Phase 4 (Final) - Combat System, Enemies & File Save/Load Engine

What's Included in Phase 4

Phase 4 completes Slayie by adding enemy encounters, combat health checks, game-over conditions, and persistent game-state saving and loading using local text files!

Key Features Implemented

• Enemy Encounters (E): Hostile goblins placed across the dungeon. Colliding with an enemy engages combat, dealing 25 damage to the player before eliminating the foe.
• Game Over State: If playerHealth drops to 0 or below during combat, the dungeon run concludes with a game-over terminal screen.
• Persistent Save Engine (saveGame): Pressing [K] saves your active coordinates, health, coins, and the exact remaining map layout into slayie_save.txt.
• Save State Loader (loadGame): Start menu prompts to either launch a fresh run or restore your previous checkpoint directly from disk.

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Live Gameplay Preview

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How to Test

1. Download SLAYIE.exe from the assets below.
2. Run the executable in your terminal.
3. Choose 1 for a new game or 2 to load a previous save.
4. Use W, A, S, D to navigate, K to save your game, and fight enemies (E) on your way to the exit door (D)!

Phase 3 - Collectibles, Health Potions & Inventory System

What's Included in Phase 3

Phase 3 integrates an interactive item economy and real-time inventory management into Slayie!

Key Features Implemented

• Gold Coin Pickups ($): Scattered across dungeon tiles, collecting gold increments goldCount by +10.
• Health Potions (H): Pickups restore +20 HP to playerHealth with a hard cap set at 100 max HP.
• Dynamic Tile Consumption: Picked-up items are consumed from the 2D array and converted back to walkable floor tiles (.).
• Live Stats Synchronization: The UI header displays instant updates for gold earnings and current health status after every pickup.

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🎮 Live Gameplay Preview

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⚙️ How to Test

1. Download SLAYIE.exe from the assets below.
2. Run the executable in your terminal.
3. Move across $ and H tiles using WASD to test inventory collection and healing!

Phase 2 - Dungeon Environment, Solid Walls & Collision Engine

What's Included in Phase 2

Phase 2 brings full dungeon environment layout mechanics and real-time obstacle collision processing to Slayie!

Key Features Implemented

• 2D Array Map Data Matrix (char dungeon[10][10]): Stores the actual dungeon grid in memory.
• Solid Boundary Walls (#): Surrounds the map with protective outer walls and places interior obstacle barriers.
• Collision Detection Engine: Calculates target coordinates (nextX, nextY) before applying movement—blocking the player @ from walking through walls.
• Dungeon Exit Door (D): Places an exit tile at position (8, 8) that triggers a level-clear message upon arrival.

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⚙️ How to Test

1. Download the compiled index.exe binary attached below.
2. Double-click index.exe to run the updated game.
3. Try navigating towards the # walls to test collision blocking, or find your way to the D door to clear the dungeon!

Phase 1 - Interactive ASCII Map & Movement Framework

🎮 What's Included in Phase 1

This is the first stable release of Slayie, a terminal-based ASCII Dungeon Crawler RPG written in native C++!

✨ Key Features Implemented

• 10x10 ASCII Grid Map: Rendered dynamically in the terminal using nested loops.
• Player Coordinates Engine: Tracks the live grid position of the player icon (@).
• WASD Navigation Controls: Full keyboard routing for Up (W), Down (S), Left (A), and Right (D) movement commands.
• Boundary Safeguards: Built-in collision checks to prevent the player from moving off the grid edges.
• Live Status Dashboard: Displays real-time player stats (playerHealth and goldCount) above the map.

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⚙️ How to Test

1. Download the compiled index.exe binary attached below.
2. Double-click SLAYIE.exe to launch the game directly in your terminal.
3. Use W, A, S, D keys followed by Enter to move your player @ around the grid, or press Q to exit!