This game is a simulation of the Mattel Electronics™ Dungeons and Dragons™ Computer Labyrinth Game
Images of the game, the manual, game pieces, artwork and any audio are copyright of Mattel™. Dungeons and Dragons™ is copyright of Wizards of the Coast™.
While browsing on Facebook I came across a post on a friend's feed about a 1980 Mattel Electronics™ Dungeons and Dragons™ Computer Labyrinth Game. At the time the game looked vaguely familiar but as I read through the post all the memories came back to me. I remembered owning this game when I was about 11 and being fascinated by it. Being a software developer I couldn't help but to try and recreate it.
This repo consists of an HTML5 page with a simulation of the game built on Javascript and CSS. It is entirely built in native Javascript so no other packages or libraries are required. The styles are also all written in native CSS so no SCSS/SASS compilers are needed. The HTML, styles and code are all unobfuscated and unminified as I use Cloudflare to perform the caching and minification.
All modern browsers running ECMAScript 2015 ES6 should be able to run the game. If the game detects that the Javascript Promise or URL objects do not exist it assumes the browser is not capable of supporting the game and alerts the user.
The original game required the user to place and move the game pieces but to make this simulation easier to play, I have the game pieces being placed and moved automatically. Time permitting I may add a "classic" mode later that would rely on the user to manually place and move all the game pieces to make it more like the original game. A PDF User Manual describing the game is also included.
Copyright© 2021 Bob Whitley
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