Serial Killer

Serial Killer
Alpha Project
Developer	bloodrizer
Theme	Social simulation
Influences	Serial Killer Hoax
Released	Feb 2010
Updated	Feb 2010
Licensing	Freeware, Open Source
P. Language	Python
Platforms	cross-platform
Interface	ASCII, Tiles, Keyboard, Mouse
Game Length	Open ended
Official site of Serial Killer

Serial Killer (working title) is a proof-of-concept social simulation roguelike. The sole gameplay purpose is to let the player kill (or not to kill) in-game NPC's.

Technologies

Serial Killer is heavily based on 'Complete Roguelike Tutorial' by Jo??o F. Henriques. It is written using Python and libtcod wrapper.

Status and Road Map

Pyskiller (Python Serial Killer Roguelike) is a prof-of-the-concept project. It is currently an early alpha prototype. It has basic gameplay features like npc, ai, town map generation, inventory, simple gui. Hoover, it has no goal, no score system, no challenges.

Developer is currently in search of gameplay conception, so feature requests are gratefully acceptable.

Current roadmap:

• [ ] Basic score system
• [ ] Clues on the crimeplace
• [ ] Blood traces on player (kind of 'crime cooldown')
• [ ] Police should react on blood splats on player
• [ ] FBI agents should locate clues and investigate them
• [ ] Newspapers

Features

• Random town generation
• Simple inventory system
• NPC with random name, race and stats generation
• Simple body simulation with bloodloss, stun effect, body part damage and dismember function
• Simple police AI and simple crimeplace investigation mechanic
• Simple GUI system and mouse support

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External Links

Latest code release