DiaT stands for: Diat is a Textadventure - but its even more, Its an emulator for playing and creating Textadventures like back in the 80s.
Its written in Java.
It's a program that reads data from a human-readable xml file to create a text-based game, allowing people unfamiliar with programming to craft their own customized text adventures.
Sounds and graphics can also be added.

Features

  • QuickSave/Load
  • Load Game from XMLFile
  • Show GFX for Rooms and Items
  • Shortcuts: I (items), r (redo), ...
  • Health
  • Display Cutscenes
  • Dynamic fight system
  • Puzzles
  • About 100 word vocabulary
  • Difficulty levels
  • Debuff: "Bleeding"
  • Move West, East, North, South, Up, Down
  • Play Sound for Rooms, Items and Events

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Java Swing

Programming Language

Java

Related Categories

Java Games, Java Role-Playing Games (RPG), Java Game Development Frameworks

Registered

2013-04-07