The hero’s hometown is suffering from a plague of monsters. Welling up from the deep, they seem unstoppable. Legend tells of the Amulet of Yala - Yet Another Lost Amulet - that can be used to stem the tide. After a long night at the tavern, the hero promises to save the day - and sets forth into the dungeon.
- Enter dungeon level.
- Explore, revealing the map.
- Encounter enemies whom the player fights or flees from.
- Find power-ups and use them to strengthen the player.
- Locate the exit to the level - go to 1.
- 1. Create a basic dungeon map
- 2. Place the player and let them walk around
- 3. Spawn monsters, draw them, and let the player kill them by walking into them.
- 4. Add health and a combat system that uses it.
- 5. Add healing potions.
- 6. Display a “game over” screen when the player dies.
- 7. Add the Amulet of Yala to the level and let the player win by reaching it.
- 1. Add Fields-of-View.
- 2. Add more interesting dungeon designs.
- 3. Add some dungeon themes.
- 4. Add multiple layers to the dungeon, with the Amulet on the last one.
- 5. Add varied weapons to the game.
- 6. Move to a data-driven design for spawning enemies.
- 7. Consider some visual effects to make combat more visceral.
- 8. Consider keeping score.
The dungeon floor, wall, and adventurer graphics were kindly provided by Buch for free. Potion and scroll graphics are from Melissa Krautheim’s Fantasy Magic Set. Weaponry is from Melle’s Fantasy Sword Set. Monster graphics are from the game Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (CC0 license), packaged by Chris Hamons.