GladiatorRL

Control

• arrow keys or vi keys - movement
• period - wait 6 ticks
• a - abilities menu
• v - view the last 5 log entries
• escape - cancel ability or quit viewing the log
• You can also press the corresponding letter to use an ability in the ability menu

Gameplay notes:

• The exit to a level will appear once most of the enemies are knocked out
• There isn't an end to the game yet, but new enemy types should show up until level 4
• Each abilities displays stamina cost, startup and recovery in its description in that order
• It costs stamina to use abilities - you start with 8 (shown under your hp) and automatically recover 1 per turn
• All attacks (including basic bump attacks) take time to come out (startup time) and leave the user unable to act afterwards (recovery time)
• Regular movement happens instantly, but has 6 ticks of recovery
• Attacks may be interrupted if the user is stunned during the attack's startup time
• Most attacks do not stun - several enemies (warriors and sharpshooters) specialize in stunning attacks
• The player does not have any source of stun - however knocking enemies into terrain or other enemies will also stun them
• Items cannot be picked up - instead the player will use them automatically when moving over them

Enemy notes:

• Enemies can be broadly classified into warriors, archers, and mages, signified by their color
• Warriors are close ranged fighters that hit 1-2 tiles away, and have the fastest attacks
• Archers have medium speed ranged attacks that follow a path. The projectile can be intercepted if it hits something along its path
• Mages have slow ranged attacks that hit an area directly
• Assassins are a bit of an exception - they are classified as melee but have a non-damaging hook that can pull the player to their location

Made for 7drl 2024

Updated version at: https://jzhang113.github.io/7drl-2024/