Difference between revisions of "Terminal Assassin"

Terminal Assassin
Beta Project
Developer	Memmaker
Theme	Modern
Influences	Hitman series
Released	2023 Jan 5
Updated	2023 Jan 5 (Beta)
Licensing	Freeware
P. Language	Go
Platforms	Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac
Interface	ASCII, Keyboard
Game Length	~ half an hour
	Official site of Terminal Assassin

Revision as of 02:05, 15 January 2023

Terminal Assassin is a coffeebreak roguelike

Title screen

Gameplay scene of Terminal Assassin

Screenshot of the career viewer

The goal of this project is to build a community driven assassination sandbox game.

Instead of random level generation, this game focuses on user created content and thus comes with a full featured map/mission editor.

NOTE: The current beta release does only contain one pre-built demo mission. However, it is possible to use the mission editor to create some playable maps right now.

Core Design

Real-time assassination sandbox gameplay
Map / Mission editor
Will track your kills over your career

Feature completion status

Movement [DONE]
Item interactions (Pickup, Drop, Prev/Next, Choose from Menu, Use) [DONE]
Enemy alert states and schedules [DONE]
Doors & Windows can be opened, closed and windows can be broken [DONE]
Picking Locks [DONE]
Create distractions [DONE]
Melee Kills & Take downs [DONE]
Send to Sleep [DONE]
Thrown Weapons [DONE]
Ranged Weapons [DONE]
Environmental Kills
Hide in:
- Closets [DONE]
- Bushes
- the masses
Leaning around corners [DONE]
Dragging & Hiding Bodies [WIP]
Explosives [WIP]
Poison (Emetic & Lethal) [DONE]
Disguises [WIP]
Sniping [DONE]
Private Areas [PLANNED]
Bodyguards [PLANNED]
System based interactions (eg. water+electricity) [WIP]
Story missions / NPC Interactions [PLANNED]
Cameras [PLANNED]
Dragging corpses leaves a blood trail [DONE]
You can use a piece of cloth to wipe away blood, oil and water [DONE]

Input

Keybindings for gameplay
Action	Keys
Movement	w,a,s,d
Interact with tile below	r
Interact in cardinal directions	i,j,k,l
Peek in cardinal directions	t,f,g,h
Pick up item	r
Equip next inventory Item	q
Set body part aiming	Tab
Begin aiming	f
Fire after aiming	Mouse Left Click
Drop item	x
Put item away	c
Open inventory	i

Gamepad

Gamepad Button Mapping for Terminal Assassin

Directed interactions

You can interact with objects in five directions: The four cardinal directions around you (N,E,S,W) and the objects on the tile you are standing on.

There is a dedicated button for triggering context actions in each of these directions.

The status line will show you which directional button will equate to which action at any time.

Sneaking context actions

Some actions are performed implicitly through the act of sneaking.

Sneaking is achieved by just go very slow between tiles.

In addition to being more stealthy when moving, sneaking can also be used to perform the following actions:

Equip a cleaning rag and sneak over a blood splatter to wipe it away.
Sneak over a body to drag it to a better place.

There is a dedicated sneaking button, enabling you to easily slow down your movement while pressed.

Mission Editor

Global Keybindings for Editor
Action	Keys
Switch to Map mode	F1
Switch to Item mode	F2
Switch to Actor mode	F3
Switch to Task mode	F4
Switch to Zone mode	F5
Test gameplay	F9
Save map	F11
Load map	F12, l

Keybindings for Map mode
Action	Keys
Open Tile Menu	Space
Place tile	Mouse Left Click

Keybindings for Item mode
Action	Keys
Open Item Menu	Space
Place item	Mouse Left Click

Keybindings for Actor mode
Action	Keys
Add actor	a
Toggle selected actor type	t
Delete selected actor	Backspace

Keybindings for Task mode
Action	Keys
Add task	a
Delete selected task	Backspace

Community involvement

I hope people will like this project and might want to contribute.

To begin with, you can reach me (memmaker), via the comment system on the itch.io page.

If there are enough people interested to justify it, chat channels will be established.

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 '''NOTE:''' The current beta release does only contain one pre-built demo mission. However, it is possible to use the mission editor to create some playable maps right now.
-== What is currently working? ==
+== Core Design ==
-You can play the demo mission to completion.
+* Real-time assassination sandbox gameplay
+* Map / Mission editor
-You can also replay it and try to complete one of the four classic challenges.
+* Will track your kills over your career
-You can use the editor to create your own maps.
-Gameplay wise the following things are working:
-* Movement
-* Item interactions (Pickup, Drop, Prev/Next, Choose from Menu, Use)
-* Enemy alert states and schedules
-* Melee, Throwing and Shooting (incl. Sniper mechanics)
-* Doors & Windows can be opened, closed and windows can be broken
-* Dragging corpses leaves a blood trail
-* You can use a piece of cloth to wipe that blood trail
-== Features ==
+== Feature completion status ==
-* Real-time assassination gameplay
-* Mission editor
-* Will track your kills over your career
-* Includes the original Hitman challenges ("Piano Man", "Tasteless, Traceless", etc)
-== Requirements ==
+* Movement [DONE]
-'''IMPORTANT:''' Please, install the font called square-hacked.ttf in the "font" folder of this release.
+* Item interactions (Pickup, Drop, Prev/Next, Choose from Menu, Use) [DONE]
+* Enemy alert states and schedules [DONE]
+* Doors & Windows can be opened, closed and windows can be broken [DONE]
+* Picking Locks [DONE]
+* Create distractions [DONE]
+* Melee Kills & Take downs [DONE]
+* Send to Sleep [DONE]
+* Thrown Weapons [DONE]
+* Ranged Weapons [DONE]
+* Environmental Kills
+* Hide in:
+** Closets [DONE]
+** Bushes
+** the masses
+* Leaning around corners [DONE]
+* Dragging & Hiding Bodies [WIP]
+* Explosives [WIP]
+* Poison (Emetic & Lethal) [DONE]
+* Disguises [WIP]
+* Sniping [DONE]
+* Private Areas [PLANNED]
+* Bodyguards [PLANNED]
+* System based interactions (eg. water+electricity) [WIP]
+* Story missions / NPC Interactions [PLANNED]
+* Cameras [PLANNED]
+* Dragging corpses leaves a blood trail [DONE]
+* You can use a piece of cloth to wipe away blood, oil and water [DONE]
 == Input ==
@@ Line 61: / Line 71: @@
 | Movement || w,a,s,d
 |-
-| Interact / Pickup || e
+| Interact with tile below || r
+|-
+| Interact in cardinal directions || i,j,k,l
+|-
+| Peek in cardinal directions || t,f,g,h
+|-
+| Pick up item || r
 |-
 | Equip next inventory Item || q
@@ Line 78: / Line 94: @@
 |}
-=== Interactions with multiple objects ===
+=== Gamepad ===
+[[File:Gamepad Button Mapping for Terminal Assassin.png|thumb|center|Gamepad Button Mapping for Terminal Assassin]]
+=== Directed interactions ===
+You can interact with objects in five directions:
+The four cardinal directions around you (N,E,S,W) and the objects on the tile you are standing on.
+There is a dedicated button for triggering context actions in each of these directions.
+The status line will show you which directional button will equate to which action at any time.
+=== Sneaking context actions ===
+Some actions are performed implicitly through the act of sneaking.
+Sneaking is achieved by just go very slow between tiles.
+In addition to being more stealthy when moving, sneaking can also be used to perform the following actions:
+* Equip a cleaning rag and sneak over a blood splatter to wipe it away.
+* Sneak over a body to drag it to a better place.
-When you are close to multiple objects, you can interact with them by pressing the E key, that will switch into directional mode and the next direction you press on the keyboard will choose the object you want to interact with.
+There is a dedicated sneaking button, enabling you to easily slow down your movement while pressed.
 == Mission Editor ==