McRogueFace

Blame my wife for the name

A Python-powered 2D game engine for creating roguelike games, built with C++ and SFML.

Pre-Alpha Release Demo: my 7DRL 2025 entry "Crypt of Sokoban" - a prototype with buttons, boulders, enemies, and items.

Tenets

• Python & C++ Hand-in-Hand: Create your game without ever recompiling. Your Python commands create C++ objects, and animations can occur without calling Python at all.
• Simple Yet Flexible UI System: Sprites, Grids, Frames, and Captions with full animation support
• Entity-Component Architecture: Implement your game objects with Python integration
• Built-in Roguelike Support: Dungeon generation, pathfinding, and field-of-view via libtcod (demos still under construction)
• Automation API: PyAutoGUI-inspired event generation framework. All McRogueFace interactions can be performed headlessly via script: for software testing or AI integration
• Interactive Development: Python REPL integration for live game debugging. Use mcrogueface like a Python interpreter

Quick Start

# Clone and build
git clone <wherever you found this repo>
cd McRogueFace
make

# Run the example game
cd build
./mcrogueface

Example: Creating a Simple Scene

import mcrfpy

# Create a new scene
mcrfpy.createScene("intro")

# Add a text caption
caption = mcrfpy.Caption((50, 50), "Welcome to McRogueFace!")
caption.size = 48 
caption.fill_color = (255, 255, 255)

# Add to scene
mcrfpy.sceneUI("intro").append(caption)

# Switch to the scene
mcrfpy.setScene("intro")

Documentation

For comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and API reference, visit: https://mcrogueface.github.io

Requirements

• C++17 compiler (GCC 7+ or Clang 5+)
• CMake 3.14+
• Python 3.12+
• SFML 2.5+
• Linux or Windows (macOS untested)

Project Structure

McRogueFace/
├── src/           # C++ engine source
├── scripts/       # Python game scripts
├── assets/        # Sprites, fonts, audio
├── build/         # Build output directory
└── tests/         # Automated test suite

Contributing

PRs will be considered! Please include explicit mention that your contribution is your own work and released under the MIT license in the pull request.

The project has a private roadmap and issue list. Reach out via email or social media if you have bugs or feature requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Developed for 7-Day Roguelike 2023, 2024, 2025 - here's to many more
• Built with SFML, libtcod, and Python
• Inspired by David Churchill's COMP4300 game engine lectures