The Ng
Java Roguelike Engine
Ng development is hosted
on SourceForge
Download Ng
[5/4/2005 ]
Play
Simple Game! -- requires Java – get JRE 5.0+
at java.com.
View
the documentation
The goal of the Ng Java Roguelike
Engine is to make it easy for anyone to create their own Roguelike
game. The project consists of three
components: the Core, the Variant Manager, and the prototype ‘SimpleGame’.
Ng is open source software licensed under the GNU GPL. Also included but not being supported is
a non-Ng Java Angband project that I nearly completed
in 2000-2001.
The Core
The core serves as a bedrock of APIs and
functionality that are applicable across all or most Roguelike
games. Central to this component is the concept of event broadcasters with
loosely coupled listeners that control game logic, and the ability to easily
distribute games in multiple languages.
Many utility classes solving common problems are also provided. Check
out the currently available
Core services.
The Variant Manager
Apart from being implemented in Java, if there is
one thing that sets this project apart from other Roguelike
efforts, it is the focus on easy management of the many resources that provide
the guts of a good Roguelike game. The Variant
Manager is a graphical application that allows for complete configuration of a
new variant -- either from scratch or based on an existing game. Races,
classes, commands, foreign language support, items, and monsters are all
configurable visually, and new categories of resources can even be created,
configured, and populated! Check
out some screenshots.
Prototype Game -- SimpleGame
For people more interested in playing games than
in frameworks for creating games, I’m writing a prototype game called SimpleGame.
This reference implementation is helping to flesh out necessary features
for the Core and Variant Manager components, and provide a more extensive body
of work for developers to base their own games on. This screenshot is what it looked like on
What Are You Waiting For?
Take the plunge and write an Ng-Powered Game! My
name is Thomas Seufert; now that we are no longer strangers, just send me an e-mail.
Ng-Powered Roguelikes
Currently In Progress
SimpleGame
– by Thomas Seufert (Alpha)
SlayerQuest
– by Paul SanClemente (Planning)
Credits
Let me know what you think! My name is Thomas
Seufert and my e-mail address is seufet@users.sourceforge.net