lazoyoung / myindierpg

A Linux game simulating RPG

Overview

A Simple 2D Role Playing Game running on Linux terminal. This is a school assignment project.

Compatibility

At least your OS must comply with POSIX in order to run this game. This is due to limit of the library being used. https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#what_platforms

How to play

https://github.com/LazoYoung/MyIndieRPG/releases

myindierpg's Issues

The size of game screen doesn't reflect the adjusted resolution.

For instance, try lowering the screen resolution and then start the game.
Then you'll see that HUD panels are pushed below the game screen whose size is invariable.

Dungeon system

• Rewards with dialogue
• Monster spawning
• Death detection
• Return to lobby in the end

File storage to save game data

Inventory system

• Equipment and Inventory structure
• Display coin balance
• Item category: weapon, item, armory
• Interface to read & manipulate the contents

Make game data customisable through user input

• Data structure

• Player attributes
• Item attributes
• Monster attributes
• Dungeon specification (monster, loot)
• Resolution (screen size)

• Display and I/O

• Modification menu

Damage mechanism

• Passive damage bonus
• Critical hit
• Weapon cool-down

Player can be killed during destruction of a dungeon.

Primitive Monster AI

• Attack a target under the certain range.
• Target path-finding

Fundamental physics

• Collision against the ground
• Entity movement
• Gravity

Pause menu

Press ESC to pop up the menu.

• Pauses the game
• Continue button
• Save button
• Exit button

Some attributes are incorrectly shown in Mod menu.

• Dungeon type attributes
• Item type attributes

Menu can be fancier with Unicode characters

Prompt dialogue text doesn't get cleared properly

Design HUD

• Draw labels (e.g. portal name, entity health)
• Mana bar
• Equipment slots
• Control keystroke aid
• EXP/Level display

Optimize update process of a prompt screen

Static windows are repainted in real-time.

Character bitmap design

Level system

• Generation
• Portal and teleportation
  Interactive objects triggering reward, shop.
  Moved to #7
  Draw labels (e.g. portal name, entity health)
  Moved to #9

Shop

Triggering a tile from Lobby will open the Shop menu.

• Display and purchase mechanism
• Define all products
• Shop entrance in Lobby.

Use Mana to execute player skills

Link structures to save memory

Add struct member: a "pointer" pointing the next/previous structure.