Marloth 0.1 Manual

Overview

• Marloth is a Roguelike Survival Horror game

• Players explore a hostile world, gathering food and fighting monsters

• This is an alpha version

• There is currently no end-game

• Each playthrough lasts until the player dies or resigns

The Player

• At the start of a new game, the player can choose a profession

• Each profession has a different weapon and varying stats

Resources

Health

• When a player's health reaches zero the player dies
• Player health slowly drains over time
• Players can gather food that is scattered throughout the world
• Players can eat food by pressing the Use Item button ($$use-item)
• Eating food restores health

Energy

• When a player's energy reaches zero the player dies
• Player energy slowly drains over time
• Moving and other actions drain energy
• A player's energy cannot be greater than the player's health

Sleep

• Players can sleep in a bed
• Sleeping restores energy to the amount of health the player has
• Sleeping drains some health
• The more energy is regained, the more health is drained
• After sleeping, the player awakes to a new world outside the house
• The new world will contain fresh food to gather
• The new world will contain most of the same monsters as the previous world, restored to life if they were dead
• The quantity of monsters increases slightly with each new world

Combat

• The world is populated with monsters that will attack you on sight
• Monsters have health and energy like players do, and can die when either resource is depleted
• Players can attack enemies but it drains much energy

Shadow Spirit

• The Alchemist and Magician have the Shadow Spirit ability which can be activated with the Mobility button ($$ability-mobility)
• Shadow Spirit allows the player to explore the world as a non-corporeal being
• Shadow Spirit costs a little energy to activate
• While in Shadow Spirit mode, the drain of energy over time and the energy cost of movement are both increased