Please note that there is no story nor quest yet.
-The current dev state is still an "engine development state"
 Development started in November 2005.
@@ Line 72: / Line 69: @@
 == Running Instructions ==
-Under Windows : simply run CryptRL128.bat
+Under Windows :
+Simply run
+ CryptRL128.bat
-If you do not use this .bat file please launch CryptRL from the command line as:
+or from the command line:
   java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m CryptRL
 To launch the editor:
+Run
   CryptEDITOR.bat
-  or  java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m Editeur
+or
+  java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m Editeur
 == Editor instructions ==
@@ Line 89: / Line 92: @@
 ,0,-1
-They are precreated maps. If you've modified them you may still rebuild them by pressing Shift+Alt+R ingame. (start a new game, press shift+alt+r then start a new game again) Note that your modifications on this maps would then be lost.  (Please note that i sometime leave the rebuild function activated in some releases. In this case any modifications on 0/0/0 , 0/-2/0 , or 0/0/1 maps would be cancelled at game startup)
+These are precreated maps. If you've modified them you may still rebuild them by pressing Shift+Alt+R ingame. (start a new game, press shift+alt+r then start a new game again) Note that your modifications on this maps would then be lost.  (Please note that i sometime leave the rebuild function activated in some releases. In this case any modifications on 0/0/0 , 0/-2/0 , or 0/0/1 maps would be cancelled at game startup)
 Maps files are saved as .zip (and you must only load .zip maps) in the TERRAINSstockMonde folder.
@@ Line 112: / Line 115: @@
 == Screenshots ==
+Wilderness by night (and rain) :
 http://cryptmaster.free.fr/SITE/crlscreenshots/2.jpg
 http://cryptmaster.free.fr/SITE/crlscreenshots/3.jpg
+Zoom :
 http://cryptmaster.free.fr/SITE/crlscreenshots/4.jpg
-http://cryptmaster.free.fr/SITE/crlscreenshots/5.jpg
+Optional black GUI :
+http://cryptmaster.free.fr/SITE/crlscreenshots/6289_gd.jpg
+An underground :
 http://cryptmaster.free.fr/cryptrl/Screenshots/crlgoth.jpg
-Under construction Editor :
+Editor (Under construction):
 http://cryptmaster.free.fr/SITE/crlscreenshots/editor.jpg