Rdc's wikibook "Let's Build a Roguelike"

[jocke the beast]

Best way to reach the creator (Rick Clark) about LBAR is through this forum-thread:http://forum.basicprogramming.org/index.php/topic,1542.0.html

I asked about 2 weeks ago what was left to do and he answered:

Well, we are almost there. I am working on the magic system which will take a bit of work to implement. After that I need to add the Wandering Merchant, and the save\load routines, the morgue file and help. That will wrap it up I think.

But if you wan't more features, don't hesitate to contact him. He's a nice guy 

[jocke the beast]

One week late, but anyways... Update!

Two new chapters done.

-Chapter 31. Armor Magic
-Chapter 32. Jewelry Magic

[jocke the beast]

UPDATE!
Chapter 33: "Spellbooks" completed.

[jocke the beast]

UPDATE!

"Chapter 34: Spellcasting"

[jocke the beast]

5 new chapters!

35: Tweaking the Game 2
36: Locked Doors
37: Closing Doors
38: Traps
39: Searching
40: The Wandering Merchant

[getter77]

Largely complete on his site now in one big download package while he finishes off some misc bits and cleans things up for a more "final" release.

[jocke the beast]

Like Getter77 said, it's more or less finished now.

Let's Build a Roguelike is a step-by-step ebook  on creating a roguelike game from conception to finished product. The tutorial covers all the aspects of the game, from creating the title page, dungeon building, inventory items, monster ai, combat, file saving, creating a morgue file and more.

Chapter List

The Title Screen
Improving the Code
The Main Menu
The RPG System
Character Generation
The Intro
Dungeon Building
The Dungeon
Moving Around
Main Display
Inventory Structure
Generating Items
Character Inventory
Character Inventory II
Armor and Shields
Weapons
Monsters
Monster Movement
Melee Combat
Resting Model
Character Improvement
Projectile Combat
Scaling Monster Attacks
Wands
Generalizing Character Attributes
Potions
Scaling Difficulty Levels
Jewelry
Weapon Magic
Tweaking the Game 1
Armor Magic
Jewelry Magic
Spell Books
Spell Casting
Tweaking the Game 2
Locked Doors
Closing Doors
Traps
Searching
The Wandering Merchant
Tweaking the Game 3
Inscribing Spell Books
Monster Magic
The Amulet
Morgue File
Save and Load
Winning and Losing
The End and Beginning

Homepage:

http://users.freebasic-portal.de/rdc/tutorials.html

The distribution includes the ebook in Wiki-On-A-Stick format and all source code for each chapter, as well as the final draft source.

Draft version d/l:

http://users.freebasic-portal.de/rdc/roguelike/rldraft.zip (5.82 mb)

[getter77]

Final version now out!   Certainly a thing to read and work through because hey, FreeBasic....might as well!   

http://games.freebasic.net/dumpbyid.php?input=22   This game somehow never caught on big time, despite it being pretty meaty/wrecked me handily.   So clearly the language is capable going forward.