Forgotten Catacombs

Forgotten Catacombs is an old-school roguelike single-player dungeon adventure inspired by Umoria and Shattered Pixel Dungeon, and designed for Playdate console and desktop terminal.

Game manual

🇷🇺 Русская версия

Building from source

📌 Requirements

• Zig compiler: version 0.16.0 or later
• Playdate SDK (for Playdate build only)

💻 Terminal build

Build and run the game in terminal mode:

zig build run -Doptimize=ReleaseFast

Output binary will be located in: zig-out/bin/

🎮 Playdate build

Additional requirements:

• Playdate SDK installed
• PLAYDATE_SDK environment variable set

Set SDK path (example):

export PLAYDATE_SDK=~/PlaydateSDK

Build and run in emulator:

zig build emulate -Doptimize=ReleaseFast

This will:

• build the Playdate version
• launch it in the Playdate Simulator
• generate a .pdx package

The resulting package will be located in:

zig-out/forgotten_catacombs.pdx

Contacts & Contributions

This is a hobby project developed in free time. Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are very welcome — feel free to open an issue for bug reports and suggestions.

While contributions are appreciated, please note:

• Pull requests may not always be reviewed promptly
• Some pull requests may not be merged
• There is no guarantee that all suggestions will be implemented

This is not due to lack of interest, but simply limited available time.