A polished update of the original Ascii Roguelike submitted by our team during the 2020 Irvine Hacks Hackathon.
Our original submission: Ascii Roguelike
What this updated version adds:
- Player names
- A local scoreboard
- Better action announcements
- Flushed-out tutorial screen
- Weapon durability
- A bow that looks like "
}") - Player can now earn XP
How players can earn XP:
- Defeating monsters
- Item pickups!
- Finishing levels (within a set amount of moves)
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| W | Move up |
| A | Move left |
| S | Move down |
| D | Move right |
| SPACEBAR | Attack |
| ENTER | Confirm action |
Legend
| Symbol | Value | Type |
|---|---|---|
| @ | Player | |
| T | Sword | Weapon |
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Bow | Weapon |
| ~ | Key | Pickup |
| h | Health | Pickup |
| C | Coin | Pickup |
| O | Orc | Enemy |
| G | Goblin | Enemy |
| B | Behemoth | Enemy |
Future updates should include:
- Lots of bug fixes
- Better pathfinding for monsters
- Bossfights
- Each level should become more complex than the last
- Keys for higher levels!
- Shops
- More weapons & monsters
- A bow that actually shoots