Doryen library

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Doryen Library
Library project
Developer Jice, Mingos
Released
Updated Feb 15 2010 (1.5.0)
Status Stable
Licensing BSD License
P. Language C, C++, Python
Platforms Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Dependencies SDL
Official site of Doryen Library


Also known as libtcod, the Doryen Library is the function library built for the Chronicles of Doryen.

It is an uncomplicated library for roguelike developers.

Features :

  • windowed or full screen console with true color support
  • support for custom character sets using bitmap fonts
  • Mersenne twister and Complementary Multiply With Carry random number generator
  • Bresenham line drawing toolkit
  • Perlin, Simplex and Wavelet noise generator
  • field of view toolkit with 5 different algorithms
  • image toolkit with support for rotation/stretching and subcell resolution blitting
  • support for turn by turn and real time games
  • mouse support
  • advanced configuration file parser
  • fast generic container with array/list/stack interfaces
  • bsp toolkit
  • heightmap toolkit
  • pathfinding toolkit (A* and Dijkstra)
  • compression toolkit
  • antialiased and unicode font support
  • custom/dynamic font characters mapping
  • PNG images support
  • customizable name generator with 20 predefined syllables sets

It currently has bindings for C, C++ and python languages.

Wrappers exists for C# through Libtcod-net, D and Common Lisp.

Documentation

See also

Doryen library:Reviews