pyscoundrel 0.1.0

A Python implementation of the Scoundrel roguelike card game

PyScoundrel 🃏

A Python implementation of Scoundrel, a single-player roguelike card game by Zach Gage and Kurt Bieg.

Experience the thrill of dungeon crawling through a deck of cards with a modern, clean terminal interface!

🎮 Features

• Full Scoundrel Implementation: Complete game mechanics including weapons, monsters, and health potions
• Modern CLI Interface: Clean terminal UI powered by Rich with:
  • Rounded borders and clean tables
  • Integer-based menu system (1, 2, 3... 0 to quit)
  • Color-coded cards by type
  • Health percentage display
  • Damage calculations shown clearly
• Fast Flow Gameplay: No pauses or confirmations - continuous action
• Smart Choices: Only valid actions are displayed (no disabled options)
• Configurable Dungeons: YAML-based card pool system - customize or create themed dungeons
• Agent Support: Create automated players with custom strategies
• Comprehensive Logging: Track every game event with JSON logs for analysis
  • Console logging for real-time monitoring
  • File logging with complete game state
  • Auto-generated filenames with timestamps
• Reproducible Games: Random seed support for consistent playthroughs

📦 Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pyscoundrel.git
cd pyscoundrel
pip install -r requirements.txt

Dependencies

• Python 3.8+
• rich >= 13.0.0
• pyyaml >= 6.0.0

🎯 Quick Start

Play the game

# Run with default settings
python -m pyscoundrel

# Use a specific random seed (for reproducible games)
python -m pyscoundrel --seed 42

# Skip title screen
python -m pyscoundrel --no-title

# Use a custom dungeon
python -m pyscoundrel --dungeon my_dungeon.yaml

Command-line options

--seed INT           # Random seed for reproducible games
--no-title           # Skip title screen
--dungeon PATH       # Path to custom dungeon YAML

🎲 How to Play

Game Rules

Scoundrel is played with a 44-card dungeon deck (26 monsters, 9 weapons, 9 potions).

Card Types:

• Monsters: Deal damage equal to their value (2-14)
• Weapons: Reduce monster damage. Important weapon rule: After killing a monster, the weapon can only be used on monsters ≤ last kill value
• Health Potions: Restore health (max 20 HP). One per turn only

Gameplay:

1. Draw 4 cards to form a Room
2. Choose to avoid the room (cards go to bottom of deck) or face it
   • Cannot avoid two rooms in a row
3. If facing the room, choose 3 of 4 cards to face (one carries over to next room)
4. Handle each card:
   • Weapon: Equip it (discards old weapon)
   • Potion: Heal (max 20 HP, one per turn)
   • Monster: Fight barehanded OR with weapon (if available)

Winning/Losing:

• Win: Clear the entire deck while staying alive
• Lose: Health reaches 0
• Quit: Press 0 anytime (counts as defeat)

Scoring:

• Victory: Your remaining health
• Defeat: Negative value = sum of remaining monster damage

🏰 Dungeon Configuration

PyScoundrel uses a YAML-based dungeon system for complete card customization.

Default Dungeon

The default dungeon uses standard playing card names (J♣, 7♥, K♠, etc.) matching classic Scoundrel.

Custom Dungeons

Create your own themed dungeons:

# my_dungeon.yaml
version: "1.0"

cards:
  # Monsters
  - id: "Goblin"
    name: "Goblin"
    type: monster
    value: 3
    count: 4

  - id: "Dragon"
    name: "Dragon"
    type: monster
    value: 13
    count: 2

  # Weapons
  - id: "Sword"
    name: "Steel Sword"
    type: weapon
    value: 7
    count: 1

  # Potions
  - id: "Potion"
    name: "Healing Potion"
    type: health_potion
    value: 5
    count: 3

See DUNGEON_CONFIGURATION.md for full documentation.

📚 Documentation

• Quick Start Guide - Get playing in 2 minutes
• Dungeon Configuration - Customize your card pool with YAML
• Logging Guide - Track and analyze game events
• Agent Development - Create automated players

🏗️ Package Structure

pyscoundrel/
├── models/          # Core game entities
│   ├── card.py      # Card model (supports both legacy and dungeon formats)
│   ├── deck.py      # Deck management with dungeon support
│   ├── weapon.py    # Weapon with kill history tracking
│   ├── player.py    # Player state (health, equipped weapon)
│   └── room.py      # Room with 4 cards
├── game/            # Game logic
│   ├── state.py     # GameState and GamePhase
│   ├── engine.py    # Core game logic and rules
│   └── actions.py   # Player actions and results
├── dungeon/         # Dungeon card pool system
│   ├── card_pool.py # Dungeon loader and validator
│   └── default_dungeon.yaml  # Default card pool
├── ui/              # Rich-based terminal UI
│   ├── renderer.py  # Game renderer
│   ├── theme.py     # Color theme
│   └── input.py     # Input handling
└── config.py        # Game configuration

💻 Programmatic Usage

Use PyScoundrel as a library:

from pyscoundrel.game.engine import GameEngine
from pyscoundrel.dungeon import Dungeon
from pyscoundrel.config import GameConfig

# Create game with default dungeon
engine = GameEngine(seed=42)
engine.start_game()

# Or use a custom dungeon
dungeon = Dungeon(config_path="my_dungeon.yaml")
engine = GameEngine(dungeon=dungeon, seed=42)

# Game loop
while not engine.is_game_over:
    result = engine.draw_room()
    # Handle room...
    result = engine.face_card(0)
    # Handle card...

# Get final score
print(f"Victory: {engine.state.victory}")
print(f"Final Score: {engine.state.score}")

🎨 UI Features

Modern Interface:

• Numbered menu system (1-5 for actions, 0 to quit)
• Rounded borders and clean tables
• Color-coded card types
• Health bar with percentage
• Weapon status with restrictions

Smart Display:

• Monster combat options expanded in menu (barehanded + weapon as separate choices)
• Only valid choices shown (no grayed-out disabled options)
• Immediate feedback - no pauses between actions

Fast Flow:

• No "Press Enter to continue" prompts
• No quit confirmations
• Continuous gameplay

📝 License

This implementation is released under the MIT License. The original Scoundrel game is © 2011 Zach Gage and Kurt Bieg.

🙏 Credits

• Original Game Design: Zach Gage and Kurt Bieg
• Python Implementation: PyScoundrel Contributors
• UI Library: Rich by Will McGugan

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! This package focuses on clean game logic implementation with a modern CLI experience.

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Enjoy dungeon crawling through a deck of cards! 🃏⚔️