ProgressQuest-cli/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

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Gameplay

• Changed the game mechanics to match the current web version of Progress Quest, which pqcli now plays exactly like, random rolls included (#21):
  • Changed the time needed to level up to grow exponentially: levels come much faster early on and much slower past level 49
  • Changed quests to be much shorter
  • Changed stat gains that favor the best stat to only consider the six prime stats
  • Changed item rewards on inventories past 250 kinds of items to sometimes add one more of something already carried
  • Changed impressive characters in cinematics to be named in the new styles, such as "the Queen of the Half Halflings"
  • Changed the cinematic texts to match the web version
  • Changed acts to begin as their loading task starts
  • Added the Chancellor, Baroness and Inquistor titles
• Changed the random number generator to the one the web version uses, stored with each character; existing characters get a new one on first load
• Changed roman numerals past 4000 to use the web version's T and A numerals
• Fixed the plot bar staying empty during the Prologue
• Fixed the quest log keeping 101 quests instead of 100
• Fixed "an" not being used before words starting with Ü

Customization

• Added data files for all word lists (monsters, spells, equipment, races, classes, titles and more), which can be replaced in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pqcli/data/ or a directory given with --data-dir (#3)
• Added customizable combat descriptions (combat_verbs.json), which say "Executing" by default (#3)
• Added --dump-data DIR to copy the built-in word lists out for editing (#3)

Saves

• Added importing and exporting characters as .pqw files, the format of the web version, from both interfaces and with --import-save and --export-save (#21)

Installation

• Added a Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml to run the game in a container, with saves kept in a persistent volume
• Added character creation on first run when there are no saved characters yet

Development

• Added tests, including gameplay traces and a comparison with the web version's own code (just test)
• Added a justfile
• Changed the hooks to prek, with ruff in place of black and isort, ty for type checking, and a 50/72 commit message check
• Removed poetry.lock