v0.11.0.0

Please see README.md for installation and configuration information and PLAYING.md for gameplay tips.

This is an emergency release containing a partial workaround for a regression in the libsdl2 graphics library. Web version of the game is not being updated at this time.

Changes

• Partially work around regression in libsdl2 2.0.16 (LambdaHack/LambdaHack#281); to also avoid deformed boxes around tiles on the game map, please switch to a different SDL2 version
• Deduplicate UI code for exiting game, with extra style points
• Create monadic test harness and use it for UI and other unit tests
• Validate empty content and fix other soundness issues revealed by unit tests
• Add extra hints in --more and similar lines when tutorial is on
• Show full history at SPACE press and let second SPACE close it
• Spawn insects in the swamp
• Remove slot letter display in menus and instead display subtle bullets
• Repurpose item slots to item roles
• Redo display and control of main menu and its submenus
• Make Teletype frontend a bit closer to playable
• Switch right pane item description display from mono to prop font
• Ensure score not zero if victory
• Add a custom SDL cursor, working around a bug in SDL2 bindings
• Gut out most content symbols; weren't used even in lore menus after all
• Add a flag to disable the costly optimizations (that give 15-25% speedup)
• Add faction kind content and redo game mode content to use it
• Display seen faction lore
• Simplify and fortify faction and client assignment code
• Make a few unique items that were identified meta-game identifiable instead
• Fix persistence of meta-game discoveries in save files
• When assigning a faction, first try the group actor was picked from
• When assigned faction is dead, don't spawn the actor
• Don't use benign weapons on projectiles not to lose the fun
• Make the unique harpoon worth saving for a unique foe
• Spawn enemies closer and fix too random spawning location
• Improve display of item's range
• Warn when SDL game windows is resized not via config file
• Ban or force sleep on levels
• Protect against unset or primitive OS locale
• Add temporary hearing aids
• Disallow generating a door beside an opening in room's wall
• Permit smaller caves and validate cave content more accurately
• Try harder to generate escape from dungeon in a level corner
• Avoid exit/escape confusion in content names and descriptions
• Add Gauntlet game mode and Machinarium spaceship level
• Don't require identification for cooked plants
• Make Bob speak less often and explode more often
• Make Bob's monologue less repetitive
• Make oriels lit, until there is any game-play fun in having to go to them
• Make loot in initial caves more consistent
• Rule out giant octopus on initial levels to teach simple tactics better
• Give player more time to hunt bees before they die
• Fix raid heroes not having genetic flaws contrary to description
• Many fixes, refactorings, tweaks and balancing changes