worldgrower / worldgrower

WorldGrower is a top-down rpg simulator focused on creating a detailed world, in which actions have consequences.

WorldGrower

WorldGrower is a 2D turn-based rpg simulator focused on creating a detailed world, in which actions have consequences. It focuses on skills, dialogue, economy and society.

Table of contents

• Installation
• Features
• Bugs and Feature Requests
• Documentation
• License

Installation

Binary installation using installer

• Windows 32-bit
• Windows 64-bit
• MacOS X
• Linux DEB 32-Bit (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc)
• Linux DEB 64-Bit (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc)
• Linux RPM 32-Bit (Fedora, Mandriva, openSUSE, Red Hat, etc)
• Linux RPM 64-Bit (Fedora, Mandriva, openSUSE, Red Hat, etc)
• Linux 32-Bit (Other Linux distributions)
• Linux 64-Bit (Other Linux distributions)

These installers contain the game and will install the game when executed.

Binary installation of .zip file

• Download .zip file
• Extract the .zip file on the local filesystem
• Make sure Java 8 is installed. If you're not sure, you can check your java version here.
• The easiest way to start WorldGrower is to run the .jar file by double-clicking it or to open it with java 8.

Common problems with binary installation

• 'java' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
  This means that no java version was installed.
  Make sure to download java from here.

• Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/worldgrower/gui/start/StartScreen : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
  This means an older java version is installed.
  It's best to can check your java version here.

Source installation

• If you are installing from source code, it's recommended that you clone the master branch.
• Make sure Java 8 is installed
• Run org.worldgrower.gui.start.StartScreen with resources directory in the classpath.

Features

• dynamic world that is built up from scratch
• play several roles like farmer, lumberjack, priest, etc
• extensive dialogue system
• mislead enemies with disguises and illusions
• use character skills to build up an economy from the ground up
• found organizations and use their influence to further your own goals
• spread gossip and print newspapers

Bugs and Feature Requests

Have a bug or a feature request?
Please search for existing and closed issues on the issue list.

Documentation

WorldGrower's documentation, included in this repo in the gh-pages branch.

User Manual

Developer Guide

Vision

Influences

Gameplay video

WorldGrower on Travis: []

License

WorldGrower is under GNU General Public License, see LICENSE for more information.

Follow @WorldGrower

Installer

installer created by Install4J multi-platform installer builder