Link Runner

A small Zelda-themed jump'n'run adventure inspired by the Dinosaur Game from Chrome offline mode.

Link is on his way through the Forbidden Woods, jumping over red Octoroks and trying to dodge flying Keese.

Written in Ruby with the Ruby Gosu Gem.

Running the game

Install with Homebrew

# Clone the repo
git clone 

# Install dependencies
brew install sdl2

bundle install

Execute the program

You can run the game with

bundle exec ruby jump_adventure.rb

or for a shortcut

# Make the script executable
chmod +x play

# Then simply use the shortcut
./play

Screenshots

TODOs:

Handle monsters:

• add switching between monsters (9:1 octo to keese)
• add switching between colors of octoroks (maybe couple with highscore?)
• check collision detection for keese
• add random, sensible spawning of monsters

Gameplay

• add increasing speed
• add levels or similar to increase difficulty, spawn keese, etc.