Top 15 libtcod Alternative and Similar Games | Dec 2024

Also known as libtcod, the Doryen Library is the function library built for the Chronicles of Doryen.

It is an uncomplicated library for roguelike developers.

Features :

* windowed or full screen console with true color support
* support for custom character sets using bitmap fonts and colored tiles
* Mersenne twister and Complementary Multiply With Carry random number generator
* inbuilt support for dice (string parsing, rolling)
* Bresenham line drawing toolkit
* Perlin, Simplex and Wavelet noise generator
* field of view toolkit with 5 different algorithms
* image toolkit with support for rotation/stretching and subcell resolution blitting
* support for turn by turn and real time games
* mouse support
* advanced configuration file parser
* fast generic container with array/list/stack interfaces
* bsp toolkit
* heightmap toolkit
* pathfinding toolkit (A* and Dijkstra)
* compression toolkit
* antialiased and unicode font support
* custom/dynamic font characters mapping
* PNG images support
* customizable name generator with 20 predefined syllable sets ...

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