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Welcome to POWDER!
This is the distribution of the POWDER roguelike created by me (Jeff
Lait) for the Gameboy Advance. There's not much in this README,
primarily because I've been to lazy to turn questions into a FAQ, but
also because I'm relying on the built-in help to provide proper
documentation.
Check out:
http://www.zincland.com/powder
If that website is gone, I recommend mashing all the keys on your GBA
until you find out what controls what.
To get in game help on the Gameboy, while playing hit [Start], scroll
down to Options..., then select Help. The Gameboy help option will
explain how the Gameboy buttons work.
If you want to work on POWDER, please contact me! I am not adverse to
outside input - the tilesets other than classic are all from POWDER
players. Special room maps are also relatively easy to build. Coding is
also an option - POWDER's source is available on the zincland website.
Please read COPYING.TXT in the source distribution for details.
Thanks to Will Shattuck, we now have a key-assignment list for those
playing the PC versions of POWDER:
==========================
POWDER Key Assignments
=========
Movement:
=========
k 8
h.l or 4.6 or arrow keys
j 2
Both > and < can be used to climb ladders, dive into or swim out of
pools, or climb into or out of pits.
===========
Other Keys:
===========
[ENTER], Space, 5 = select current entry, bring up context menu,
Esc, 0 = cancel current entry or menu
These can be pressed when walking around the map.
? = Help
i = Inventory
O = Options Menu
o = Open
c = Close
e = Eat
b = Breathe (Not very interesting your default state)
<, > = Climb up (<) or down (>)
, or g = Pick up Item
S = Swap position with a creature.
R = Go to sleep and rest.
r = Release control of possessed creature.
s = search
. or w or 5 = Wait
x = Look. Get detailed monster info by looking at them.
z = Cast a spell
J = Jump
m or X = Mini-map
n = Name a creature
C = Command a creature
_ = Pray.
F = Forget Something. Useful when you have run out of skill/spell slots.
f = Fire quivered item
p or ^p = Previous message
v = View message history
V = Command List
& = Make a wish
=====================
Inventory Quick Keys:
=====================
Instead of using the context sensitive menu in the inventory menu, you
can hit these keys directly.
w = Wear or Wield
T = Take off
d = Drop
e = Eat or Quaff
r = Read. When reading a book, hit 'i' or '?' to get info on that spell or
skill.
! = Dip
z = Zap
q = Put in Quiver. Quiverred items are 'f'ired. They are also
autopicked up for free when you walk over them.
t = Throw
n = Name
s = Sort inventory
S = Split Stack
x = Examine
==========================
POWDER Status Line
S12H010/01M010/00X932L02 LR AB
^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| || | || | || | | | \-- Button mappings on GBA, Zinc on SDL
| || | || | || | | \------ Current Dungeon Level
| || | || | || | \-------- Ladder icon
| || | || | || \---------- Experience, new level every 1000
| || | || | |\------------ X for Experience
| || | || | \------------- Magic Level, +1 spell slot per level
| || | || \----------------- Magic Points
| || | |\------------------- Purple Wizard Hat
| || | \-------------------- Physical Level, +1 skill slot per level
| || \------------------------ Hit Points
| |\-------------------------- Red Heart
| \--------------------------- AC: How much armour you have
\----------------------------- Shield
If you have read this, please contact me at:
jmlait@zincland.com
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