Numenfall

Numenfall
Beta Project
Developer	Xan
Theme	Classic
Influences	ADOM, JADE, Incursion, Ragnarok, ToME
Released	7/02/2011
Updated	3/28/2015
Licensing	closed source
P. Language	C#
Platforms	Windows, Linux
Interface	ASCII, Tiles, Keyboard, Mouse
Game Length	~2 hours
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Design

The game draws the most influence from ADOM, but it will go far beyond that. The world will be randomly generated, continents, dungeons, towns, cities, etc. There will be a single over-arching theme to the game, but there will also be random quests, as well as a selection of preset quests that will appear in some or all games. The idea is to take the great ideas of ADOM and other roguelikes and remove their limitations while improving upon them. Rather than the world and quests being completely static (and limited), they will be as dynamic as possible while still retaining their meaning and feel.

A lot of the mechanics will differ from ADOM, of course, but in the end it aims to be in the spirit of ADOM (and its predecessors), without limitations and with maximum re-playability.

Links

Requires .NET Framework 4.0 or Mono with support for .NET 4.0

Download 0.3.5 (Music)
Download 0.3.5 (Without music)
Forums
Development Blog

Current tileset graphics are placeholders and will eventually be replaced with consistent and thematic art.

Changelog for 0.3.5

Note that save-file compatibility is not guaranteed between versions, and attempting to load cross-version will most likely result in the program crashing or other bugs.

* Rework game start
* Add new items
* Add new spells
* Improved font rendering
* You now get feedback if you can't gain a talent
* Reworked accuracy and defense
* Fix bug where magic items were not highlighted when pressing left alt if you weren't standing on any items
* Fix UI not updating correctly after character death
* Fix RMB action conflicts in some cases
* Fix bug that prevented you from using the mouse to select tiles/ascii options

Features

Currently implemented features:

• Quests and dialogue
• Basic alchemy
• Autoexplore and goto
• Basic magic/spell system
• Score keeping, and high score list
• Shops
• Basic settlements and cities
• Field of view and light sources
• Random world generation
• A small selection of items and monsters
• Several dungeon environments
• Character backgrounds
• Character generation
• Basic melee and missile combat
• Basic weapon skills and a few non-combat skills, with a basic training framework
• Activatable items, skills, and powers
• Languages: The more advanced races speak a common tongue, but each race generally has its own specific language as well
• Factions and territories, e.g., goblins in their own territory might attack creatures they would not mind in other places
• Multiple damage types
• Natural weapons and special effects (e.g., rats can transmit disease through their bite)
• Monsters are the same type of game entity as the player, and wield weapons, use items, etc.
• Random item generation
• Extremely extensible property-driven event system
• Advanced and descriptive messages with dynamic grammar system
• Various senses (sight, hearing, etc.) for different perceivable things
• Time of day, i.e., day/night cycle with varying visibility
• Saving/Loading
• Abstract goal-based AI for monsters and NPCs and dungeon generation
• Various dungeon features (doors, decorations, etc.)
• Materials and qualities for items
• Many state modifiers (poison, diseases, bleeding, etc.)
• Many types of terrain
• Weather patterns
• Customizable interface and keybindings
• Item containers

Planned features:

• Races
• Monster and item descriptions, memory
• Hundreds of items and creatures
• Many different locations, dungeons, complexes, etc.
• Diverse effects for different weapon types and styles
• Many, many skills
• Random quests, and not just basic things like "Go and Find X of Y", "Kill X of Y", etc.
• Multiple game modules (i.e., the engine supports loading different modules; the main game is one of these.)
• ...and more...

Possibly future features:

• Inter-game interaction