Cataclysm

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cataclysm
Alpha Project
Developer	Whales
Theme	Post-Apocalypse, Zombie, Sci-fi
Influences	Fallout, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life, Deus Ex, DoomRL, Crawl, Dune, Mad Max, Dawn of the Dead, I Am Legend, Tremors, The Day of the Triffids, RIFTS
Released	TBA
Updated	TBA
Licensing	Open source; unlicensed
P. Language	C++
Platforms	Linux; accessible via SSH
Interface	ASCII, Keyboard
Game Length	?
Official site of cataclysm

Cataclysm is a zombie apocalypse roguelike available through SSH at cataclysm@squidnet.ath.cx. Source is available at http://squidnet.ath.cx/cataclysm.tar.gz, or via the git repository at http://github.com/cataclysm/Cataclysm. There is a devblog at cataclysmrl.blogspot.com.

Cataclysm is still in alpha, and should be expected to be riddled with bugs. Please do not exploit these bugs and run shellcode on squidnet.

Features

• Detailed character creation, with a plethora of traits to choose from
• Bionics; Similar to the magic system in many games
• Mutations, both positive and negative
• Unbounded, three-dimensional world map that is persistant between characters
• Item crafting
• Realistic fire, smoke, and other dynamic map effects
• NPCs:
  • Menu-based dialog
  • Item trading
  • Ability to recruit, hire, or enslave NPCs to form a party
• Randomized Factions with their own economies and longterm goals
• A day/night cycle with the need to sleep
• Over 300 item types, including a multitude of real-world guns, drugs, and tools.
  • Many drugs are addictive, and will require continuous use to avoid withdrawal effects.

Undocumented Debug Keys

• ~ toggles debug mode; during debug mode, extra debug messages will be displayed.
• z reveals the world map (and will also tell you how many radio towers it contains)
• M displays your addictions and their severity, and will also let you know when the next monster spawn will occur.
• Z allows you to "wish" for an item. It's ugly and not very user friendly right now; hitting spacebar wishes for the selected item, and "/<name><ENTER>" will search for, and select, item <name> (e.g. "/5.56<ENTER>" will select 5.56 NATO).
• G will spawn a random NPC nearby. They'll want to talk to you, but there's a good chance that their intentions are not benign.
• ' displays the scent map.
• * causes the player to teleport a short distance. This perfectly mimics the in-game "teleporter" item.
  • This is mainly useful if you somehow get stuck inside walls or the like. Let me know via email or the talk page here if that happens.
  • Just like the teleporter, using * will cause you to become slightly disconnected from reality. This can cause illness, teleportitis, hostile summons and more. Use sparingly.
• % displays your kill counts.