There are now two themes. You can choose whether to 'Generate Dungeon' or 'Generate Space-Station'.

The space station is mostly just a reskin, though there are some differences - some idol powers add-ons obtained from weapons lockers are changed. The generation seed is also tweaked, so the dungeon and station for a given text will not be identical.

I hope people enjoy playing about with this; it's been a lot of work putting the whole thing together, and a lot of testing to get the sci-fi theme working right.

Thanks everyone for the positive reaction so far.

hS

There are now two monster lists that the program chooses between. I've also made all scrolls permanent, fixed a bug that reduced scroll power if you used them while nearly healthy, and gotten rid of the reliability/consistency part of item descriptions (since it wasn't useful and was highly misleading).

hS

...A Mage of Ice, when encountered as a monster?

Make minor edit to text, gen whole new dungeon

I didn't make a real map, but I managed to get pretty far I think.

Wand of Laburnum
Helmet of Miss Cam
Storm Warning
Health: 2 Gold: 101 Kills: 15

I think that went fairly well. :)

And attempts to clear a single dungeon after repeatedly wiping to various monsters!



My original map with scratches and mistakes.



The cleaner looking map with interest points circled.

I = Idol
W = Weapon
+ = adds health
- = takes away health
X = dead end
The little dashes between rooms show doorways, and the numbers indicate the level of the monster.
Dot with arrow = one-way teleport.

For anyone who's interested in giving it a go, I copied the PPC Pokémon Tournament thread twice as my generator.

The way I went through always started the same frustrating way: Head west, then south to pick up my first weapon, return north, kill doctorlit the level 2 dragon, then go west to kill (or be repeatedly killed by, depending on the RNG's mood) foofooman3 the level 6 farmer. Ironically, my brother was the second-hardest thing to fight in the entire dungeon because of his roadblock nature; he must've killed me about thirty times from whenever I'd be forced to restart.

Once that was done, though, it was head west, ignore Irrelevant the level 4 imp in favor of praying at the Idol of Sedri (which granted an attack bonus in the form of curare), before going on to slay Larfen J. Stocke, esq. the level 2 land squid and proceeding on my merry way to what I discovered to be my best find ever: the idol of Leto Haven. This thing granted me the ability Vulgar Tongues, which allowed me to communicate with dungeon monsters. And boy, did I put this to good use.

I found it was consistent which monsters could and could not be reasoned with, so I put together a complete list:

JulyFlame the Jester (level 2)
Irrelevant the Imp (4)
SkarmorySilver the Serpent of Cruelty (6)
SeaTurtle the Serpent of Cruelty (6)
Voyd the Vampire Watermelon (8)
DCCCV the Dragon (8)
Araeph the Archangel (10)
NenyaQuende the Normal Person (10)
Desdendelle the Dragon (16)
Hardric the Hobbit (18)
Huinesoron the Hobbit (32)
Iximaz the Imp (33)

Every other monster encountered had to be fought; for those I would make a return trip to the Idol of Sedri for the poison buff.

Anyway, the only weapon worth mentioning is the Sword of Thalia Weaver, located to the west of the Idol of Sedri. It was the best of all the weapons I found--which, unfortunately, isn't saying much. Still, an upgrade is an upgrade.

The Fountain of Doc Filth (+5 to health whenever drank from), though a little out of the way at the kinda-sorta-not-quite-bottom-left, was an absolute blessing while derping around in the dungeon. Get hurt? Just go back and heal up! I had to use it quite a bit while fighting the two level 12s in the dungeon—I had to chip away at their health, run, heal, come back, and repeat until they died. Which took forever, especially since I died to both of them several times. (Darn you, Mattman the Comet and the other Boarder who I unfortunately can't remember now!)

I was feeling pretty good about clearing the full dungeon when I ran into this:



And now I'll never know what the last four rooms of the dungeon were and I'm sad. At least I got an interesting puzzle out of it in the meanwhile.

I haven't found myself yet, but I did find 'desendelle' and a...farmer...

You are standing on the ceiling of a broom cupboard. Words work their way into your mind without involving your ears: 'Not gonna lie.'. There are exits to the North, East, South, and West.

The Bow of Mattman The Comet lies at the bottom of a shallow pool. Directly in front of you, you see Iximaz, a Level 35 Imp.

You stab Iximaz with your dagger of JulyFlame. Your attack is imbued with the power of Inferno! You hit Iximaz for 20 damage! Iximaz the Imp has 65 health remaining.

Iximaz the Imp chitters at you! Iximaz hits you for 51 damage!

You have been slain by Iximaz the Imp! Oh, well, better luck next time.



...to be fair, I did stab you with a flaming dagger of JulyFlame, so I probably deserved it. ^_^

On his flight from Baron Thanasius Ampelius's wrath, Hieronymus the hermit found himself standing on the ceiling of a broom cupboard, as he often appears in unlikely places at unexpected times. He heard an eldrich voice whispering, 'Which might explain your disrespect'. Startled, Hieronymus looked around and noticed three archways leading from the high-ceiled chamber to other places. From the southern exit, Voyd the Level 14 Vampire Watermelon glared at him.

Voyd bared its fangs, and Hieronymus turned around and fled into a maze of twisty passages, all alike, where he easily might have been eaten by a grue. 'It... that... what?' called Hieronymus out; then he stopped and wondered why he had so inexplicably done this. Finally, he found the exit that led to the East, and stepped through...

…to enter a maze of twisty passages, all alike, where he easily might have been eaten by a grue. Here, however, a strange carving on the wall read in ancient letters, 'Indeed not'. Silently wondering what a grue might even look like, the hermit explored the maze and found exits leading to all cardinal points, but the eastern exit was blocked by Desdendelle the Level 42 Dragon. He also found a tightly-rolled scroll that had been hidden in a corner. On reading out the text, 'The Shipfest cares little for orientation', Hieronymus felt a surge of wellbeing. Blinking letters appeared in mid-air, telling that his health had just increased by two to twelve.

Since he looked this direction anyway, the hermit went northward into a darkened sitting room. For some reason, the only sofa had been turned upside-down. Above it, a helmet floated mysteriously in the air, engulfed in flames. Another eldritch voice – or may it be the same as before, thought Hieronymus – whispered, 'Cat-on-the-Keyboard/Data Junkie: computers ship'. Seeing that there was no exit in front of him, and that Phobos the Level 31 Piranha lured to the right, Hieronymus grabbed the Helmet of JulyFlame, surprisingly not burning his fingers at all, and turned left.

Behind this archway lay a sunlit open courtyard. On a pedestal sat a coffee mug with a label reading, 'I know heaps'. The silence was broken by a sudden scream of, 'Aipom can work'. Hieronymus picked up the coffee mug and downed it. He felt a surge of wellbeing, but not as strong as from reading the scroll.

Against a door in the opposite wall of the courtyard leant TheShyIon, a Level 1 Troubadour. Seeing that there was no other way, Hieronymus went straight forward and punched her with his bare hands. 'This punch is super effective!' exclaimed a loud, annoying voice. 'You hit TheShyIon for 4 damage! You have slain TheShyIon the Troubadour! You gain 1 gold!'

Stepping over the limp body^*), Hieronymus entered a well-lit sitting room. There was a strange carving on the wall. In ancient letters, it read, 'Don’t feel like this'. The Wand of Tomash leant against another wall. Since this was apparently a dead end, Hieronymus picked up the wand, turned around and walked straight back through the courtyard to the darkened sitting room. Phobos grinned at him from the pool in the next chamber, but Hieronymus turned right and walked into the central maze again. There he picked up the tightly-rolled scroll and read out the text, 'The Shipfest cares little for orientation'. Slightly surprised, he felt another surge of wellbeing, and blinking letters told that his health had just increased to fifteen.

Hieronymus wondered briefly whether he should go back and try to drink from the coffee mug twice, too, but considering that there were still unexplored places, he rather wiggled his way back through the adjacent mazes, turned left into the chamber with the broom cupboard, and then, ignoring the glaring Vampire Watermelon, right into a darkened sitting room. In the dim light that fell through the archways from adjacent rooms, the only sofa was barely visible, but Hieronymus could still see that it had been turned upside down. May I have been gone in circles? he thought. Nah, that can't be. The other darkened sitting room didn't force me to inexplicably call out, 'And may his beard grow ever longer. XD Happy B-Day!' And what's that thing hanging from that rope? And what's that over ther— Arrgh!.

Realizing that Scapegrace, a Level 54 Serpent of Cruelty, dwelt beyond the room's only other exit, Hieronymus left the Atlatl of Huinesoron behind^**) and retreated far back to the central maze. There, he got another look onto the scroll, and two more health points. Desdendelle the Dragon growled at him from the eastern passageway, but there was still one door left to the right.

Thus, Hieronymus entered another well-lit sitting room. This one's strange carving on the wall read, in ancient letters, 'Fallouts'. There was also a sword somebody had abandoned there, and a dragon growling from the eastern passageway. Hieronymus examined the Sword of Elcalion, but found it weaker and less reliable than the Wand of Tomash, so he left it alone. Having run out of options, the hermit returned to the central maze and prepared for the inevitable, reading and re-reading the Scroll of Health until an annoyed voice told him, 'Your health is already full'.

Hieronymus stepped back into the well-lit sitting room and pointed his wand at DCCCV the Level 11 Dragon. 'Sectumsempra!'

'You hit DCCCV for 6 damage!' boomed the loud, annoying voice. 'DCCCV the Dragon has 27 health remaining.'

The Dragon roared and breathed a firestorm.

'DCCCV hits you for 22 damage! But your Helmet of JulyFlame takes 21 of the damage! You have 19 health remaining.'

Nice, thought Hieronymus. Who would have expected that a flaming helmet is an efficient protection against fire. But I'll need a really strong spell to bring this dragon down. He braced himself for the terrible blow he had to deliver and shouted, 'Avada Kedavra!'

Alas, Hieronymus the hermit was never a hateful person, or maybe his aim was just too bad.

The dragon roared again. Fire met fire, and the loud, annoying voice boomed, 'DCCCV hits you for 12 damage! But your Helmet of JulyFlame takes all of the damage! You have 19 health remaining.'

Hieronymus jogged his brain and remembered the mightiest spell he had ever heard of. 'Expelliarmus!'

'You hit DCCCV for 10 damage! DCCCV the Dragon has 17 health remaining.'

And for the third time roared the dragon and breathed another firestorm, and the flaming helmet failed its trusting bearer, and then...

It's dark here. And cramped. I can't barely move. The floor is not flat. I can feel it rise smoothly on all sides, right up to the ceiling. There aren't any edges or corners, just this … globe? What the— did somebody put me into a pokéball?

HG, who apparently is a level 5^***) dungeon crawler.

^*) I'm so sorry, Shy.
^**) I guess that was a mistake; although less reliable than the Wand of Tomash, the Atlatl is (probably very much) stronger.
^***) Based on the front page about eight hours ago, before Huinesoron updated the game.

While running through a dungeon generated by the shipfest thread, I came across a "tightly rolled scroll" that, when read, grants me 2 health. I discovered that by exiting and reentering the room I could continue to gain health each time I read it. It let me get up to 20 health at which point it said my health was full.

Changes:

-Two options for sample dungeons.
-A readout telling you what's in the dungeon.
-Actual buttons, not just red text, for mode-changes.

Sample 1 is the one that came pre-loaded. Sample 2 is new (and nearly current); it has six idols. I recommend seeking out the idol granting Mage-Sight - it'll help with all those scrolls lying around.

Also: don't read the book in the starting room. Just... take my word on that.

hS may next add more blessings from idols, having had a few ideas...

You kneel before the idol of Mattman The Comet and intone the sacred words: Can the Nameless Admin be shipped?

Mattman The Comet grants you the power of Mage-Sight, which lets you see the magical power of objects.

Powerful words, indeed. ^_^

hS

(This map has six(!!!) idols on it; I'm making it a second sample dungeon just for that. Checking it first to see if it's doable, though.)

I was told there was a dungeon that needed exploring. I've been out here for days looking for this place, but there's nothing but more jungle in every direction. I'll give it one more day and then I'm out of here.

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I'm in a lot of pain after the fall. I was looking for a place to set up camp and the jungle floor gave way underneath my feet. I fell about 30 feet into a sitting room of some sort. I really didn't expect couches in a jungle dungeon, but I sure was glad to find this one when I landed on it. Someone has been here before, too. They left weirdly precognitive graffiti on the wall. It says. "Well hello there!" Kind of creepy. There's no climbing back up there, I guess I'll have to find another way.

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I came across the legendary Idol of Lonely Star. It's situated on top of a tower in the middle of a cave; an odd arrangement. Still, I thought it best to pay my respects with the traditional DawnFire/Pottery prayer. I was rewarded with the power of Inferno.

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I found a holy relic today. The Gauntlet of DawnFire was thought lost forever. How it ended up in this jungle I may never know, but I feel that my earlier devotion was rewarded with some protection in this dangerous place.

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Got into a couple minor skirmishes. I ran into an Elephant of Wrath, called Elcalion according to its collar, that was not much of a threat. Later, a Troubadour named Tomash got in my way and wouldn't let me pass. We fought, his music sucked, I won.

Those fights wiped me out. I've set up camp next to a fountain with a statue of the mythical hero Sergio Turbo. I don't have a way to purify the water, but it looks clean and my canteen ran dry mid-yesterday.

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That was a mistake. Never again.

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A dead-end today. I walked into a rainy courtyard and over the sound of the rain I heard a scream. "The real question..." and that's where it stopped. What is the real question? I need to know!

Time to backtrack.

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Another room full of comfortable furniture and graffiti. This time they wrote "Anything I currently have claimed is something I want to kee". I didn't have to wonder why they never finished, though. My fellow explorer looked freeze-dried on a pile of pillows.

I have to get out of here before the same happens to me.

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Another fight today. Some gray-beard Hobbit threw mushrooms at me. I was able to deflect them with the Gauntlet, but he was more of an annoyance than a real threat. Seems he had a book with him. I'll see what I can glean from that before I turn in for the night.

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The first page of the book said "*points down* Cough Cough". The next thing I know, I'm falling through a magical portal. I hate magical traps. Now I'm even more completely lost than I already was. There's a shallow pool here that had a wand at the bottom of it. The wand is inscribed with runes that I believe translate to "Poor Cynic". I have no idea what it means, but at least I can stop punching things.

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I've really stepped in it now. I should have realized this was a holy site from the artifacts I'd seen so far. I ran into an Archangel by the name of Alleb. I tried to get some help from her, but she thought I was a thief because of the Gauntlet. Gods help me, I had no choice but to fight her.

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Found another sitting room. This one had been ransacked by someone or something. There is graffiti reading "Huinesoron/Shipfest". A common prayer where I'm from.

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Found another book. I am not falling for that again. I'll explore further and, if I have no other options, I'll come back and check this one.

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Sure. I pass up that book only to fall victim to the exact same trap on a folded up piece of paper in the next room. this one dropped me back at the Fountain of Sergio Turbo, which I have no desire to be near. I think I can retrace my steps to the first book, if I need to, but I think there may be another path to explore.

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(The final entry is penned in a different hand.)

Foolish man. He thought his magic wand and his Power of Inferno made him a match for the great Ice Mage Mattman the Comet. Not even the Gauntlet of Dawnfire could save him from my wrath. Take heed of his plight and leave my dungeon now, before you meet the same fate.


((Alas, poor Phobos. He will be missed. -Phobos))

First item seen - Chainmail Bikini of Hardric.

Favorite moment: "You are in a mouldering dungeon. Words work their way into your mind without involving your ears: 'We tried to warn you but oh dear!'."

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A funny thing happened one time when I was playing it. I kept coming across all these Level 1 monsters, and when I tried to attack them, all it said was 'There is nothing to attack." But they showed up as kills. So I'm ambling along, right, with 9 Health, and then (like an idiot) I read a tightly-rolled scroll and lose 5 Health. . . which apparently kills me. Is there a nuance to the game I'm missing, or is this a glitch?

Within five minutes, I took JulyFlame's dagger and got a healing potion that was labeled as a belated birthday gift after fighting a reverse elf.

What I'm trying to say is, hs, you're a blessing on us all.

The Dagger of Iximaz lies on the floor. To the South, you see DawnFire & Autocorrect, a Level 1 Dragon.

I think I'm set.

I have an idol, and grant people "Inferno". That's very nice. Will you be providing an encyclopedia of sorts to show how this sort of thing works?

I'm using the text of the Shipfest thread! This is pretty fun.

I copied the first three entries of the front page to start with, and I got trapped by BeautyID, DML, and Tough Cookie, so I just went "screw it" and charged at DML repeatedly until I dropped.

I died against a lv 14 Balrog Bramandin, with 50 Gold, 10 kills, the Bow of Fasoula, the Breastplate of Iximaz and Mage Sight gifted by Bramandin.Most poowerful monsters were lv 76 Dragon Desdendelle, lv 147 Hobbit Huinesoron and lv 54 Normal Person Neshomeh.

I was a Lv1 fool.

Dracarys.

I posted one of the older pages of the Board. From early February



"To the West, you see Scapegrace, a Level 21 Serpent of Cruelty."

"Directly in front of you, you see [EvilAI]UBEROverlord, a Level 1 Dire Gerbil."

"You are in a large circular room with a glowing ring inscribed on the floor. From somewhere above your head music drifts down, featuring the refrain 'Happy Birthday! *tosses Spikes*'."

"To the East, you see eatpraylove, a Level 2 Elephant of Wrath."

"Directly in front of you, you see DawnFire, a Level 3 Dragon."

"You pick up the folded scrap of paper and read out the text: Re: OT: My cat can open doors. I live in fear.
You feel terrible!"

"To the North, you see Iximaz, a Level 7 Imp."

DCCCV is a level 1 Dire Gerbil. Even after praying to an idol of [EvilAI]UBEROverlord that granted me a fire attack I still lost. Darn gerbils.

*cakefetti* is an ominous whispering echoing through the room. Am I haunting myself?

I ended up killing Random Silverfish the reverse elf for the Dagger of July Flame. Yay experience points and a weapon!

*cakefetti* is still haunting me. Jeez. Let's see if I can get out of here.

Aw shoot, ran in a circle back to the Dire Gerbil. But this time, I'm armed. >:)

After defeating the Dire Gerbil, I came across the resident Greybeard's left sock. Naturally, I looted it.

After indulging in the dungeoneer's habit of taking everything not nailed down, I came across another idol, this one dedicated to the Dire Gerbil I had just slain. It feels almost blasphemous to pray to it...