WebRaid

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Web Raid
Developer Karlheinz Agsteiner
Theme None particularly
Influences Nethack
Status stable
Released 20.01.2010
Updated 19.02.2010
Licensing GPL
P. Language Java
Platforms Linux, Mac, Windows
Interface ASCII, Tiles
Game Length 30 minutes
Official site of Web Raid


Web Raid turns web sites into dungeons, web pages into levels, and words into the monsters and items that occupy these levels. Your goal hunt for the most complicated words that are out there in the web, and claim the fame of having killed the respective monster / made it back from the dungeon with the respective weapon.

Features:

  • 280.000 different monsters/items
  • Everything except names is derived from the vowels and consonants of words on web pages
  • Each monster has a unique character made up from five independent traits (e.g. introverted, peaceful) that defines its behavior
  • ...