Game. Map

Table of Contents:

• General
• Navigating the Map
  • Using keyboard
  • Using mouse or finger
• Entering Places
  • River or Town
  • Cave or Mine
• Leaving Places

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General

Implemented in #23 and #24.

The entire game map is quite huge, because it has dimensions of 11576 px x 3109 px. However, because original file uses 11 unique colors only, the entire file size in .png format has only 364 KB in size.

According to Irfan View in:

• uses 363.33 KB (372 052 Bytes) on disk,
• occupies 102.97 MB (107 969 392 Bytes) in system memory (stored there as uncompressed, converted to bitmap),
• loading it takes 188 milliseconds on 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1355U 1.70 GHz + 32,0 GB + SSD disk.

The Map:

Navigating the Map

Using keyboard

• Press ←, →, ↑ or ↓ keyboard button to move into that direction
• Map cursor moves 1 in-game pixel (11 pixels in 4K resolution) with each key press
• Hit Space to enter given place (or realize that there is nothing else than some rocks and sand)

Using mouse or finger

• Click or tap destination to move in the direction of that place
• Map cursor moves 1 in-game pixel (11 pixels in 4K resolution) per each 0.33 seconds
• Hit Space to enter given place (or realize that there is nothing else than some rocks and sand)

Entering Places

River or Town

When you are exploring the map and you:

• Click/tap screen anywhere on the town's or river's representation on the map
• Find yourself in the direct proximity of the river or the town and you hit Space on the keyboard

In this case you will find yourself directly in the given place.

Cave or Mine

Similarly to the above, when you are exploring the map and you:

• Click/tap some mountainous area
• Find yourself in the direct proximity of it and you hit Space on the keyboard

Provided that in this particular location there's a mine or cave, you will first see and image of neighbourhood for a moment:

And then you will find yourself at the entrance to the mine or cave:

You must reach back to the exactly the same point, if you wish to leave this place.

Leaving Places

To leave given place you can:

• River: Hit Esc or click/tap Exit button when you are at the river
• Cave or mine: Press ←, →, ↑ or ↓ keyboard button (or click/tap through corridors) to reach the exit
• Town: hit Space anywhere in the town or press ←/→ (or click/tap through main street) to reach any ends of the town

This will get you to the map immediately and you can start exploring it.