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The keys which took me a while to figure out are < (SHIFT+,) and > (SHIFT+.) for going up/down and * (SHIFT+8) for select all in the inventory/action menus. And the ones I couldn’t find out at all yet are ? to describe the spells in the spells menu and \ to show exits and keys.

Another thing I found a bit confusing was, that I had to disable NUM-LOCK to use SHIFT movement. It does not work when NUM-LOCK is enabled. The normal letters seem to work fine. At least I didn’t run into any problem yet.

And there is one more thing which would be very helpful. When starting a new game I need to select the attribute order. It would be nice if I could get a description of what these attributes are used for. Perhaps something like the spell description option. I know you describe some of the things, like wisdom for searching etc., in the tutorial. And of course some things will be self explnatory. But I think that would give the player a better understanding to make an informed decision about this step.

I’ll let you know if I find out more. :-)

Edit: Forget about the part with the attributes. Just me, again, not reading carefully enough. All the needed information is in the guidebook already. :-D

Okay, so my first run went something like this:

• Explored Town
• Stood on a path which led out of town
• SHIFT moved on that path
• Came to a halt waaaaaaaay out of town right in front of a panther
• Got eaten by the panther

11/10 so far. :-D

on my keyboard the '?' didn't work. In bearlibterminal I use

char tk_char = terminal_state(TK_CHAR);

to read the character and then compare tkchar == '?' for example, I had issues with these too.

The disadvantage seems to be quite hefty, but I like the idea nonetheless.

I finished watching your tutorial playthrough after I was done with mine. You got through much faster then I did because I had to backtrack multiple times. I stored most of my items in my donkey before fighting the eel and forgot to get them back afterwards. And at the goblin pallisades I oversaw the sign and burnt the firewood to cook me something to eat right in place. At least I could chop down some trees in the room where you learnt about making fire and cooking. :-D

In the end it was a very fun experience. And that was “only” the tutorial. If the rest of the game comes even close, I’m sold!