Console Monsters (another open source terminal/console monster collecting RPG)

[ZacharyPatten]

Hey pokete community. We are also working on an open source terminal/console based monster collecting RPG called "Console Monsters", but our game is in C# .NET rather than python. Since our projects are very similar, I felt like reaching out here to say hello as people may be interested in both games and we could learn from each other.

"Console Monsters" is still very early on. We've only been working on it for ~3 weeks in our spare time. We don't have battles coded yet, but we do have resizable console windows (rendering is based on current console size), scrolling maps with character movement animation, and some hopefully neat ascii/Unicode art (we currently have ~50 ascii/Unicode monster sprites). Here is a video demo of the current state of the game:

2022-07-19.00-37-52.mp4

If interested in checking it out, "Console Monsters" is included in this repository: https://github.com/ZacharyPatten/dotnet-console-games
(currently the last row in the table; also note that the console-monsters branch has the most up-to-date code of the game)

Here is some ascii art from Console Monsters (note that the ascii does not render correctly on mobile, please view the sprites on a desktop OS for accurate monospace rendering):

Characters...

 ╭═══╮ 
 │'_'│ 
╭╰───╯╮
│├───┤│
 │_|_│ 

 ╭───╮ 
 ├■_■┤ 
╭╰───╯╮
╰├───┤╯
 │_|_│ 

////\\\
//^_^\\
╭┴───┴╮
│├───┤│
 │_|_│ 

Map Tiles...

 ┬──┬─┐
╭┴──┴╮│
│Sign││
╰────╯│
      │

       
       
╦═════╦
╬═════╬
╩     ╩

  ╬╬╬  
 ╬╬╬╬╬ 
  ╬╬╬  
 _|_|_ 
 \___/ 

╔═════╗
║ ■■■ ║
║    o║
║     ║
╚═════╝

                       
 ║        @╮         ║ 
 ║    ╭═╨──∏──╨═╮    ║ 
 ╠══╗ ╰────╥────╯ ╔══╣ 
 ╨  ╨      ╨      ╨  ╨ 

Items...

       
 ╭───╮ 
 ╞═●═╡ 
 ╰───╯ 
       

Monsters...

╰╮             
╰╮╰╮      ╭───╮
╰╮╰╮╰╮    │^_^│
   ╰╮╰────╯  ╭╯
    ╰┬╮ ╭─┬╮ │ 
     ╰╰─╯ ╰╰─╯ 

 ╭───╮ 
 │^_^│ 
 │   │ 
 │   │ 
─┴───┴─

    ╭─────╮    
 (O)│ ‾o‾ │(O) 
╭─╨─╯╔═══╗╰─╨─╮
│ ╭╮╔╝   ╚╗╭╮ │
╰─╯╔╝     ╚╗╰─╯
   ╚╗     ╔╝   
  ╭╯╚╗   ╔╝╰╮  
  │ ╭╚═══╝╮ │  
  ╰─╯     ╰─╯  

           ╭────╮
           │ ^_^│
╭───╮ ╭───╮╰─╮╭─╯
││‾││_││‾││__││  
╰╯ ╰───╯ ╰────╯  

     \~\~\~|~/~/~/     
      \ ╭─────╮ /      
┌─┐ ┌──\│ o_o │/──┐ ┌─┐
  └─┘ ╭─╰─────╯─╮ └─┘  
      │ ╭─────╮ │      
      ╰─╯─╯ ╰─╰─╯      

 /\                  
/~~\  <‾__>╭───╮<__‾>
\   \      │^_^│     
 \___>╭────╯~~┬╯     
      │ ╭┬──╮ ││     
      ╰─╯╯  ╰─╯╯     

    ╭◦╮    
    /◦\    
╭─◦╯^_^╰◦─╮
╰◦╮◦ ◦ ◦╭◦╯
  /◦/‾\◦\  
 ╰◦╯   ╰◦╯ 

    ╭─┬──┬─╮
◦╮╭◦├ ╭─┴╮ ┤
╭┴┴─┼ ╰┬ ├ │
│^_^╰┬┼─┬╯ ┤
╰┬┬┬┬┴─┴─┴─╯

  ╭─────╮     
  │ ⱺ_ⱺ │     
╭─╰─┤ ├─╯─╮  
│ ╷╭┤ ├╮╷ │  
╰─╯││ ││╰─╯╭╮
 ╭╯╰┤ ├╯╰╮─╯│
 │ ╭┤ ├╮ ├──╯
 ╰─╯│ │╰─╯   
    │ │      
    ╯─╰      

   ╮╭    
  ╭/╰╮   
  │ⱺⱺ├<> 
  ╰╮/╯   
 <>┤│    
─^─┴┴^─^─

  ╭──╮╭──╮ 
 ╭┴─╭ⱺⱺ╮─┴╮
 ╰┬─╰─○╯─┬╯
  ╰┬┬╯╰──╯ 
   │├<>    
 <>┤│      
   ││      
─^─┴┴^─^─  

◄‾_>╭─────╮<_‾►  
    │▪^_^▪│      
    │╷╭─╮╷│      
    ├╯╰─╯╰┤◄/\/\>
    ╰─╯‾╰─╯      

        ◦╮ ╭◦       
  /‾‾‾\ ╭┴─┴╮ /‾‾‾\ 
 / ( ( >│^_^│< ) ) \
 \/\/\/ ╰┬─┬╯ \/\/\/
         │ │        
         ╹ ╹        

   ╭─────╮
   │ ‾o‾ │
 ╭─╰─────╯─╮
 │o╷╭───╮╷o│
 ╰═╯│^_^│╰═╯
 ╭╯ ┼┬─┬┼ ╰╮
 │  ╰╯ ╰╯  ├──╮
 │o╭─────╮o├──╯
 ╰═╯     ╰═╯

         ╭─╮
         │^╰─╮
    ╭─╮  │ ╭─╯
╭╭──╯~╰──╯ │
╯│        ╭╯
 │╭┬────┬╮│
 │││    │││
 ╰╯╯    ╰╰╯

           ╰╮╰╮
  ╰╮╰╮╰╮     /^╰─╮
  ╰╮╰╮╰╮╰╮╰╮/ /‾‾
   ╰/‾‾‾‾‾‾  /
    │\ \──┬\ \
    ││//  ││//
    ┕┙˅   ┕┙˅

╔═╭─────╮═╗
╔═│╭───╮│═╗
╔═╰│^ ^│╯═╗
   ╰╥═╥╯
    ╰ ╯

        //
        ││<>
/‾‾‾\╭──╯╰──╮
\___/│ o  O │/‾‾‾\
     │╭════╮│\___/
     ╰╰════╯╯

 _╭─────╮_
//│ ^_^ │\\
//╰╥───╥╯\\
  ╰‾╯ ╰‾╯

   ╭───╮
   │^_^│
  ╭╰───╯─╮
  │╭╮╭╮╭╮│
  ││││││││
  ╰╰╰╯╰╯╯╯

[lxgr-linux]

This looks really nice,
I'm looking forward to what's going to be possible in your game.
Greetings