CryptRL

CryptRL
Alpha Project
Developer	Crypt (Vincent Primault)
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	NetHack, Slash'EM,ADOM
Released
Updated	2006/09/22 ver: 0.6556
Licensing	open source, freeware
P. Language	Java
Platforms	Java
Interface	Tiles,ASCII, Keyboard, Mouse
Game Length	final version will be neverending
	Official site of CryptRL

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, it is currently a playable Alpha.

Features

Tools (picking tools, picks, shovels, lanterns, oil flasks, etc)
LOS (line of sight) and "LOH" (line of hearing)
Lighting
Monsters
Current creatures can: melee attack, follow an ennemy, open doors, flee, pick up some items(weapons, armors, healing potions), drink healing potion, cast firebolt, react when their possessions are stolen/or destroyed, track noises, guard things and others creatures, have friends and hereditary ennemies (not only the character)
Potions, weapons, armors
Traps, chests
Stats & skills
Night/day cycles
Teleporters
Automap
Parrying
Spells, scrolls
Weather effects (visual only)
Zoom
Secret passages and hidden items
Pushable items
Pregenerated and Random persistant maps
Predefined map editor CryptEDITOR.bat (On development)
Optional Permadeath
Simple Animations
ASCII or TILES display
Traders, guards, farmers
All of this results in several interaction and combo features. (eg. try digging in water, throw exploding traps, use the species relationships during combat, hide in water, throw a lantern in order to light an area while staying in darkness, attract a monster by making noice (like in Dark Project ;) ) and sneak around, ETC.... I give priority to interactions rather than XXX variations.)
Unlimited three dimensions world.(Of course future enhanced generators will add more interesting contents to this "infinity")

Planned Features

More AI. Creatures will be able to use more items, cast more spells, take more decisions, etc.
More spells
More monsters
Amulets, shields, boots, gauntlets
Quests
Cities, NPCs
Thematic and more complex random generators for dungeons, cities and wilderness
More AI again.

Known Issues

Several optimizations are still pending 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 run :

START_CryptRL.bat

Other OS :

java -jar -Xms128m -Xmx128m "CryptRL.jar"

NORMAL version includes sounds (but not bonusSounds) and tiles.

If you download the NoSound or NoSound_NoTile version you may, if you like, get the sounds.zip and images.zip files and unpack them in the game folder. (\sons\ and \images\ folders would then be created)

An optional resource file available from the website, bonusSounds.zip, must be unpacked in the \sons\ambiance\ folder.

Ambient Sounds can be customized via .wav files (ACM only) on the following folders

\sons\ambiance\outdoorday 
\sons\ambiance\outdoornight
\sons\ambiance\underground

Editor instructions

You can launch the editor ingame.

The maps using the following coords are special cases

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

These are precreated maps. If you modify them they could be rebuilt by clicking on the "Rebuild test maps" menu item anytime before starting a new game or ingame. Note that modifications on these maps would then be lost.

Maps files are saved as .zip (only .zip maps must be loaded) in the TERRAINSstockMonde folder.

Requirements

CryptRL requires Sun JAVA 1.5 JRE

Developped and tested under Windows XP.

Not tested under MacOS, Win98, WinMe nor Win2000.

Screenshots

Pseudo Ascii display :

Tiles display :

Optional GUI and optional tree display:

An underground :

Editor (Under construction):