The dots are floor tiles, the # dungeon walls and < and > entrances to other levels. The @ is the player character and the brown walls and bold dots are in line of sight of the player.
Python Roguelike by Veli Tapani Kiiskinen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://github.com/velit/pyrl.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://github.com/velit/pyrl.
Release packages might be available at some point if the project attains enough gameplay to warrant it. If you wish to try pyrl out before that happens then you need to download/clone the working directory of this repository and satisfy some requirements in the following section.
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Python 3.11 interpreter
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Tcod library https://github.com/libtcod/python-tcod#installation
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Python 3.11 interpreter
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Most any terminal emulator (xterm, gnome-terminal, Konsole, putty etc.)
Information in this paragraph is only relevant when using the terminal version of the game, ie. when using 'terminal_pyrl.sh'.
pyrl.py supports 256 colors for more variety. To use this feature set your TERM entry to xterm-256color (or other, see below). Some terminals allow to do this in their settings, but others (like gnome-terminal and Terminal) hardcode it (also see below). You can always force the TERM from the command line by writing the following
export TERM=xterm-256color
ncurses-term is a package that adds more termcap entries which allows for more compatibility for many terminals. If the package is installed your machine you can instead use one of the following entries for your TERM for better compatibility for your particular terminal
| Terminal name | TERM value |
|---|---|
| putty | putty-256color |
| gnome-terminal | gnome-256color |
| Terminal | gnome-256color |
| Konsole | konsole-256color |
| rxvt | rxvt-256color |
| xterm | xterm-256color |
Using a correct TERM entry allows for maximum compatibility. Some terminals default to xterm even if it doesn't reflect their functionality which has the side effect of making some keys not work (numpad-, F-, and Home/End keys are often keys that have problems)
Because gnome-terminal and Terminal hardcode the TERM to be xterm another way of setting the term is needed. The following shell snippet changes the term to be what it needs to be when gnome-terminal or Terminal are used but doesn't affect other terminals. Put these snippets into your .bashrc or equivalent
if [[ "$TERM" = "xterm" && "$COLORTERM" = "gnome-terminal" ]]; then
export TERM=gnome-256color
fi
if [[ "$TERM" = "xterm" && "$COLORTERM" = "Terminal" ]]; then
export TERM=gnome-256color
fi
If you set your term to xterm-256color you'll get the colors you want. You can also optionally run pyrl under screen which can bridge compatibility and make more keys work. This is because screen doesn't blindly believe the TERM entry but does under the hood investigating to fix stuff. Remember to set the following in your .screenrc
term "screen-256color"
The game doesn't require the user to use ESC when playing the game because of the one second default delay that some terminals have. If you wish to use ESC when using 'pyrl.py' without a considerable delay you can set the environmental variable ESCDELAY a value of your choosing in milliseconds. To set the value do the following in the command line or .bashrc (or equivalent)
export ESCDELAY=25