https://github.com/kiedtl/roguelike

A stealth roguelike in development phase.
https://github.com/kiedtl/roguelike

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A stealth roguelike in development phase.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kiedtl/roguelike
• Owner: kiedtl
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2021-05-08T13:48:18.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-29T02:38:28.000Z (25 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-30T15:07:42.176Z (23 days ago)
• Topics: game, roguelike, roguelikedev, termbox, terminal, terminal-game
• Language: Zig
• Homepage: https://tilde.team/~kiedtl/blog/roguelike/
• Size: 6.85 MB
• Stars: 106
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        


Oathbreaker is a coffeebreak roguelike focused on stealth. You are a prisoner in

a goblin outpost, and must escape before your impending execution.

Your health is extremely limited and doesn't regenerate until you find healing

items, and most of the enemies can bring you to a quarter of your health in just

a few fights. Even the weakest of enemies can easily draw half the floor onto

you when they turn to flee and call for help, so the few fights you do end up in

have to be ended quickly and with extreme prejudice.

![screenshot](https://tilde.team/~kiedtl/images/rl/showcase/bad-situation.png)

The main mechanic in this game is modifying and manipulating your environment in

a prison-themed dungeon to distract, confuse, and kill your former jailers. You

can sneak in unlit areas, throw poisonous potions, raise corpses, stab paralyzed

enemies, release fellow prisoners, and do just about anything short of engaging

in what will be an almost-certainly fatal melee combat with enemies that are

simply far, far stronger than you are.

[Here's](https://tilde.team/~kiedtl/blog/roguelike) the (very outdated) initial

writeup back when I started the project in May 2021.

*Inspecting a lead turtle:*

![inspecting monsters](https://tilde.team/~kiedtl/images/rl/showcase/lead-turtle.png)

*Speedrunning a stupid death in one of the early levels (for demonstration

purposes... I promise I'm not this bad at my own game):*

![GIF](https://tilde.team/~kiedtl/images/rl/showcase/demonstration.gif)

## Installation

Head over to the Releases and grab a binary (you'll want to get the SDL2 version

if you want passable graphics). Please note that macOS is not supported.

In the future there will be instructions on building from source here.

## Gameplay

The manual is still being written. Feel free to contact the author at

`$GITHUB_USERNAME @ tilde |dot| team` for questions in the meantime.

## License

The game itself is licensed under the GPL v3 license. I may be willing to

relicense certain portions if you wish to use it; contact me for details.

The game's font is derived from [Spleen](https://github.com/fcambus/spleen) by

Frederic Cambus and is licensed under the [BSD 2-clause

license](https://github.com/fcambus/spleen/blob/master/LICENSE).