Developer adapts html5 engine PuzzleScript for dungeon crawlers

A developer modified the PuzzleScript html5 engine for first-person perspective and 3D rendering. DungeonScript should make it easy to develop and run Dungeon Master-like games in the browser.

Developer Jarred’FarbsWoods said he got the idea for DungeonScript when a friend of his said he didn’t know how to start developing a dungeon crawler. Farbs thought that PuzzleScript, but from a first-person perspective, would be suitable for this. PuzzleScript is an HTML5 engine that allows novices to create simple puzzle games for the browser. For example, the code to have a player push a chest when it bumps into it is

[ > Player | Crate ] -> [ > Player | > Crate ]

“The best thing about PuzzleScript, and with it DungeonScript, is that you can create and share an entire game using just the editing window in a browser. Everything from the graphics to the audio and game logic is contained in a simple text file and there is a share button right on the screen,” said Farbs.