fabula - 0.3.0

Fabula is an Open Source Python Game Engine suitable for adventure, role-playing and strategy games and digital interactive storytelling.

Fabula can be used as a library to develop your own games. As an alternative, you can use the Pygame-based graphical editor and the default game engine that come with fabula.

Features:

• client-server architecture
• event-based protocol
• multiplayer and networking capabilites
• multi-threaded server
• abstract, visualisation-agnostic model of a game world
• asset manager
• plugin system
• recording and playback of gameplay
• well-documented code
• runs on Linux and MS Windows (it should work on OS X, too, but this has not yet been tested)

Fabula uses the clickndrag library under the hood for sprites, items, tiles and the GUI.

All 0.8.x releases of Fabula are alpha versions. They may not install cleanly, lack features, crash or set your pet on fire. Use at your own risk!

Please note that fabula needs Python 3 to run.

"Fabula" used to be called "Shard" before being released to the public in 2011.

Removed the action icons from the inventory. Instead, they pop up when right-clicking an entity. Refactoring of PygameEntity captions. The inventory now features a background image which can also be customised. Changes in the display of SaysEvents. Adapted plugins.pygameui to clickndrag API changes. Fabula games can now be played in full screen, and pressing ESCAPE will quit the game. Several bug fixes in the DefaultGame server plugin and PygameUserInterface.

Please note that fabula needs Python 3 to run.