Homebrew RELEASE BrogueCE

[capsterx]

Brogue is a single-player strategy game set in the halls of a mysterious and randomly-generated dungeon. The objective is simple enough -- retrieve the fabled Amulet of Yendor from the 26th level -- but the dungeon is riddled with danger. Horrifying creatures and devious, trap-ridden terrain await. Yet it is also riddled with weapons, potions, and artifacts of forgotten power. Survival demands strength and cunning in equal measure as you descend, making the most of what the dungeon gives you. You will make sacrifices, narrow escapes, and maybe even some friends along the way -- but will you be one of the lucky few to return alive?



https://github.com/capsterx-switch/BrogueCE/releases/tag/v1.9.2-r2

I've never played this game, so I mapped the keys as best as I could. If people who play this find a better key mapping let me know and I can update the defaults.
Right trigger should control mouse, right stick click is left click. touch screen also acts as mouse, as for the rest of the keys, they are configurable. I can probably map the l-stick to movement but have not done so yet.

put a file on sdmc:/switch/brogue/switch_keys

Here are the default ones:
A = ENTER

B = ESC
X = CTRL-I
DUP = UP
DRIGHT = RIGHT
DDOWN = DOWN
DLEFT = LEFT
R = CTRL-Z
L = CTRL-Z

 

[mathew77]

@capsterx
Great! Does it support USB Keyboard (via dock / or usb-c OTG) btw?..

 

[oriongrant]

i love you but damn these controls need some work, A really needs to be enter for example... Can you upload an example key config so we can edit? thanks!

 

[mathew77]

an example key config

Like this:

 

[capsterx]

i love you but damn these controls need some work, A really needs to be enter for example... Can you upload an example key config so we can edit? thanks!

Yea, it's not a game I've ever played, so I did what I could.
Here is the default config
https://github.com/capsterx-switch/BrogueCE/blob/master/bin/switch_keys

and look at this post https://gbatemp.net/threads/exult.577254/#post-9265300 for more info on the format.

 

[oriongrant]

Cheers lads, i've unmapped everything and decided to map as I go. At the moment, this is working for me quite well:

MINUS = 
PLUS = 
A = ENTER
B = ESC
Y = 
X = CTRL-I
L-X = 
ZL - X = 
ZR - X = 
R - X = 
L - PLUS = 
ZL - PLUS = 
L - A = 
DUP = UP
DRIGHT = RIGHT
DDOWN = DOWN
DLEFT = LEFT

ZL - DUP = 
ZL - DDOWN = 
R = CTRL-Z 
L = CTRL-Z
ZL - MINUS =

 

[capsterx]

Cheers lads, i've unmapped everything and decided to map as I go. At the moment, this is working for me quite well:

MINUS =
PLUS =
A = ENTER
B = ESC
Y =
X = CTRL-I
L-X =
ZL - X =
ZR - X =
R - X =
L - PLUS =
ZL - PLUS =
L - A =
DUP = UP
DRIGHT = RIGHT
DDOWN = DOWN
DLEFT = LEFT

ZL - DUP =
ZL - DDOWN =
R = CTRL-Z
L = CTRL-Z
ZL - MINUS =

The mapping system loads either one, it does not combine them, so this mapping is:
A = ENTER
B = ESC
X = CTRL-I
DUP = UP
DRIGHT = RIGHT
DDOWN = DOWN
DLEFT = LEFT
R = CTRL-Z
L = CTRL-Z

If this works I can set this as the default (all the lines without a mapping are just ignored)

 

[oriongrant]

The mapping system loads either one, it does not combine them, so this mapping is:
A = ENTER
B = ESC
X = CTRL-I
DUP = UP
DRIGHT = RIGHT
DDOWN = DOWN
DLEFT = LEFT
R = CTRL-Z
L = CTRL-Z

If this works I can set this as the default (all the lines without a mapping are just ignored)

That looks pretty good, i'm sure it can be refined a little more but anything not here can be used via the touchscreen. I made it 7 floors down before dying on a playthrough last night so it seems pretty good!

Any thoughts on a Vita/3DS or even a PS3 port? Thanks for all the hard work!

 

[capsterx]

That looks pretty good, i'm sure it can be refined a little more but anything not here can be used via the touchscreen. I made it 7 floors down before dying on a playthrough last night so it seems pretty good!

Any thoughts on a Vita/3DS or even a PS3 port? Thanks for all the hard work!

I dont have a vita or 3ds, I do have a ps3 but I have not tried any home brew on it.

 

[oriongrant]

I dont have a vita or 3ds, I do have a ps3 but I have not tried any home brew on it.

I understand the Vita and 3DS have great debugging platforms for the PC, and if you haven't cfw'd the PS3 yet i'd very much recommend it!

I do have all 3 of these hardware platforms so I'm happy to test bits out.

 

[BuerHightower]

This port is really great. I wonder if you can do the same thing with DCSS.

 

[capsterx]

This port is really great. I wonder if you can do the same thing with DCSS.

It looks like it uses sdl, so it may be possible. I have a few other projects going on, so I may have time at some point.

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I understand the Vita and 3DS have great debugging platforms for the PC, and if you haven't cfw'd the PS3 yet i'd very much recommend it!

I do have all 3 of these hardware platforms so I'm happy to test bits out.

I think it would be a challenge for things I dont have. However the sdl gamepad -> keyboard mapping should be valid for any platform.

 

[capsterx]

This port is really great. I wonder if you can do the same thing with DCSS.

I'll take a look at it. If there is enough interest or if it's simple enough maybe!

 

[oriongrant]

I'll take a look at it. If there is enough interest or if it's simple enough maybe!

DCSS is a very popular roguelike, you're doing gods work getting ascii roguelikes on to handhelds as it's not something that is often done.

 

[capsterx]

Posted a minor update, changed the default keys and added an icon

 

[angelhp]

Thanks you, but there isn't .nro, only source code

 

[capsterx]

Thanks you, but there isn't .nro, only source code

Ah, thanks, fixed. If i click post before the file finishes uploading it does not warn me.

 

[oriongrant]

Posted a minor update, changed the default keys and added an icon

I've been playing this a lot, totally love it. Thank you for the updates. I might try and take on porting to vita myself if I can sit down for 2 secs!

 

[capsterx]

DCSS is a very popular roguelike, you're doing gods work getting ascii roguelikes on to handhelds as it's not something that is often done.

For a game that can run on a text console, this is a beast, it requires a database and I cannot get sqlite3 or Berkleydb to work (and the ndbm glibc version also doesnt work), and if I manage to do that I still have to deal with the opengl calls. *sigh*. I may have been defeated on this one.

 

[oriongrant]

Any chance of an update to this at all? I'd be really interested in knowing more about how it was ported, I'd like to take a pop and porting it to the ps4 or something.