Wikidungeon

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Inspiration

Our inspiration for HackKU is a wiki race but through the lens of rogue-likes like the Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon

What it does

It is a video game to is meant to be played. Our project transforms the experience of navigating webpages to exploring a dynamic, self-building roguelike adventure.

How we built it

We built it from the ground up using just the pygame and requests packages.

Challenges we ran into

Getting the camera to work, learning source control, multiple types of collision detection, and many concept design choices were among difficulties.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Dungeon generation, wiki parsing, and a stable and solid-feeling engine.

What we learned

So much about Pygame, Github, and of course, teamwork.

What's next for Wikidungeon

We built this project as a proof of concept- so many potential features remain unimplemented that would contribute to the wiki race theme and to being a fully fleshed-out game. This includes items that have special effects, more UI elements (history, togglable map, inventory button), and even a variety of game modes. We have diligently structured our code in such a way that allows for easy expansion.

Built With

Submitted to

HackKU 2023
- Winner General Track

Created by

I worked on the initial engine, and defined/built many key classes such as objects, walls, links, creatures, and a lot more that didn't make it to this prototype. A lot of work went into rendering text, and improving game-feel as well. I am also responsible for most advertising material (slides, logo, text)

Jake Helsel
I worked on sword functionality, basic enemy movement and other minor details in this project. It is my first time participating in a hackathon and working on a video game style project. I gained experience in using pygame and how to structure roguelike games more in-depthly. Huge props to Ben and Jake!! Making this project run :D

Mya
I started on web querying and html parsing, and worked towards analyzing and slowly transforming the data structures into a form that could be loaded into a game engine. I also helped with some of the technical details of the graphics and the more algorithmic processes throughout the codebase.

Ben Phillips