Escape from the Vault!

A 7dRL 2012 entry by Max Breedon aka eggmceye

You wake up in your cell at the bottom of a fallout vault. The world is destroyed and all of the humans are dead.
It's time to get the hell out of here!

Download for windows here!

Instructions

Unzip somewhere, run escapefromthevault.exe
On the intro screen click create new character
(later, use journey onward and your character name to continue playing)
Use the prefilled account name of 'player' and the password of '12345'
If prompted by your firewall please allow moasv.exe ! (you are starting a server process and connecting to it)
Roll a mutant or alien soldier to start with - the other combinations are harder
Use the arrow keys to move
First thing you should do is press i key to toggle your flashlight on.
press space to move between levels - ie on ladders or stairs
if you see a door there is no need to open it, just walk through it
press ? for help
you start with a knife readied
press ctrl+arrow key to attack in that direction
hit the ~ key to use a bandage to heal
always search a footlocker with the s key first
when a training manual drops press shift-l to learn that ability
shift-c uses an ability
e for eat
u for use
pills and maps are randomised every time a new player is created!
Forum post here http://forums.swut.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4385

Races

Mutant: Mutants get slight automatic health regeneration.

Alien: Can see well in the dark and have infravision.

Droid: Immune to poison and don't get hungry, but can't use bandages to heal. Droids must use spare parts to repair.

Classes

Soldier: The solider is a weapons specialist. Soliders learn special weapons skills to inflict maxium damage on their enemies.

Engineer: Engineers build dangerous gadgets out of spare parts, including IEDs, grenades and sentry guns. They can also make useful things like lockpicks and cloaking devices.

Televangelist: The televangelist uses the power of the lord to smite enemies with lightning bolts and earthquakes. They also specialise in neuro-linguistic-programming (NLP) to wreak havok on enemy minds.

Notes

This game was made using the MOA (multiplayer online adventure) engine that powers EUO The engine has been in development since 1998! it is written in c++ and utilises Lua scripting, excel spreadsheets and a proprietry map format help separate content from engine.

A post apocalyptic MOA game has been brewing in my head since 2006. I devised the races and classes (and more) and made a few tiles in 2007 but otherwise it was abandoned. The 2012 7dRL competition has seen me resurrect these ideas and use them with the 2012 version of the reasonably stable MOA engine.

The main changes I made to the engine was a configuration option to allow it to be played in single player turn based mode. It's a hack but it will do for the time being.

Credits

Design, production, programming, art: Max Breedon

Additional Lua scripting for the military base by Rusty of EUO

The Vault map is based on the rogue algorthim from this page: http://kuoi.com/~kamikaze/GameDesign/ art07_rogue_dungeon.php

The continent map is based on perlin noise - originally from this page: http://www.nolithius.com/game-development/world-generation-breakdown

Graphics: much of it is rehashed from EUO, though much of it is original for this game. The original tileset for EUO was made by Josh Steele and traces of his work still appear in this game. The spider and scorpion are by Morthwyl of EUO. Wolf by Extell.

Sound: borrowed & found

Music: some midis from here:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/midi/rock/
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/ carolina/802/metal.html
Midi authors unknown
Tracks by various artists, used without permission. No claim of authorship made, etc.

Intro theme: He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies, Niel Diamond, etc

Vault: Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

Caves: Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

Wasteland: You Could be Mine by Guns n Roses

Subway: Paint it Black by Rolling Stones (sourced via Google)

Military Base: War Pigs by Black Sabbath

End: Mrs Robinson by Simon and Garfunkle