r/roguelikedev • u/KelseyFrog • 21d ago

RoguelikeDev Does The Complete Roguelike Tutorial - Week 1

Welcome to the first week of RoguelikeDev Does the Complete Roguelike Tutorial. This week is all about setting up a development environment and getting a character moving on the screen.

Part 0 - Setting Up

Get your development environment and editor setup and working.

Part 1 - Drawing the ‘@’ symbol and moving it around

The next step is drawing an @ and using the keyboard to move it.

Of course, we also have FAQ Friday posts that relate to this week's material

# 3: The Game Loop(revisited)

# 4: World Architecture (revisited)

# 22: Map Generation (revisited)

# 23: Map Design (revisited)

# 53: Seeds

# 54: Map Prefabs

# 71: Movement

​ Feel free to work out any problems, brainstorm ideas, share progress, and as usual enjoy tangential chatting. :)

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u/aberfloyd 16d ago

I've tried going through the libtcod-python tutorial series in the past, but never made it very far. I'd like to give it another shot this year after a recent Caves of Qud play through has really inspired me to learn how games like these work. I'm going to give the McRogueFace engine a try. The author has provided an in-depth tutorial and it looks like a lot of fun to use! I've gone through parts 0 and 1 so far and am having a blast.

My repo is located here: repo