Demon Tactic - Turn-Based Roguelike RPG Game

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The game is difficult and quite diverse both in game situations, and in the plot. But not enough to be really as gaming masterpiece in its niche in turn-based RPG and roguelikes.

In order to develop this game (it costs money), to maintain its workability (it costs money too) and to improve it (and it also costs money) is not enough just enthusiasm, especially given the fact that game is free. Without financial return game will be abandoned and forgotten. And disappointed author simply leave this cruel industry.

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- Lunge (1 damage, in straight line to enemy).
- Slash (1 damage, move near enemy to a tile adjacent to it).
- Jump strike (1 damage, requires at least 1 energy point for jump).
- Dart (1-2 damage + bonuses, one use per battle, requires energy).
- Kick (Knockback + stun effect, works only if hero's strength exceeds enemy's weight).
- Basic move (Allows moving for 1 tile; requires free terrain; unavailable if hero is stunned).
- Hindered move (Some terrain types will exhaust/stun the hero if he moves through them).
- Rest (Stunned hero must stand still to regain basic move ability; resting 4 times in a row replenishes 1 point of energy (1 max)).
- Jump (allows to move at 2+ tiles at once; good for bypassing rough terrain; spends energy).

About the game. Demon Tactics is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG in a fantasy setting.
Features:
- Control a mighty demon and his minion army and decide his fate and the fate of Infinite Dungeon dwellers; the choice is yours - you may become either a champion of light and protector of the weak, a ruthless conqueror, an evil maniac focused on slaughter, a sovereign ruler of an underground empire or a shameless careerist mercenary - but keep in mind that you have to pay a price for every choice you make; all of your decisions have both short-term and long-term consequences.
- Complex and hard tactical battles, divided into separate scenarios, where victory is decided by your strategic skills and wise situation assessment, not just by random factors or luck; bear in mind that a masterly retreat is a victory in itself.
- All the key features of roguelike genre: randomly generated world; extreme difficulty; rich game content; permanent death; etc.
- Great variety of game endings, each of them is the consequence of your playstyle and decisions you make through the game; for example you might come to power as a ruler of particular faction, ascend yourself to godhood or destroy this realm completely.
- Single quests and whole quest chains, that allow you to sink deep in the game setting, making your journey much more fascinating and unpredictable.
- Lots of different enemies with perks and special abilites, which make every encounter unique; you have to master the whole arsenal of your hero's moves and abilites in order to succeed, as there's no universal recipe for victory.

Your priority task at all times is survival. Thus the player must consider their options and plan their actions carefully. Also, the player must correctly assess the chance of a victory and retreat in time in no-win situations. This is particularly crucial as the escape path is not always available when the hero's already drawn into a fight.

The end goal of your hero is to achieve success. Each player measures the success by his own standards: escaping from the Infinite Dungeon safely, reigning over one of the many factions, becoming a god. Of course, certain achievement routes vary in difficulty.

The game difficulty is very hard and it is the same for everyone. The game is fair with the player though and the probability of hero's death depends on player's attentiveness and skills. The game meets most of roguelike genre requirements.

The basic tactics for a succesful game is to receive as minimum damage as possible. You need to learn enemies' skills and traits and pay attention to how much damage they are able to withstand and how hard they may hit you. And most importantly you should learn how to escape. Vast energy reserves and increased jump radius make a safe retreat much easier.

Tips and tricks:
- Let single enemies with a single melee attack approach you, and then attack them with the slash attack;
- Archers and mages can be caught with a jump attack;
- You can injure several enemies by throwing a dart, when they stand in line;
- If the enemy's weight is less than the hero's strength, this enemy can be kicked into other enemies, knocking them further back. You can use such enemies both as a shield and as a projectile simultaneously.

Monsters. If you hover your mouse over the unit, you can see its current characteristics in the lower right information box:
- rel - relations between the unit and the hero. Relationship may be hostile (aggressive towards the hero), neutral and friendly. If you kill another unit of the same faction, unit's attitude towards the hero deteriorates to hostile. Some monsters can be friendly to the hero in certain situations, despite their faction hostility towards the hero.
- hp - its current pool of Hit Points, the unit dies in case the value drops below 1. Initially equal to 1, but may vary depending on the unit skills or perks.
- armor - remaining unit's armor durability that absorbs damage from most kinds of attacks before the HP pool until it drops to zero value . Initially equal to 0, but may vary depending on the unit skills or perks.
- stun - level of unit's fatigue or stunned condition length. Tired or stunned units have to rest during their turn and cannot act.
Base damage - base damage of any unit is 1 damage point.

General characteristics: (found in unit's general description field when you hover over the unit with a cursor)
- Faction: aa - unit faction's code: faction's attitude towards the hero is shown in brackets.
- Actions - the number of actions that unit can perform in a single turn. It equals 1 in most cases, but this value is higher for greater units.
- Fatigue - measure of unit's exhaustion. Usually equals 0. If greater than 0, then unit has to rest for the given value after each move made.
- Weight - weight of a unit. The more a unit weighs, the more difficult it is for the hero to knock it back. Particularly heavy monsters are immune to stuns and knockbacks from kicks.

Hero has the following characteristics:
- Red hearts - hit point (HP) reserves;
- Lightnings - energy point (EP) reserves, which allow the hero to jump and throw darts;
- Small watch - hero's fatigue level. Exhausted\stunned hero must rest in order to remove the exhaustion effect.
- Stars - hero's combat level. The hero gets experience from consuming enemies' corpses if his health and energy pools are already full.
Damage of hero's standard attack under normal conditions is 1 damage point, so he should use different tricks and tactics in order to defeat extremely tough opponents.

Attack hit chance is always 100%. Damage might be mitigated in certain rare cases, but still the target will suffer from additional effects.

Unit perks and abilities Some units have special perks and abilities that determine their strengths and weaknesses. You can see the list of unit perks and abilities in the lower information block while targeting the unit with the cursor.

Perks listed in the first picture: damage(-1), stun(2); attack skills listed: kick(3), shoot(4,1,3,w). Targeting the perk with the mouse cursor allows you to see its detailed description in the information box on the right side of the interface. Second picture features the description of the way perk or skill works. Here you can see damage as an example - it is the perk name, while the value in brackets is one of possible values of this perk. Value -1 for this skill means that unit damage output will be reduced by one point, making it equal to zero in this case.

Unit abilities are shown in the same information block as perks. For example, attack shoot(4,1,3,w) means, that this monster has a ranged attack, which it can use with 4 turn cooldown with a range from 1 to 3 tiles, while w value describes the attack type(element) - "web" in this case (f - fire type, for example). Amount of damage inflicted by this attack may vary according to correspondent abilities' values.

Hero skills are exceptional, as the hero is a unique fighter belonging to the clan of demon warlords. These skills differ much from other units' abilities, making the player's character flexible and powerful enough to survive in the most grave situations.
Jump - 2 tiles - this ability allows to move at 2+ tiles at once; good for bypassing rough terrain; spends energy.
Kick - 4 strength -this attack has knockback + stun effect, works only if hero's strength exceeds enemy's weight (strength value also defines the distance of knockback); can be used to knock the bombs away as well.
Dart throw - 2 tiles (1) - dart throw is a demon super attack that inflicts 1-2 damage and injures all creatures standing in line on a 2 tiles distance. (1) is the amount of attack uses left per battle. This mystic weapon ignores enemy armor and can be imbued with additional properties as your hero level progresses. Moreover, the dart injures creatures the second time on its way back into the hero hands.
Spirit summoning - hero can learn an ability to summon immortal spirit minions, which can be further improved as he levels up.
Skill values can be improved as the hero gains new levels.

Aggressive / Peaceful mode. Mode selection does not spend an action during player's turn. When aggressive mode is active, the hero can attack both allies and enemies. When peaceful mode is active, the hero can only attack enemies. The default setting is peaceful mode.

Kicking or position switching. When kicking mode is active, the hero is able to kick an adjacent target unit regardless of its alignment (allied or hostile). When position switching mode is active, the hero will kick hostile units and switch positions with the allied units. The default setting is position switching. Allies do not become hostile if the hero kicks them, but if this will result in the allied unit's death, all other allies of the same faction will turn hostile.

Potions. The hero can loot and buy rare useful potions, for example, the potion of energy. Using potions does not spend an action during player's turn. Potions are difficult to obtain, but they can be a significant advantage in the toughest battles.

Factions' relations. If the hero wants to become an ally to one of the factions, he should know both enemies and allies of this faction. Relations information is available in the "Factions relationship" table positioned to the right of potions counter. Shown example demonstrates that Vampires are in a sturdy alliance with the Necromancers and in a fragile alliance with the Mages Guild. Also vampires loathe the Holy Church and dislike some other factions. Basically it means that in order to make an alliance with the Vampires the player should aid the Vampires, Necromancers and Mages Guild, as well as fight all the enemies of Vampires faction.

Hero army. Hero can build his own small army during his journey. The hero can summon his troops at any moment of the battle to the tiles adjacent to his position by clicking on the unit icon in the army block positioned in the lower information window. Summoning units does not spend an action during player's turn. Summoned units are returned into reserves automatically when hero leaves the map, but they cannot be withdrawn during the battle. (escaping from the map is the only option). The player should learn to use his resources in time of need as well as keeping them, else he risks dying because of his greed.

Hero armor. The hero may find different variants of armor in his travels. When the armor status is "ready", the first attack directed at the hero will be completely absorbed by the armor including the negative effects. But at the same time durability the armor will be reduced and in the end after sufficient amount of hits armor will be destroyed. If the hero is attacked when armor is not ready yet, the hero will receive full damage from the attack and armor still will lose some durability. Wise use of even the weakest armor allows to defeat even the most powerful bosses.

Demonic eye. The hero has a magical ability to anticipate dangerous situations. Targeting the demonic eye with the cursor will highlight possible unit attack routes on the map.
Red filled hexagons indicate that the unit will be able to attack this cell on its move.
Red empty hexagons mean that this unit is currently in reloading status.
Yellow filled hexagons indicate that the unit is stunned and is unable to attack.
Take note that the hero is not able to predict the moves of very fast units with several actions per turn.

The content that is currently available in the game:

1) Bestiary consisting of 415 units / monsters divided into 20 factions;
2) 63 skills and special traits available for creatures in various combinations;
3) 1 ending;
4) 25 inventory items (includes gear and consumables);
5) 14 types of randomly generated scenarios;
6) 16 fixed maps, randomly loaded during gameplay, and 6 fixed starting maps.

The graphics of Demon Tactics game application is issued under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later as combination of artwork created by Anohin Denis and The Battle for Wesnoth game community that uses GNU license, version 2. For more information look at the list of authors of Wesnoth. By contributing this content to the project you agree for it to be distributed under GPL or whatever other open-source license the project maintainers choose in the future.
Some arts was used and transformed from Artwork by DENZI. DENZI Room's pixel art is free material under the Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA attribution, share alike)
Paintings of the famous artists are in the public domain and thus are not subject to copyright. The game features the paintings of the following artists: Hieronymus Bosch, Alessandro Magnasco, Giorgio Vasari, Joachim Patinir, Matthias Grnewald, Pieter Bruegel, Petrus Christus, Salvator Rosa, Jacopo Zucchi, Jan Mandijn, Arnold Bcklin, Hans Memling, Peter Huiss, Louis Apol, Albert Bierstadt.
All content that was created by players for the Demon Tactics game is issued under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3. Special thanks to these great people: Elena A.A., Andy Prime (xstraighthatex[SNAIL]gmail.com), Norov Timur.
"Demon Tactics" Code and game algorithms are copyrighted by author Anohin Denis and are not based on any external sources. General part of the game will be always free to play, and source code should stay closed from player examination.
There is also used JsHttpRequest: JavaScript "AJAX" data loader on license LGPL by author Dmitry Koterov.
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