Blackguard

Explore the Dungeons of Doom as the Blackguard! Blackguard is a first person perspective on a classic dungeon-crawler game. Defeat enemies in a quest for the Amulet of Yendor.

Commands are given to Blackguard by swiping screen and pressing

single characters on the keyboard.

Voice recognition is also available on some devices.

See the manual for details.

? The help command (help). Asks for a character

to give help on. If you type a *, it will list all the

commands, otherwise it will explain what the character

you type does.

/ This is the What is that on the screen? command.

A / followed by any character that you see on the level,

will tell you what that character is. For instance, typing

/@ will tell you that the @ symbol represents you,

the player.

f Move forward until you pass something interesting

or run into a wall.

t Throw an object.

z Zap an object with a staff or wand.

D Dip an object in the magic pool.

> If you are standing over the passage down to the next

level, this command means to climb down (down).

< If you have found the Amulet of Yendor, then

you have the ability to climb back up a level, hopefully on

your way out (up).

s Search for traps and secret doors. Examine each space

immediately adjacent to you for the existence of a trap or

secret door. There is a large chance that even if there is

something there, you won't find it so you might have to

search a while before you find something (search [how many]).

. Rest. This is the do nothing command. This is

good for waiting and healing.

i Inventory. List what you are carrying in your pack.

I Selective inventory. Tells you what a single item in

your pack is.

q Quaff. Drink one of the potions you are carrying.

r Read. Read one of the scrolls in your pack.

e Eat food. Take some food out of your pack and eat it.

w Wield a weapon. Take a weapon out of your pack and carry

it. You must be wielding a weapon to use it (except to

throw things). To fire an arrow, you must wield the bow.

You can only wield one weapon at a time.

W Wear armor. Take a piece of armor out of your pack and

put it on. You can only wear one suit of armor at a time.

T Take armor off. You can't remove armor that is cursed.

P Put a ring on your finger. You can only wear two rings

at a time.

R Remove a ring from your finger. Cursed rings are hard

to remove.

d Drop an object. Take something out of your pack and

leave it lying on the floor. Only one object can occupy

each space.

a Reports your encumbrance. The heavier your pack is

weighted down with objects, the less effective you are in

an attack and the more food you'll eat.

c Call an object. You can call an object anything you like.

v Prints the program version number.

S Show scores.

Swipe Move, turn and pick up object.

Tap

keyboard icon Toggle soft keyboard.

microphone Voice commands.

object Identify object.

screen Clear prompt/continue.

double tap Bring up level overview.

M Toggle mute.

@ Show identity.

m View manual.

X Become a wizard! (must know password)

Code available at https://github.com/portegys/blackguard-game