Shanism

Shanism is a C#-scriptable top-down 2D RPG game platform.

The idea is to (be able to) create custom maps/scenarios with no knowledge of the game engine internals, as long as one's aware of common RPG mechanics such as buffs, auras, mana or abilities.

Building

Windows

Requires .NET Core 2.1

1. Grab the source code from Github.
2. Initialize all submodules.
3. Run the build-content.cmd script to create the game content files.
4. Open the Shanism.sln file in Visual Studio and hit Build/Debug. Alternatively use dotnet run or dotnet publish from the command-line.

When compiling in Release mode, binaries can be found in the /bin folder.

Other Platforms

While all dependencies use .NET Core which should cross-platform, all the dev work was done on a Windows box.

Screenshots

WIP

Current Status

• Most™ in-game features ready - units, heroes, abilities, buffs, AI behaviours.
• Earlier builds had a crappy no-diff networking. A rewrite with proper networking (a la Quake / Doom 3) support is under way, currently being tested.
• A limited-functionality map editor with crude map editing support + texture & animation editor.

A WORD OF CAUTION

Since maps are essentially .NET libraries, DO NOT EVER CONNECT TO SERVERS UNLESS YOU PERSONALLY KNOW THE HOST. There's an experimental sandbox during compilation which only allows methods from "safe" assemblies (lol), but it's TOTALLY UNTESTED IN THE WILD.

DO NOT BE A COMPLETE FOOL BY DISREGARDING THE MESSAGE ABOVE.

Further Reading

Please refer to the Github wiki.

I should™ get an autodoc-style documentation up sometime soon™.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3.