Sick of playing the same rogue-like over and over? Now you can make your own! Inspired by Kyle's Quest and Dwarf Fortress, EverRogue generates endless rogue-like games for you and your friends to play.
Install python 3.
pip3 install transitions
pip3 install colorist
I created a game called "castle" that you can play through. From the root directory, run:
python3 -i -m castle.index
Game generation works as follows:
Games are generated from GameStyles, which contain a sequence of LevelStyles. These levels are generated in order.
LevelStyles contain the Room classes that are used to construct the individual rooms (called Places) in the level. Levels also add doors connecting rooms to one another.
Place classes describe (as a range) how many of the room should be created per level, as well as the creature classes that they can contain. They specify the elements of the room (such as walls) and the furniture contained within. They also define options such as the colors that the room elements can be painted.
Room elements define behavior- floors can catch falling objects, doors connect rooms, etc.
Creature classes form the root of a tree of Limb classes that the given creature class contains. They also define behaviors for the creature, such as grasp() to pick up items or leave() to exit a room.
Limb classes contain items in their inventory, such as a tunic on a torso or a sword in a hand. They also contain attributes called "tags" that determine which behaviors the limb can be used for.
Tags A limb with a "grasp" tag (a hand) can be used to pick up items- as long as its subelements contain values for "f_grasp" that sum to at least 1 (fingers- or tentacles!), and values for "t_grasp" that also sum to at least 1.
Creatures can also contain tags of their own- these are attributes that cannot be lost.
The creature.limb_check() function is used to recursively gather limbs containing the requested tag. These limbs can then be used for a given action- walking, grasping, attacking, blocking etc.
Combat is turn based. Each creature gets to attack with ALL of their limbs containing a "damage" or "grasp" tag. They can choose not to attack with a limb, in which case it will be available to block incoming attacks from their opponent. This means you have to be careful- if you attack with all your limbs, your enemy might well chop them off on their own turn. Of course they'll have trouble doing that if they have no arms left...