CryptRL

CryptRL
Developer	Crypt
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	NetHack, Slash'EM
Status	Playable Alpha 0.6245
Released
Updated	2006/07/02
Licensing
P. Language	Java
Platforms	Java
Interface	Tiles, Keyboard
Game Length
	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)

Take note that the UI is not final and will be more friendly in future releases.

Current version includes: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 , amongst many others, altough there are still a lot of features to implement. (e.g more spells, more monsters, more AI, amulets, shields, boots, gauntlets, quests, cities, npcs, etc....)

In the game some maps are pregenerated while others are random, all of them are persistant and the final version will contain thematic random generators for dungeons, ciites and wilderness (for instance a random room could be a laboratory. So it wouldn't contain the same features as a jail or a bedroom.)

NOTE : i'm currently developping an editor to easily create predefined maps. This editor can be launch by using CryptEDITOR.bat

Known Issues

In current version, these important issues must be corrected:

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

Please report any bug to:

cryptmaster@free.fr

(any issue report about CryptRL under Linux or MacOs would be greatly appreciated)

Links

Executable distribution and source code:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptrl/

THE MOST RECENT RELEASE IS ALWAYS HERE :

http://cryptmaster.free.fr/

Running Instructions

Under Windows : simply run CryptRL128.bat

If you do not use this .bat file please launch CryptRL from the command line as:

java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m CryptRL

To launch the EDITOR:

CryptEDITOR.bat
or  java -cp . -Xms128m -Xmx128m Editeur

The maps using the following coords are special cases = 
0,0,0
0,-2,0
0,0,-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.

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

Ambiant 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.