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The Crusader's Quest (Windows download)

Github Python Code for multiplatform (1.1): https://github.com/GagaGievous/The-Crusader-s-Quest

The raw text version of the game for screen readers is on GitHub. The file is called "thecrusadersquest1.1screenreader.py".

In a world where Satanic denizens, such as large maggots, roam the wilderness, only one hero can stop the Antipope from defiling the holiest site in the world. That hero is you. Take a journey through 5 towns and multiple random events and stop the Antipope before it is too late.

The Crusader's Quest is a retro-inspired text RPG, taking influence from games like The Oregon Trail and Warsim. It was coded in pure Python (no outside libraries), and turned into an executable with Pyinstaller.

Features:

  • Races
  • Classes
  • Resource Management
  • Combat
  • Procedurally Generated Enemies and Random Events
  • Permadeath
  • Shops
  • Traders
  • Multiple Ways to Improve Character
  • Reading
  • etc.


1.2 UPDATE: Made a screen reader executable. Fixed a bug where you would seemingly die for no reason (I accidentally put the death screen before you were notified of the damage you took). Fixed bug with Mushroom where it said you got extra Endurance, but you actually got an increased Consumption Rate (now you get the Endurance, as intended). Gave Dwarf and Satyr higher Endurance so they are less likely to starve.



Game Manual (don't read below if you don't want mechanic spoilers):

The manual will help you make sense of the game. The first part will be about everything associated with your character:

Race: Determines your HP, Martial Prowess, Consumption Rate, Endurance, and extra starting Gold.

Occupation: Determines any extra HP, any extra Martial Prowess, Starting and Max Food, Starting and Max Arrows, and Starting and Max Gold.

HP: If it goes to zero, you die.

Martial Prowess: Your power in combat. A high Martial Prowess will make you invulnerable to damage. 

Consumption Rate: How much food you use every turn. If your food hits zero, you will start to use up Endurance.

Endurance: A resource that dwindles every turn you have no food. If Endurance hits zero, you die. Getting Endurance back is rare.

Food: You can buy and sell food at a tavern, get it from hunting, or find it in a random event.

Arrows: You can hunt with arrows. You can buy and sell arrows at the blacksmith, or find it in a random event.

Gold: Used for buying and selling things, as well as upgrading your weapon at the blacksmith.

Name: Has minimal effect on the game. For roleplaying purposes (for example, call yourself Alexander or Macho Man Randy Savage).

Weapon: Has minimal effect on the game. For roleplaying purposes (for example, wield a sword or a flamethrower).


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Click download now to get access to the following files:

The Crusader's Quest 1.1.zip 6.2 MB
The Crusader's Quest Beta 1.0.zip 5.5 MB
thecrusadersquest1.2.zip 12 MB
thecrusadersquest1.2screenreader.zip 12 MB

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WARSIM sent me

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Okay, I've been wondering why this game has been getting more traffic lately; that must be why. :D

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WARSIM sent me too

This was really fun! Great work. I died by eating too many surprise mushrooms, but such is the life of a crusader ;)

Epic lol. Glad you enjoyed it :D

What program did you use to export the game files? I ask because i'm creating a tbg myself and i'm not entirely sure how to export my game for releasing on sites such as Steam or itch.io

A program called Py to EXE. 

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I really enjoyed playing this game, although there is a massive difficulty spike on the third expedition. I know you probably aren't updating the game anymore but if you were to i would love to see a more gradual difficulty curve, although i acknowledge i may be misinterpreting the point of the game.

Thank you for the feedback; I have also noticed the difficulty spike on the third expedition. Some characters are definitely more viable than others, but it is definitely punishing. Whether or not the game was beatable wasn't really a concern of mine when I made it. I still enjoy making games and am glad that you enjoyed this game of mine.

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Hi, thank you for creating a game like this. I'm a blind person, (i.e: screen reader user) also a fan of Warsim, and in the blind community there aren't many rpgs. I'm wondering, please could you create a version with just raw text, for screen reader users? i.e: no ascii characters. Warsim has this as part of it's settings. So, instead of having ########### it just skips that entirely and says stuff like

name: jukesy

and no #######

before the next line

It makes it much less spammy for screen reader palyers.

I've also encountered a slightly weird thing where the text is wrapping to the next line, so instead of saying you are a warrior monk

IT says

You are a warr

ior monk

Also, the help area is a bit bugged at the moment. When I go into the help option, it says, enter controls, etc. But doesn't give a proper list of topics, and if I type controls, the game just exits on me. Also, how ca I find out what each race does? I just selected human even though each race might have different stats, it'd kind of be cool if this could be added as part of character creation so you can make a slightly better choice as to what sort of character you'd like to be. Thank you very much in advance, from Aaron, a blind gamer. Also, if you'd like to try a screen reader, there is one called NVDA which is completely free on windows, and it actually currently auto-reads your game.

I am glad that this game gave you some joy. I can't promise any timely changes because of real life stuff, but making this game playable for screen readers is a great idea, and I am sorry about the state of the game. I should have realized that this game wasn't playable for screen readers. Thank you for your response.

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Hay, seriously this thing is still playable for screen reader users. I'm actually at the third town, although yes I keep on dying. I still don't really know which profession or race to try though. Elf doesnt' seem to have much health, but seems to have a lot of endurance?

I would say your best shot for race is a Human or Dwarf, and your best shot for class is Knight, Hunter, or Adventurer.

Hello, I just released the raw text version of the game on GitHub. The file is called "thecrusadersquest1.1screenreader.py".

Is it compiled?

It isn't compiled. I can work on a compiled version.

I uploaded the screenreader-friendly executable. Also fixed some bugs.