About
DoomRL (Doom, the Roguelike) is a fast and furious coffee-break Roguelike game, that is heavily inspired by the popular FPS game Doom by ID Software.
DoomRL is written in FreePascal, using my Valkyrie library. It also uses SDL for sound and music output.
News
23 Apr 2008 - DoomRL 0.9.8.10 RELEASED!
DoomRL 0.9.8.10 is available! I didn't want to make you wait for 0.9.9, so I prepared another version from the 0.9.8 line. Check the official announcement here! Then head to the download section and grab your Windows or Linux version!
14 Jan 2008 - DoomRL 0.9.8.9 RELEASED!
Not even a month has passed since the 0.9.8.8 release, and a new and fresh 0.9.8.9 release is available! Except for a lot of refactoring, this version has a *lot* more new features than 0.9.8.8 had! Check the official announcement here! Then head to the download section and grab your Windows or Linux version!
26 Dec 2007 - DoomRL 0.9.8.8B as in Bugfixed!
I removed three annoying bugs from the last release, two of them being crashbugs.
22 Dec 2007 - DoomRL 0.9.8.8 RELEASED!
DoomRL 0.9.8.8 is out! Get it while it's hot in the download section! See version.txt for a full list of changes), or the forum announcement for more information!
A Linux and FreeBSD version will follow soon. If you're interested in a MacOS version, please give me a sign at the forum.
3 May 2007 - DoomRL 0.9.8.7 for Linux and FreeBSD!
Michalis did it again :). Head to the download section for the newest 0.9.8.7 Linux and FreeBSD binaries! Be sure to read the "unix notes" before running.
2 May 2007 - DoomRL 0.9.8.7 RELEASED!
DoomRL 0.9.8.7 is out! Get it while it's fresh and tasty in the download section! Among other things, the interface has a lot of additions, weapon mods are to be found, Mancubi appear, new traits are available and a lot of balancing has been done (see version.txt for a full list of changes).
A Linux and FreeBSD version will follow soon. If you're interested in a MacOS version, please give me a sign at the forum.
30 Mar 2007 - AliensRL 7DRL released
DoomRL 0.9.8.7 is nearing completion. Remember you can monitor developement in the livefeed section (or donate, and have access to the beta versions ;)). In the meantime however you might try out AliensRL my this years 7DRL competition entry.
6 Dec 2006 - DoomRL 0.9.8.5 for Linux and FreeBSD!
DoomRL is now available for Linux and FreeBSD! Please read the "unix notes" file before running it. Bot are available in two versions -- one with sound (needing SDL and SDL_mixer) and one without.
Please visit the forums there's a lot of activity there nowdays (also related to DiabloRL and Berserk! as well as the future ChaosForge games.
26 Nov 2006 - DoomRL 0.9.8.5 RELEASED!
Finally! After over a year, a new version of DoomRL is ready for download! It's packed with many, many exciting new features!
I decided to call it 0.9.8.5, because I still have many ideas I want to implement before 0.9.9. Still, all the promised features (including Difficulty Levels, Progress Tracking and Challenge Modes are implemnted, not to mention a heap of Advanced Traits! And don't worry, a new version should be out a lot quicker ;].
Head to the download section and have fun! Be sure to comment on the game on the new forum.
And if you enjoy DoomRL, please consider donating !
See version.txt for all the changes. A Linux version will follow in a week or so (I'll announce it at the forum).
24 Oct 2006 - Berserk!
While waiting for the release of DoomRL 0.9.9, you might want to check out my 7DRL contest entry Berserk! -- a roguelike of tactical bloodshed!
14 Oct 2006 - DoomRL 0.9.9 nearing completion...
DoomRL 0.9.9 is nearing completion, with many attractive features! Beta tests are run with 80% of the features already in. Watch this page for the announcement. More details on the forum!
Also, a working Linux and FreeBSD version will be available once 0.9.9 is out. Currently we're moving from FMOD to SDL to make running DoomRL with sounds easier to set up on Linux.
23 Apr 2006 - Official DoomRL IRC channel opened!
I'd like to inform you all that thanks to Turgors initiative DoomRL has an IRC channel now. The IRC channel is located on irc.quakenet.org, name of the channel is #DoomRL. Feel free to drop by -- there's always someone idling, myself included.
26 Jan 2006 - New DoomRL webpage!
I've undertaken a project for my WWW Technologies class to create a CMS for my project, and ValkyrieCMS was born. Enjoy the new look of the DoomRL website, and don't forget to tell me what you think about it!
I also took the occasion, and upgraded the DiabloRL homepage - if you never tried it, maybe now's the occasion?
Also both pages are now hosted on chaosforge.org. Update your bookmarks, and if you know a site with the old links still there, mail them so they update them!
28 Nov 2005 - DoomRL Wiki
Work on 0.9.9 in progress. In the meantime, help us with the DoomRL Wiki! It needs your help!
16 Oct 2005 - DoomRL Forum
Up to date I've got a few requests that DoomRL could use a discussion board... I'm not sure how useful will that be, but for the ones interested -- here it is. A new, more functional website will follow.
27 Sep 2005 - DoomRL is not abandoned
Just to let you people know -- DoomRL is not abandoned. A new version, full of new goodies, is in the making, and will be available before the year ends.
28 Apr 2005 - Version 0.9.8 is out!
A drastical change has happened! DoomRL is even more similar to Doom now, for it SOUNDS the same :-D. Included in the full zip-file are MIDI's and WAV's from Doom (that are the property of ID software, and probably will be distributed with DoomRL only in this release). You can also download Doom I MP3's from www.sirgalahad.org/paul/doom/ and use them instead of the MIDI files -- I strongly recommend that! View doomrl.ini for details of MP3 installation. But it's not all! I also added the long awaited save-on-crash, and TWO new level styles! See version.txt for details.