Tutorials On this page are various tutorials on programming concepts and the FreeBasic language.

Tutorials Let's Build a Roguelike Let's Build a Roguelike Let's Build a Roguelike is a step-by-step tutorial in ebook format on creating a roguelike game from conception to finished product. The tutorial covers all the aspects of the game, from creating the title page, dungeon building, inventory items, monster ai, combat, file saving and creating a morgue file. You can download the latest version from the link below.

Chapter List

The Title Screen Improving the Code The Main Menu The RPG System Character Generation The Intro Dungeon Building The Dungeon Moving Around Main Display Inventory Structure Generating Items Character Inventory Character Inventory II Armor and Shields Weapons Monsters Monster Movement Melee Combat Resting Model Character Improvement Projectile Combat Scaling Monster Attacks Wands Generalizing Character Attributes Potions Scaling Difficulty Levels Jewelry Weapon Magic Tweaking the Game 1 Armor Magic Jewelry Magic Spell Books Spell Casting Tweaking the Game 2 Locked Doors Closing Doors Traps Searching The Wandering Merchant Tweaking the Game 3 Inscribing Spell Books Monster Magic The Amulet Morgue File Save and Load Winning and Losing Instructions The End and Beginning Download



The download includes the complete ebook and all the FreeBasic source code.



Final Version: rlfinal.zip (6.34 mb)

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