CryptRL
| CryptRL | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Crypt (Vincent Primault) |
| Theme | Fantasy |
| Influences | NetHack, Slash'EM |
| Status | Playable Alpha 0.6330 |
| Released | |
| Updated | 2006/08/12 |
| 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.
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
- Secret passages and hidden items
- Pushable items
- 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
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.
Editor instructions
To launch the editor:
Run
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
These are precreated maps. If you've modified them you may still rebuild them by pressing Shift+Alt+R ingame (versions 06312-) or click on the "Rebuild test maps" menu item anytime before starting a new game or ingame (versions 06313+). Note that your modifications on this maps would then be lost.
Maps files are saved as .zip (and you must only load .zip maps) in the TERRAINSstockMonde 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):
