Erebus

Erebus is an open source and cross-platform, point-n-click style, real-time 2D role-playing game (RPG) with dungeons to explore,NPCs to talk to, enemies to fight, sub-quests to complete and scenery to interact with.

The game supports Rogue-like keyboard controls, features multiple quests, provides randomly generated dungeons to explore, as well as the choice of starting characters.

Erebus is a platform-independent game, which supports Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android and Symbian operating systems.

What is new in this release:

• Each character now has their own special skills.
• When fighting enemies that require a magical weapon, melee combat now conducted using M instead of FP.
• A new Sling weapon was added.
• A new enemy Troll was added to the 3rd quest.
• Improvements were made to random dungeons.
• A new GUI button was added to target and cycle between selected enemies.
• New graphics were added.
• Various bugfixes, UI improvements, and rule tweaks were made.

What is new in version 0.12:

• FIXED Problem failing to load saved games in some circumstances - note that unfortunately this won't fix existing save games, but the problem shouldn't occur with new save games that are now created.
• FIXED Potential bug to do with amount of gold for rewards from NPCs not being initialized correctly.
• FIXED Android version can now play multiple sounds at once.
• ADDED Android version now plays footsteps sound.

What is new in version 0.9:

• A bug where save game files that couldn't be loaded were sometimes created (e.g., 2nd quest).
• The Android back button now works correctly in all parts of the UI.
• This release is for Source and Android only (Windows and Symbian still at version 0.7).

What is new in version 0.8:

• Erebus is now available on Google Play for Android smartphones and tablets.
• Minor improvements were made for other platforms.

What is new in version 0.7:

• This version fixes a major bug which caused choosing a custom name to mean that the player started with no items.
• Various improvements have been made to pathfinding and the user interface.
• The graphical perspective of doors has been improved.
• Undead enemies have been added for random dungeons.
• Various other bugs have been fixed.

What is new in version 0.6:

• New gameplay modes, random dungeons, and permadeath were introduced.
• Players can now select which stats to improve when levelling up.
• New weapons were added: Holy Water, Acid, and different arrow types.
• More spells for enemies were added.
• AI improvements were made.
• Graphical and UI improvements were made, including a circle for targetted enemy, graphical effects for spells and arrows, and UI changes for non-mobile devices.
• A new turbo mode makes the game run at 2x speed.
• Various bugs were fixed.
• The Linux version now supports "make install", and an installer is now available for Windows.