Neon

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Neon roguelike engine
Alpha Project
Developer mdriesen
Theme Fantasy
Influences The Elder Scrolls, ADOM
Released 2007 Aug 28
Updated 2011 Apr 11 - 0.3.4
Licensing GPL
P. Language Java, JavaScript, AspectJ
Platforms Java 6
Interface Unicode
Game Length
Official site of Neon roguelike engine


Neon is a roguelike engine. It features a huge overland map with fixed or random dungeons, and includes an editor to edit all game data.

Description

Engine

Neon is not a single game, but an engine that can run roguelike adventures. All data needed for a specific game is stored in a set of XML files. These files are loaded when starting the engine. This allows anyone to create their own adventure without the need to write any Java code (although some JavaScript is still necessary for the random quest system). All the ugly bits are taken care of.

Maps

The engine can handle truly huge maps. The main world map for testing in the alpha version measures 20400 x 13700 tiles, but can be much bigger (a map 100 times as big was tested). This overland map is on the same scale as the dungeons and scrolls with the player character centered on screen. Multi-level dungeons are fully supported.

Editor

A game data editor is included in the latest releases. It supports editing all game data.

Current work

Engine

The engine itself is nearly feature-complete. Work is now focusing on the actual gameplay. For this, the random map and quest generators will be refined.

Editor

Editing maps is somewhat awkward at the moment. The vector editor will be improved in coming releases.