Dodas

Dodas stands for "de dödas angrepp", literally "attack of the dead" and is a terminal videogame.

Dodas is written in C++ and uses the Sista library for terminal graphics.

Download

You can download the game by cloning the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Lioydiano/Dodas

Otherwise, you can download the latest release from the releases page.

Installation

Often with the release, there is a static executable for both Windows and Linux that you can run directly, without the need to compile the game.

Since this is not always the case, and not everybody uses either Windows or Linux, you can compile the game yourself.

Compiling

The release includes a Makefile that you can use to compile the game. You can compile the game by running:

make

In case you don't have make installed, you can compile the game by running:

g++ include/sista/ANSI-Settings.cpp include/sista/border.cpp include/sista/coordinates.cpp include/sista/cursor.cpp include/sista/field.cpp include/sista/pawn.cpp dodas.cpp -o dodas

Add the -static flag if you want to compile the game statically and share it with others.

g++ -static include/sista/ANSI-Settings.cpp include/sista/border.cpp include/sista/coordinates.cpp include/sista/cursor.cpp include/sista/field.cpp include/sista/pawn.cpp dodas.cpp -o dodas 

Also, in some cases you might need to specify -std=c++17 which is the standard used in this project.

g++ -std=c++17 -static include/sista/ANSI-Settings.cpp include/sista/border.cpp include/sista/coordinates.cpp include/sista/cursor.cpp include/sista/field.cpp include/sista/pawn.cpp dodas.cpp -o dodas 

Running

After compiling the game, you can run it by executing the dodas executable:

./dodas

Which on Windows can be done by running:

dodas

Options

• -U or --unofficial to run the game in unofficial mode

If you want your record to be considered, you must run ./dodas with no -U flag and without editing constants such as START_AMMONITION.

If you want the game to be pausable without the number of elapsed frames being incremented, you must run ./dodas -U or ./dodas -unofficial and this will make an eventual record not be considered.

• -M or --music-off to run the game without music

If you don't want the music to be played, you must run ./dodas -M or ./dodas --music-off.

If you want the music to be played correctly, you may need some libraries, see this list:

• Linux: canberra-gtk-play which must be installed with sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module
• MacOS: afplay which is included in the MacOS API
• Windows: PlaySound from winmm.dll which is included in the Windows API

Also, you must have the audio folder in the same directory as the dodas executable.

• -E or --endless to run the game in endless mode

The endless mode is a mode where the game never ends, and you can play as long as you want without worrying about the queen, whose health is infinite.

• -H or --hardcore to run the game in hardcore mode

The zombies will keep spawning and their spawn rate will increase over time.

How to play

Plot

You are the red $ symbol and you have to kill the 9 queen.

The queen defends herself by spawning bold shooting Z zombies and walking Z zombies.

The queen also spawns = walls to protect herself when hitted.

You must kill the queen as fast as possible, because the zombies will keep spawning.

Controls

⚠️ sadly, on MacOS you must always press enter to send commands

• w/a/s/d to move (up/left/down/right, uppercase A/S/D also work)
• Q to quit (lowercase q won't work because it caused unintentional exits)
• i/j/k/l to shoot and build (up/left/down/right)
• . to pause and unpause the game

Weapons

You can select different weapons by pressing the following keys:

• p to select bullets (P also works)
• m to select mines (M also works)
• c to select cannons (C also works)
• b to select bombers (B also works)
• W to select workers
• = to select walls (0 also works)

Ammunition

Each weapon has a different ammunition cost:

• Bullets: 1
• Walls: 1
• Mines: 3
• Workers: 5
• Cannons: 5
• Bombers: 7

Entities

Workers

Workers (underscored yellow W) produce ammunition for you: more workers, more ammunition.

Walls

Walls (yellow =) are used to protect anybody from bullets and enemies in general.

Mines

Mines (blinking purple *) are used to kill enemies that step on them.

Cannons

Cannons (red C) are used to kill enemies in a straight line shooting bullets.

Cannons shoot more bullets if there are more workers directly behind them.

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Bombers

Bombers (blue B) are used to kill enemies in a square 5x5 area.

Zombies

Zombies (faint Z) defend the queen by attacking you.

Walkers

Walkers (bold Z) are zombies that walk towards you.

They are slow, they walk generally in a straight line and they are easy to kill.

They are able to destroy walls and workers, and they explode in a 3x3 area when they reach the left border, removing also all your ammonition.

Queen

The queen (bold 9) is the main enemy of the game.

She spawns zombies and walls to protect herself.

She only moves on the y-axis, so she's always close to the right border.

Despite not being intelligent in any way, her movements are unpredictable.

Acknowledgments

• Sista library for terminal graphics
• Luca Corradin for the idea of the game
• Francesco Corradin for beta testing and suggestions
• FLAK-ZOSO for writing the code
• Il Pensionato Sentenzioso for the music

Records

• v0.2 record: 1783 by FLAK-ZOSO
• v0.3 record: 2145 by FLAK-ZOSO
• v0.4 record: 2102 by FLAK-ZOSO
• v0.5 record: 1903 by Francesco Corradin

Screenshots