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Angband
Angband
	File:Angband-01.jpeg
General
Author	timschumi
Type	Role playing
Version	4.2.3 r145
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2021/11/28
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Revision as of 11:47, 30 December 2021

This is a port of Angband for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS, a dungeon-crawling roguelike that is marginally based off of the Angband port made by Immir.

Installation

Copy the .3dsx file and put it somewhere on your SD card where you can launch it.

Also you will need to extract angband.zip, which contains the gamefile, to your SD card so that you have an angband folder in its root.

User guide

Gameplay

Angband is a free, single-player dungeon exploration game:

You play an adventurer seeking riches, fighting monsters, and preparing for a final battle with Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness.
You (the @) begin in the small trading town above Angband, ready to descend into its depths (using the down staircase, '>').
You explore randomly-generated caverns, and find treasure: = is a ring, ? is a scroll.
You fight monsters. o is an orc, p a human, and r a rat. If you die in battle, you have to start the game again!

Button mappings

To avoid having to use the on-screen keyboard for everything, the game allows for mapping certain button combinations to sequences of up to 10 keyboard inputs. In addition to the standard movement directions on the D-Pad, the following keys are mapped by default:

A - Enter.
B - Escape.
Y - "y".

To change or add button mappings, you can create the file /angband/nds/button-mappings.txt on the SD card, where button mappings will be stored.

Each line in the file (except for empty lines and lines starting with #) describes a mapping for a button combination.
The line is split into two parts (delimited by :), the first describing the button combination and the second listing the sequence of keys that should be pressed instead.

The available buttons for bindings are A, B, Y, X, Up,Down, Left, Right, Start, Select, L, R, ZL and ZR.

L, R, ZL, and ZR are only used as modifier keys and do not trigger an action on their own (this means that they can only be used in combination with other keys).
The chosen buttons for a binding are simply written one after another, delimited using a +.
For the input sequence the characters are written as a coherent string.
For special characters (also known as escaped characters) the characters can be stored in their escaped notation and they will be correctly processed by the game.
A list of escaped characters can be seen on the Wikipedia page, but the game only supports a subset of those (\b, \t, \r, \e, and \\). Quotation and question marks do not need to be escaped.
Example:
- To input g three times followed by pressing Enter whenever you press the buttons L and A, insert this line to button-mappings.txt:
- L+A:ggg\r

On-screen keys

To add custom keys to the on-screen keyboard, you can create the file /angband/nds/screen-keys.txt on the SD card.

Each line in the file (except for empty lines and lines starting with #) describes a mapping for a button combination.
A line has multiple fields, each seperated by a ':':
- label (up to 16 characters).
- x and y offset (in pixels; from the top left of the screen).
- width and height (in pixels).
- input sequence (up to 20 character inputs).
The rules for input sequences in the "Button mappings" feature apply here as well.
Example:
- This is a key with the label "rage quit", it's at the coordinates (80/120) from the top left of the screen, 64 pixels in width, 32 pixels in height and automatically navigates to the "Kill character and quit" menu entry.
- rage quit:80:120:64:32:\r2222\r222\[email protected]\r

Useful links

Angband - Official Website.
How to Play - The Angband Manual.
Getting Help - Angband Forums.

Screenshots

Media

Let's Play Angband (P1) (TheUberHunter)

Changelog

4.2.3 r145 2021/11/28

Upstream changes from Angband 4.2.3 (up to revision 145).
Allow changing the foreground and background colors.

4.2.3 r68 2021/09/04

Upstream changes from Angband 4.2.3 (up to revision 68).
Fix Windows line handling for NDS configuration files.

4.2.3 r0+ 2021/08/05

Upstream changes from Angband 4.2.3.
Memory optimizations for the NDS.
Increase maximum input sequence length to 20.
Add support for custom on-screen keys.

4.2.2 r235++ (2021/07/24

Changed default binding for ESC to B instead of X.
User-defineable button mappings.
New 3DS support (ZL/ZR keys and faster CPU).
Performance optimizations.

4.2.2 r235+ 2021/07/22

Initial release.

External links

Author's website - https://timschumi.net/angband
GitHub - https://github.com/timschumi/angband/tree/nds
Angband at oook.cz - http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?p=154645
Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/ooe282/angband_on_the_nintendo_3ds_and_the_nintendo_ds
GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/angband-for-3ds-nds-download-github.591620

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-|description=This is a port of Angband for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS that is marginally based off of the old Angband port made by Immir.
+|description=This is a port of Angband marginally based off of the old Angband port made by Immir.
 |author=timschumi
-|lastupdated=2021/09/04
+|lastupdated=2021/11/28
-|type=Other Games
+|type=Role playing
-|version=4.2.3 r68
+|version=4.2.3 r145
 |license=Mixed
-|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrew/Angbandv4.2.3.7z
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/angbandtim.7z
-|website=https://timschumi.me/angband/
+|website=https://timschumi.me/angband
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-<youtube>_NMSqmIIMv8</youtube>
+This is a port of Angband for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS, a dungeon-crawling roguelike that is marginally based off of the [[Angband|Angband port]] made by Immir.
-==Angband for the Nintendo DS/3DS==
-This is a port of Angband for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS that is marginally based off of the old Angband port made by Immir. It is still in active development, and should be taken as such. Still, issue reports and feedback are greatly appreciated.
-''' FAangband: Equivalent to Angband 4.2.3 r68, but with all the FAangband changes '''
+==Installation==
+Copy the .3dsx file and put it somewhere on your SD card where you can launch it.
-==Installation instructions==
+Also you will need to extract angband.zip, which contains the gamefile, to your SD card so that you have an angband folder in its root.
-For installing the port onto your 3DS, simply download the 3dsx file (listed below) and put it somewhere on your SD card where you can launch it. You also need to download game files (also listed below, as angband.zip) and extract them to your SD card so that you have an angband folder in its root.
-For the original Nintendo DS the procedure is similiar, you just need to download the nds file instead of the 3dsx file. Keep in mind that the NDS port is not really comfortable to play on, and more of a proof-of-concept. The screen is too small to display the game in a readable font size, and the hardware is too underpowered to run the game in its normal configuration (although, the latter problem is likely a non-issue when running in DSi mode). However, you can make the game run if you lower the level dimensions and number of monsters (use [https://gist.github.com/timschumi/6e6a85f53b05fe4aeebe94b7a60ba37e this] as an example).
+==User guide==
+===Gameplay===
+Angband is a free, single-player dungeon exploration game:
+* You play an adventurer seeking riches, fighting monsters, and preparing for a final battle with Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness.
+* You (the @) begin in the small trading town above Angband, ready to descend into its depths (using the down staircase, '>').
+* You explore randomly-generated caverns, and find treasure: = is a ring, ? is a scroll.
+* You fight monsters. o is an orc, p a human, and r a rat. If you die in battle, you have to start the game again!
-==Configuration==
 ===Button mappings===
 To avoid having to use the on-screen keyboard for everything, the game allows for mapping certain button combinations to sequences of up to 10 keyboard inputs. In addition to the standard movement directions on the D-Pad, the following keys are mapped by default:
+* A - Enter.
+* B - Escape.
+* Y - "y".
-* A -> Enter
+To change or add button mappings, you can create the file /angband/nds/button-mappings.txt on the SD card, where button mappings will be stored.
-* B -> Escape
+* Each line in the file (except for empty lines and lines starting with #) describes a mapping for a button combination.
-* Y -> "y"
+* The line is split into two parts (delimited by :), the first describing the button combination and the second listing the sequence of keys that should be pressed instead.
-To change or add button mappings, the user can create the file /angband/nds/button-mappings.txt on the SD card, where button mappings will be stored.
+The available buttons for bindings are A, B, Y, X, Up,Down, Left, Right, Start, Select, L, R, ZL and ZR.
+* L, R, ZL, and ZR are only used as modifier keys and do not trigger an action on their own (this means that they can only be used in combination with other keys).
+* The chosen buttons for a binding are simply written one after another, delimited using a +.
+* For the input sequence the characters are written as a coherent string.
+* For special characters (also known as escaped characters) the characters can be stored in their escaped notation and they will be correctly processed by the game.
+* A list of escaped characters can be seen on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences Wikipedia page], but the game only supports a subset of those (\b, \t, \r, \e, and \\). Quotation and question marks do not need to be escaped.
+* Example:
+** To input g three times followed by pressing Enter whenever you press the buttons L and A, insert this line to button-mappings.txt:
+** L+A:ggg\r
-Each line in the file (except for empty lines and lines starting with #) describes a mapping for a button combination.
+===On-screen keys===
+To add custom keys to the on-screen keyboard, you can create the file /angband/nds/screen-keys.txt on the SD card.
+* Each line in the file (except for empty lines and lines starting with #) describes a mapping for a button combination.
+* A line has multiple fields, each seperated by a ':':
+** label (up to 16 characters).
+** x and y offset (in pixels; from the top left of the screen).
+** width and height (in pixels).
+** input sequence (up to 20 character inputs).
+* The rules for input sequences in the "Button mappings" feature apply here as well.
+* Example:
+** This is a key with the label "rage quit", it's at the coordinates (80/120) from the top left of the screen, 64 pixels in width, 32 pixels in height and automatically navigates to the "Kill character and quit" menu entry.
+** rage quit:80:120:64:32:\r2222\r222\[email protected]\r
-The line is split into two parts (delimited by :), the first describing the button combination and the second listing the sequence of keys that should be pressed instead.
+===Useful links===
+* [https://angband.github.io/angband Angband] - Official Website.
+* [https://angband.readthedocs.io/en/latest How to Play] - The Angband Manual.
+* [http://angband.oook.cz/forum Getting Help] - Angband Forums.
-The available buttons for bindings are A, B, Y, X, Up, Down, Left, Right, Start, Select, L, R, ZL and ZR.
+==Screenshots==
-L, R, ZL, and ZR are only used as modifier keys and do not trigger an action on their own (this means that they can only be used in combination with other keys).
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/angbandtim3.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/3dshomebrews/angbandtim4.png
-The chosen buttons for a binding are simply written one after another, delimited using a +.
+==Media==
+'''Let's Play Angband (P1)''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMSqmIIMv8 TheUberHunter]) <br>
-For the input sequence the characters are written as a coherent string. For special characters (also known as escaped characters) the characters can be stored in their escaped notation and they will be correctly processed by the game.
+<youtube>_NMSqmIIMv8</youtube>
-A list of escaped characters can be seen on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences Wikipedia page about escape sequences], but the game only supports a subset of those (\b, \t, \r, \e, and \\). Quotation and question marks do not need to be escaped.
-Example: If I wanted to input g three times followed by pressing Enter whenever I press the buttons L and A, I would put the following into my button-mappings.txt file:
-L+A:ggg\r
-==On-screen keys==
+==Changelog==
-To add custom keys to the on-screen keyboard, the user can create the file /angband/nds/screen-keys.txt on the SD card.
+'''4.2.3 r145 2021/11/28'''
-Each line in the file (except for empty lines and lines starting with #) describes a mapping for a button combination.
+* Upstream changes from Angband 4.2.3 (up to revision 145).
+* Allow changing the foreground and background colors.
-A line has multiple fields, each seperated by a ':':
+'''4.2.3 r68 2021/09/04'''
+* Upstream changes from Angband 4.2.3 (up to revision 68).
+* Fix Windows line handling for NDS configuration files.
-* label (up to 16 characters)
+'''4.2.3 r0+ 2021/08/05'''
-* x and y offset (in pixels; from the top left of the screen)
+* Upstream changes from Angband 4.2.3.
-* width and height (in pixels)
+* Memory optimizations for the NDS.
-* input sequence (up to 20 character inputs)
+* Increase maximum input sequence length to 20.
+* Add support for custom on-screen keys.
-The rules for input sequences in the "Button mappings" feature apply here as well.
+'''4.2.2 r235++ (2021/07/24'''
+* Changed default binding for ESC to B instead of X.
+* User-defineable button mappings.
+* New 3DS support (ZL/ZR keys and faster CPU).
+* Performance optimizations.
-Example: This is a key with the label "rage quit", it's at the coordinates (80/120) from the top left of the screen, 64 pixels in width, 32 pixels in height and automatically navigates to the "Kill character and quit" menu entry.
+'''4.2.2 r235+ 2021/07/22'''
+* Initial release.
-rage quit:80:120:64:32:\r2222\r222\[email protected]\r
+==External links==
+* Author's website - https://timschumi.net/angband
+* GitHub - https://github.com/timschumi/angband/tree/nds
+* Angband at oook.cz - http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?p=154645
+* Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/ooe282/angband_on_the_nintendo_3ds_and_the_nintendo_ds
+* GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/angband-for-3ds-nds-download-github.591620
 [[Category:3DS homebrew games]]
-[[Category:Other 3DS homebrew games]]
+[[Category:Homebrew role playing games on 3DS]]