This week we will cover parts 8 and 9 of the Complete Roguelike Tutorial.

Part 8: Items and Inventory

The player gets to collect ("borrow") items from the dungeon and use them, with a neat inventory screen. More items added in the next part.

Part 9: Spells and Ranged Combat

The player's strategic choices increase exponentially as we add a few magic scrolls to the mix. Covers damage and mind spells, as well as ranged combat.

No bonus sections this week

FAQ Friday posts that relate to this week's material:

#7: Loot(revisited)

#32: Combat Algorithms

#40: Inventory Management

Feel free to work out any problems, brainstorm ideas, share progress and and as usual enjoy tangential chatting. If you're looking for last week's post The entire series is archived on the wiki. :)