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Game design · 2024

Dungeon Adventures

Text dungeon crawler, Java

A text-based dungeon crawler in Java, with a map to explore, events, turn-based combat, loot, weapons and save files.

A dungeon crawler played entirely in text. You pick a save, check your character, and step into the dark:

You stand in front of a dungeon. As you try to peer into its depths, you realize you can see nothing but darkness.

Inside, you move tile by tile across a map, run into events like treasure chests and wandering traders, fight enemies in turn-based combat, and collect loot, items and weapons in your bag. Enemies, items, weapons, tiles and events are all defined in data files, so the dungeon can grow without changing the code.