oubliette

ˌuːblɪˈɛt - a dungeon with an opening only at the top

Project work for lecture Programming I

Must have

• Must be developed with JavaScript, no HTML/CSS or Browser

• Node.js as interpreter

• The application must run stable and be able to cope with exceptionary situations (invalid input, missing files, ..)

• Reasonable and intuitive user experience

• Code should be readable and well-structured, with comments for non-trivial code or other relevant places

• Large frameworks (gaming, web frameworks, ..) must not be used

• Simple libraries (e.g. readline-sync, lodash, node-localstorage) are allowed, more complex libraries are to be approved by @behrends

  • TUI libraries, such as some ncurses binding or blessed have been approved for this specific project
  • Dungeon generation libraries, such as dungeon-generator or Dungeonizer.js have been approved for this specific project
  • TypeScript is allowed

• Rouge-like game with monospace ASCII / UTF-8 art interface

  • Procedurally generated maps / dungeons ☑
    • Research algorithms and test JS implementations ☑
  • Random distribution of monsters ☑ and items ☑
  • Track player status (health points ☑, experience ☑, character name ☑)

• Controlled with keyboard ☑

  • Arrow keys, WASD ☑

• Split-screen with player and game status ☑

Nice to have

Implemented:

• Map exploration ☑
• Good monster pathfinding ☑
  • Uses Dijkstra map, a simplified algorithm where all edges have identical weight
  • Pathfinding is executed on a separate worker thread ☑
• Battle system player <-> monster ☑
  • Research different damage / health parameters
• Item callbacks can effect basically all game state objects ☑
• Help screen / signs and symbols explanation for improved UX ☑
• Level and character progression ☑
• Different weapons / attack strengths ☑
  • Dagger, Sword (permanent) and attack potion (temporary)

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Not yet implemented:

• Difficulty selection

  • Hard, Medium, Easy - with different game balancing

• Event logs

• Saving of application state / game player progress

  • -> Save level map but keep permadeath?

• Research of UX with different algorithm parameters (map generation, distribution rules)

• Easter egg / achievements?