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+A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
+Michael C. Toy
+Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
+Computer Systems Research Group
+Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
+University of California
+Berkeley, California  94720
+ABSTRACT
+Rogue  is a visual CRT based fantasy game which runs
+under the UNIX timesharing system.  This  paper  de-
+scribes how to play rogue, and gives a few hints for
+those who might otherwise get lost in  the  Dungeons
+of Doom.
+1.  Introduction
+You  have  just finished your years as a student at the
+local fighter's guild.  After much practice  and  sweat  you
+have finally completed your training and are ready to embark
+upon a perilous adventure.  As a test of  your  skills,  the
+local  guildmasters have sent you into the Dungeons of Doom.
+Your task is to return with  the  Amulet  of  Yendor.   Your
+reward  for  the completion of this task will be a full mem-
+bership in the local guild.  In addition, you are allowed to
+keep all the loot you bring back from the dungeons.
+In  preparation  for  your  journey,  you  are given an
+enchanted mace, a bow, and a quiver of arrows taken  from  a
+dragon's  hoard in the far off Dark Mountains.  You are also
+outfitted with elf-crafted armor and given  enough  food  to
+reach  the  dungeons.  You say goodbye to family and friends
+for what may be the last time and head up the road.
+You set out on your way to the dungeons and after  sev-
+eral  days  of  uneventful travel, you see the ancient ruins
+that mark the entrance to the Dungeons of Doom.  It is  late
+at  night,  so  you  make camp at the entrance and spend the
+____________________
+UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories
+USD:33-2                     A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
+night sleeping under the open skies.   In  the  morning  you
+gather  your  weapons, put on your armor, eat what is almost
+your last food, and enter the dungeons.
+2.  What is going on here?
+You have just begun a game of rogue.  Your goal  is  to
+grab as much treasure as you can, find the Amulet of Yendor,
+and get out of the Dungeons of Doom alive.  On the screen, a
+map  of  where  you  have been and what you have seen on the
+current dungeon level is kept.  As you explore more  of  the
+level, it appears on the screen in front of you.
+Rogue  differs from most computer fantasy games in that
+it  is  screen  oriented.   Commands  are  all  one  or  two
+keystrokes1  and  the results of your commands are displayed
+graphically on the screen rather  than  being  explained  in
+words.2
+Another  major  difference between rogue and other com-
+puter fantasy games is that once you  have  solved  all  the
+puzzles  in a standard fantasy game, it has lost most of its
+excitement and it ceases to be fun.   Rogue,  on  the  other
+hand,  generates  a  new  dungeon every time you play it and
+even the author finds it an entertaining and exciting  game.
+3.  What do all those things on the screen mean?
+In  order  to  understand what is going on in rogue you
+have to first get some grasp of what rogue is doing with the
+screen.   The  rogue  screen is intended to replace the "You
+can see ..." descriptions of standard fantasy games.  Figure
+1 is a sample of what a rogue screen might look like.
+3.1.  The bottom line
+At  the  bottom  line of the screen are a few pieces of
+cryptic information describing your current status.  Here is
+an explanation of what these things mean:
+Level  This  number  indicates how deep you have gone in the
+dungeon.  It starts at one and  goes  up  as  you  go
+deeper into the dungeon.
+Gold   The  number  of  gold pieces you have managed to find
+and keep with you so far.
+____________________
+1 As opposed to pseudo English sentences.
+2  A minimum screen size of 24 lines by 80 columns is re-
+quired.  If the screen is larger,  only  the  24x80  section
+will be used for the map.
+A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom                     USD:33-3
+____________________________________________________________
+------------
+|..........+
+|..@....]..|
+|....B.....|
+|..........|
+-----+------
+Level: 1  Gold: 0      Hp: 12(12)  Str: 16(16)  Arm: 4  Exp: 1/0
+Figure 1
+____________________________________________________________
+Hp     Your  current  and  maximum  health  points.   Health
+points  indicate  how much damage you can take before
+you die.  The more you get hit in a fight, the  lower
+they  get.   You can regain health points by resting.
+The number in parentheses is the maximum number  your
+health points can reach.
+Str    Your  current  strength  and  maximum  ever strength.
+This can be any integer less than or equal to 31,  or
+greater  than or equal to three.  The higher the num-
+ber, the stronger you are.  The number in the  paren-
+theses  is  the maximum strength you have attained so
+far this game.
+Arm    Your current armor protection.  This number indicates
+how  effective  your  armor is in stopping blows from
+unfriendly creatures.  The higher this number is, the
+more effective the armor.
+Exp    These  two numbers give your current experience level
+and experience points.  As you do  things,  you  gain
+experience   points.   At  certain  experience  point
+totals, you gain an experience level.  The more expe-
+rienced you are, the better you are able to fight and
+to withstand magical attacks.
+3.2.  The top line
+The top line of the screen  is  reserved  for  printing
+messages  that describe things that are impossible to repre-
+sent visually.  If you see a "--More--"  on  the  top  line,
+this  means that rogue wants to print another message on the
+screen, but it wants to make certain that you have read  the
+one  that  is  there  first.  To read the next message, just
+USD:33-4                     A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
+type a space.
+3.3.  The rest of the screen
+The rest of the screen is the map of the level  as  you
+have  explored  it so far.  Each symbol on the screen repre-
+sents something.  Here is a list of what the various symbols
+mean:
+@    This symbol represents you, the adventurer.
+-|   These symbols represent the walls of rooms.
++    A door to/from a room.
+.    The floor of a room.
+#    The floor of a passage between rooms.
+*    A pile or pot of gold.
+)    A weapon of some sort.
+]    A piece of armor.
+!    A flask containing a magic potion.
+?    A piece of paper, usually a magic scroll.
+=    A ring with magic properties
+/    A magical staff or wand
+^    A trap, watch out for these.
+%    A staircase to other levels
+:    A piece of food.
+A-Z  The uppercase letters represent the various inhabitants
+of the Dungeons of Doom.  Watch out, they can be  nasty
+and vicious.
+4.  Commands
+Commands  are given to rogue by typing one or two char-
+acters.  Most commands can be preceded by a count to  repeat
+them (e.g. typing "10s" will do ten searches).  Commands for
+which counts make no sense have the count ignored.  To  can-
+cel  a  count  or a prefix, type <ESCAPE>.  The list of com-
+mands is rather long, but it can be read at any time  during
+the  game  with the "?"  command.  Here it is for reference,
+with a short explanation of each command.
+A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom                     USD:33-5
+?    The help command.  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  typed
+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.
+h, H, ^H
+Move left.  You move one space to the left.  If you use
+upper case "h", you will continue to  move  left  until
+you  run  into  something.  This works for all movement
+commands (e.g.  "L" means run in direction "l") If  you
+use  the "control" "h", you will continue moving in the
+specified direction until you pass something  interest-
+ing  or  run  into  a wall.  You should experiment with
+this, since it is a very useful command, but very  dif-
+ficult  to  describe.  This also works for all movement
+commands.
+j    Move down.
+k    Move up.
+l    Move right.
+y    Move diagonally up and left.
+u    Move diagonally up and right.
+b    Move diagonally down and left.
+n    Move diagonally down and right.
+t    Throw an object.  This is a prefix command.  When  fol-
+lowed with a direction it throws an object in the spec-
+ified direction.  (e.g. type "th" to throw something to
+the left.)
+f    Fight  until someone dies.  When followed with a direc-
+tion this will force you to fight the creature in  that
+direction until either you or it bites the big one.
+m    Move  onto  something without picking it up.  This will
+move you one space in the direction you specify and, if
+there  is  an object there you can pick up, it won't do
+it.
+z    Zap prefix.  Point a staff or wand in a given direction
+and  fire  it.   Even  non-directional  staves  must be
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+pointed in some direction to be used.
+^    Identify trap command.  If a trap is on  your  map  and
+you  can't  remember what type it is, you can get rogue
+to remind you by getting next to it and typing "^" fol-
+lowed  by  the  direction that would move you on top of
+it.
+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.
+>    Climb down a staircase to the next level.  Not surpris-
+ingly, this can only be done if  you  are  standing  on
+staircase.
+<    Climb up a staircase to the level above.  This can't be
+done without the Amulet of Yendor in your possession.
+.    Rest.  This is the "do nothing" command.  This is  good
+for waiting and healing.
+,    Pick up something.  This picks up whatever you are cur-
+rently standing on, if you are standing on anything  at
+all.
+i    Inventory.  List what you are carrying in your pack.

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