Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 25 - BSP Room Dungeons

📅 Oct 25, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

This chapter discusses how to build dungeons using a Binary Space Partition to sub-divide the map into regions, and then place rooms and corridors inside it. It's similar to how Nethack makes its dungeons, and can lead to a fun dungeon-bashing experience.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 24 - Map Test Harness

📅 Oct 24, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

In order to learn about map building, it's a good idea to be able to see it in progress. This chapter builds a test harness that can `snapshot` each iteration of your map development, and play it as a small movie when a map is created.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 23 - Refactoring the Map Interface

📅 Oct 23, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

So far, we've only had one type of map. That's about to change - but to support it, we need to build a generic Map Builder interface. This chapter walks you through using Rust traits to build a generic interface, and use it to make a varied experience for your player.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 22 - Simple Traps

📅 Oct 22, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

Roguelikes show their origins in D&D dungeon-bashing in many ways, and traps are a mainstay. This chapter teaches you how to include basic traps in the game, dividing them up between triggers and effects. It also introduces the concept of hidden objects and gives the player a chance to notice the trap before walking blindly into it.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 21 - REX Paint Main Menu

📅 Oct 21, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

Chapter 21 adds a nice main menu to your roguelike game, loaded from Rex Paint (by Kyzrati). This gives a much more professional look to your game.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 19 - Hunger Clock

📅 Oct 19, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

A mainstay of the Roguelike genre is the hunger clock. As you progress, you become hungry. Hunger is mitigated by food.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 20 - Magic Mapping

📅 Oct 19, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

Chapter 20 introduces the Magic Mapping scroll, and visual effects to reveal the world when you read it.

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One Knight in the Dungeon - Build 28

📅 Oct 18, 2019 · ☕ 2 min read

Build 28 is live!

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Roguelike Toolkit for Rust (RLTK_RS) - Version 0.5.0

📅 Oct 18, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

I just merged in version 0.5.0 of the rltk_rs project (the back-end used for the roguelike tutorial).

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 18 - ASCII Particle Effects

📅 Oct 18, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

Add some real visual flair to your roguelike with particle effects - but staying true to the genre, they are all ASCII/CP437! Hit effects, damage effects and more.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 17 - Bloodstains

📅 Oct 17, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

This chapter teaches you to add bloodstains to your map. Combat leaves a blood trail, providing breadcrumbs to help you know where you've been - and improving the general look and feel of the game.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapter 16 - Nicer Walls with Bitsets

📅 Oct 16, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

Chapter 16 of my Roguelike Tutorial is now available, walking you through rendering nicer walls with bitsets. Rapidly build a bitset of neighboring walls, and adjust your wall tile to take into account its neighbors for a big improvement in quality.

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Rust Roguelike Tutorial - Chapters 1- 13

📅 Sep 11, 2019 · ☕ 1 min read

The tutorial aims to start from *Hello Rust* all the way up to equipping yourself, leveling up, and exploring an endless dungeon.

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