Roguelike Development Resources

A curated list of roguelike development resources

• Communities
• Resources
  • Procedural Map Generation
  • Field of View
  • AI
  • Time Management
• Tutorials
• Videos
• Libraries
• Open Source Roguelikes
• Miscellaneous

Communities

• RoguelikeDev Reddit - 👍
• Roguelikes Discord
• Temple of the Roguelike

Resources

• RogueBasin Articles - 👍
• Procedural Generation Resources - 👍
• Procedural Generation Wiki
• Random Dungeon Generators
• Procedural Map Generation
• FAQ Friday
• Roguelike Tilesets

Procedural Map Generation

• Dungeon

  • BSP

    • Basic BSP Dungeon Generation
    • Dungeon Generation using BSP Trees
    • How to Use BSP Trees to Generate Game Maps
    • Procedural Dungeon Generation
    • Procedural Dungeon Generator
    • Random Map Generators - #2 #3 #4 #5
    • Infra Arcana Map Generation Demo - Videos #2 #3

  • Maze

    • Jamis Buck's Maze Algorithms
    • Jamis Buck's Random Dungeon Generator - #2
    • Think Labyrinth: Maze Algorithms
    • Random Dungeon Generator Launcher by Wizards of the Coast
    • Rooms and Mazes: A Procedural Dungeon Generator

  • Cellular Automata

    • Cellular Automata Method for Generating Random Cave-Like Levels
    • Using A Cellular Automata Style Rule to Create A Cave System
    • C# Algorithm to Build Interesting Cave Systems
    • Procedural Cave Generator - Unity/C#, 3D
    • How Does Level Generation Work In Brogue? - 👍
    • Python Dungeon Generator
    • Improving Procedural 2D Map Generation - Hilbert curves
    • Contour Bombing Cave Generation Algorithm - Alternative for CA

  • Graph

    • Over-Engineering Dungeon Generation
    • Procedural Dungeon Generation Algorithm Explained - 👍
      • TinyKeep - Devlog
      • Demo - Flash
    • Procedural Dungeon Generation Algorithm
    • Delaunay Triangulation Dungeon Generator - C
    • Dungeon Generation Algorithm - Relative Neighborhood Graph
    • 2D Map Generated with a Node-Based Approach
    • Dungeon Generator (Part 1) – Node-Based Approach

  • Template

    • Spelunky Generator Lessons
    • Herringbone Wang Tiles - 👍
    • Rogue-like Level Generator
    • Procedural Room Generation Explained
    • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Prefabs
    • A Template-Based Approach to Procedural Map Generation

  • Miscellaneous

    • The Original Rogue Algorithm
    • Dungeon Maker
    • Level Generator
    • Recursive Tile Map Growth - Java
    • Make a Mystery Dungeon - 🇯🇵
    • Three Techniques to Procedurally Generate Dungeons
    • A Bunch of Dungeon Algorithms
    • Level Generator Toolkit
    • DCSS Layout Types
    • Sample Levels from placerooms.pl - #2
    • The Zelda Dungeon Generator
    • Constructive Generation Methods for Dungeons and Levels - PDF
    • Unangband Dungeon Generation - Parts 2-9 links in the article.
    • Random Dungeons: Turbulence Algorithm
    • Winding Ways
    • Random Paths via Chiseling

• Town

  • A Constrained Growth Method for Procedural Floor Plan Generation - PDF

• Overworld

  • Generating Fantasy Maps
  • Overworld Overview
  • World Generation Breakdown
  • Creating a Random 2D Game World Map
  • Building an Infinite Procedurally-Generated World
  • Map Generator Based on Voronoi Diagram and Perlin Noise - C++
  • World Generator Inspired by Dwarf Fortress - Python
  • Procedural Worlds from Simple Tiles
  • Various PCG Articles by pvigier(Vagabond) - Overworld/Dungeon/Cave/City, etc.
  • Island Generation - More interesting articles on the blog.

• Landscape

  • Landscape Generation using Midpoint Displacement
  • Simple 2D Terrain with Midpoint Displacement
  • Simple 2D Landscape Generator Inspired by No Man's Sky - #2

• Space

  • Procedural Generation for Dummies: Galaxy Generation
  • Procedural Stars Map
  • Procedural Generation of 2D Space Scenes in WebGL
  • A 2D Procedural Galaxy with C++
  • The Frontier Galaxy
  • Poisson Disk Sampling
    • Fast Poisson Disk Sampling in Arbitrary Dimensions - PDF
    • Poisson-Disc Sampling - Demo
    • Poisson Disk Sampling - Tutorial
    • Poisson Disk Points Generator - C++

• Spaceship

  • How I Generate a Layout for Space Ships; Quick Guide
  • Randomly Generating Simple Spaceships In Heat Signature - #2
  • Procedurally Generate Spaceship Sprites
  • How My Toolkit Builds Spaceships

Field of View

• Roguelike Vision Algorithms - 👍
• Comparative Study of Field of View Algorithms for 2D Grid Based Worlds
• What the Hero Sees: Field-of-View for Roguelikes
• Partial Occlusion Field-of-View

AI

• The Incredible Power of Dijkstra Maps - 👍
  • Progressive Dijkstra Scan - #1 #2 #3
• Dijkstra Maps Visualized
• Distance Map
• Applications of Dijkstra Maps in Roguelikes - Video
• TinyKeep AI Demo - Flash Demo, Videos

Time Management

• A Turn-Based Game Loop

Tutorials

• Roguelikedev Does The Complete Roguelike Tutorial - Version 2017/2018 👍
• Complete Roguelike Tutorial using Python and libtcod - 👍
• Complete Roguelike Tutorial using C++ and libtcod
• Creating a Roguelike Game in C# and RogueSharp
• Roguelike Tutorial in Java and AsciiPanel
• Building a Roguelike in JavaScript and rot.js
• Let's Build a Roguelike in FreeBasic
• Unity 2D Roguelike Tutorial
• Python Roguelike Tutorial - Videos

Videos

• Roguelike Celebration 2016
• Roguelike Celebration 2017
• Roguelike Celebration 2018
• IRDC 2016
• IRDC 2017

Libraries

• libtcod - C/C++, Python
• BearLibTerminal - C/C++, C#, Lua, Pascal, Python, Ruby
• rltk - C++
• SadConsole - C#
• rot.js - JavaScript
• rotLove - Lua
• T-Engine4 - Lua
• LambdaHack - Haskell

Open Source Roguelikes

• Angband - C
• Nethack - C
• Retro Rogue Collection - C 👍
• Martin's Dungeon Bash - C/C++
• Cataclysm DDA - C++
• Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup - C++
• Incursion - C++
• Infra Arcana - C++
• IVAN - C++
• KeeperRL - C++
• Amaranth - C#
• Pixel Dungeon - Java
• Hauberk - Dart 👍
• DoomRL - FreePascal

Miscellaneous

• The Roguelike Archive
• Donnie Russell II's Home Page - Rogue, Hack, Larn, MAG, Moria, etc.
• Decoded: Rogue
• Roguelike Source Code Review
• Fantasy Name Generator - JavaScript
• Dyson's Map Archive
• Cool Retro Term