pqnext

• Demo
• Original idea: ProgressQuest
• Awesome reincarnation: pq-cli

Screenshot

Bundle

deno run --unstable --allow-read --allow-write bundle.ts

Start Web Server

Serve docs folder. I use PHP to start it

cd docs
php -S localhost:8000

But if you dont’ have it, no need to install, you can use Google Chrome extension like Web Server for Chrome or VSCode extension like Live Server.

Todos and Ideas

• add value to attributes:

  • str (more bag slots),
  • dex (lesser chance to die),
  • int (more mana allows longer non-stop combat; each mob takes portion of mana; when no mana -> “rest” action)

• add dying (fail when fighting mob); on death -> run to corpse (50% of town distance) -> eat-and-drink

• [?] add gear slot items limit when generating name; should be a window of 6-8 items that moves down the list; so at high levels we generate random name from last 6-8 item names (or maybe add optional properly “level-limit” so it is posible to manually limit some weak titles for high levels) (or maybe allow optionally define rarities for gear slot item titles; so no rare and epic weak titles generated)

• add weapon depth (mainhand and offhand slots)

  • melee/ranged weapons; hero class defines what type of weapon can be used (for example: hypothetical “archer” class might be able to use ranged weapon only)
  • hero class limited weapon types (for example: 2h hammer can only be used by warriors; wand can only be used mage etc.)
  • 1h/2h weapons; so offhand cannot be equipped with 2h weapons

• add quest depth

  • add dropping quest items (dont forget to skip selling these item; now sellJunk() sell entire bag content)
  • [?] add quest chains
  • [?] add main quest chain and plot development

• add gear durability and its loss, when < 10% (?) => move-to-town; add need for repair while in town (chance if durability < 50%)

• add unique/rare mobs with notable loot

• add spell book
• add quest log
• add travel distance tracking
• add achivements (e.g. Hit Level 10 yay!, Killed 1000 mobs!, First gold coin!, Travelled 1 km! etc.)
• add Underground zone type with skeletons, zombies, witches, lava worms, fire giants etc
• add legendary items; unique names and maybe stats/effects; maybe obtainable only from high-end quests (?)
• add gear item flavor text generation (for rare+ with small chance)

• maybe add ability to choose geneder (male/female); action texts should be enchanced to support it

• add perks; player can choose one at start when creating hero; each perk has pros and cons, examples:

  • Quest hater (pro: more exp from killing mobs; con: chance to skip getting quest)
  • Quest lover (pro: higher chance progressing quest on mob kill; con: higher chance to die from mobs)
  • Mythic raider (pro: all mobs you kill always progresses quest; con: part of your bag is reserved for consumables)
  • Iron man (pro: never die from mobs; con: use only Poor and Common gear)
  • Pack mule (pro: more bag slots; con: traveling from wilderness to town takes much longer)
  • Looter (pro: higher chance for mob to drop an item; con: never get gear as quest reward)
  • Tinker (pro: gear is indestructible; con: run from town on death)
  • Steel bladder (pro: lesser chance to go afk; con: high chance to forget to repair gear while in town)
  • Roleplayer (pro: move faster between town and wilderness; con: chance to start roleplaying while in town) // “roleplaying” is a special time consuming “afk” action
  • Mailbox dancer (pro: you get gold for afk actions; con: chance to start dancing on mail box while in town) // “dancing on mail box” is a special time consuming “afk” action
  • Minmaxer (pro: chance to one-shot a mob; con: chance to start minmaxing while in town) // “minmaxing” is a special time consuming “afk” action

• some con: you lose all items in the bag on death

• some pro: chance of getting higher quality rings and necklaces