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Necklace of Skulls (SDL Game)
https://github.com/daelsepara/sdl-skulls

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Necklace of Skulls (SDL Game)

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/daelsepara/sdl-skulls
Owner: daelsepara
License: gpl-3.0
Created: 2021-05-06T03:51:11.000Z (over 3 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-08-16T07:32:18.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-16T18:56:38.501Z (3 months ago)
Topics: game, game-book, gamebook, gamebooks, interactive-fiction, sdl, sdl2
Language: C++
Homepage:
Size: 50.3 MB
Stars: 2
Watchers: 2
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # Necklace of Skulls (Critical IF Gamebooks)

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This is an implementation of the **Necklace of Skulls** game book (Critical IF Gamebooks) by [Dave Morris](https://fabledlands.blogspot.com/). The game is written in C/C++ and uses the [Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL)](https://www.libsdl.org/).

# Planned Features

- Keyboard friendly with Mouse and Gamepad support (**DONE**)

- Fully digitized gameplay (**DONE**)

- Quality of life improvements to record keeping (**PARTIAL**)

- Load / Save game at any point (**DONE**)

- Sound

- Multiplatform Linux/Windows/OSX (**PARTIAL**)

# Current Progress (Screenshots)

**Title screen**

![Title Screen](/screenshots/title-screen.png)

**About screen**

![About Screen](/screenshots/about-screen.png)

**Select Character**

![Select Character](/screenshots/select-character.png)

**Skills Glossary**

![Skills Glossary](/screenshots/skills-glossary.png)

**Story screen (Main interface)**

![Story Screen](/screenshots/story-screen.png)

![Story with Large Art](/screenshots/story-screen-splash.png)

**Map screen**

![Map Screen](/screenshots/map-screen.png)

**Making a choice**

![Making a choice](/screenshots/making-choices.png)

**Adventure Sheet**

![Adventure Sheet](/screenshots/adventure-sheet.png)

**Shop Screen**

![Shop Screen](/screenshots/shop-screen.png)

**Inventory Screen**

![Inventory Screen](/screenshots/inventory-screen.png)

**Loading and Saving Games**

![Loading and Saving Games](/screenshots/load-save-screen.png)

# Copyright Information

```

DEDICATED TO M.A.R. BARKER

A Critical IF gamebook

Originally published 1993 by Mammoth an imprint of Reed Consumer Books Limited

Revised edition published 2013 by Fabled Lands Publishing an imprint of Fabled Lands LLP

Text copyright (c) 1993, 2013 Dave Morris

Map copyright (c) 1993 Leo Hartas

Interior Illustrations (c) 1993 Russ Nicholson

Cover by Jon Hogson (c) 2013 Fabled Lands LLP

The author has asserted his moral rights.

ISBN 978-1-909905-02-3

```

# Bugs

Feel free to report any bugs, issues, and/or suggestions. Thanks!

# Other Gamebooks implemented with SDL

- [Heart of Ice](https://www.github.com/daelsepara/sdl-heart)

- [Down Among the Dead Men](https://www.github.com/daelsepara/sdl-dead)

- [Green Blood](https://www.github.com/daelsepara/sdl-green)

- [Once Upon a Time in Arabia](https://www.github.com/daelsepara/sdl-arabia)

- [The Coils of Hate](https://www.github.com/daelsepara/sdl-coils)