Advanced Dungeons & Rabbits
Encyclopedia
Advanced Dungeons & Rabbits (ADR) is a role-playing game
modification for the popular internet forum
phpBB
. Available under the GNU General Public License
, ADR is free software
. The modification is written in the PHP
programming language.
forced him to quit, and he asked Seteo-Bloke if he would like to continue the development. Seteo-Bloke, or Set', had been learning PHP by developing MODs for ADR, and agreed, releasing a new version on December 28, 2004.
ADR is a very large modification of phpBB, and is used by many people around the world. Their Website has over three thousand members, and is frequented by guests everywhere.
Developers and past developers include Ganonmaster/Ganondorf, Seteo-Bloke, ShadowTek, Ethalic, and One_Piece.
The development is currently lead by psychobunny, who is looking for developers (preferably with a track-record of writing mods) as well as graphic designers to help out.
Rabbitoshi A pet MODification originally developed by Dr DLP. Rabbitoshi enables users to keep a (cyber)pet which they may use in an ADR battle. The project was then taken up by one_piece before Ethalic and Shadowtek took on the project.
Zone MOD A graphical exploration mod with an NPC and quest system, developed by one_piece.
Character:
Skills:
Items: Items have a price, duration, quality, power and users can buy/steal/delete/give/put for sale in personal store.
Shops: forum and user owned stores
Battle: monster and player-vs-player (PvP) arenas. The more skilled earn money and experience. If you die you are required to go the temple for resurrection.
Vault: An ADR dedicated Bank/Vault mod.
Jail: Ability for users to be sent to Jail when failing the theft of an item and admin can send users to Jail for whatever reason.
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
modification for the popular internet forum
Internet forum
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phpBB
PhpBB
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board...
. Available under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
, ADR is free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
. The modification is written in the PHP
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
programming language.
History
ADR was originally released on February 10, 2004 by a French phpBB MODder knows as Dr.DLP/Malicious Rabbit. He developed the MOD up to version 0.2.1. At this point, pressures of a medical degreeDoctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
forced him to quit, and he asked Seteo-Bloke if he would like to continue the development. Seteo-Bloke, or Set', had been learning PHP by developing MODs for ADR, and agreed, releasing a new version on December 28, 2004.
ADR is a very large modification of phpBB, and is used by many people around the world. Their Website has over three thousand members, and is frequented by guests everywhere.
ADR phpBB3 Development
Seteo-Bloke has currently no plans to develop ADR to be compatible with phpBB3, although another developer (Ganondorf/Ganon-Master) has been working on this. A version has been released, but it contains bugs and is currently undergoing a complete rewrite by Ganon Master.Developers and past developers include Ganonmaster/Ganondorf, Seteo-Bloke, ShadowTek, Ethalic, and One_Piece.
ADR2 Development
ADR2 will boast a number of features - notably the implementation of AJAX technology into the game. Changes to the core include a redesign of the PvP system. One of ADR2's major goals is the gradual independence of phpBB2's core (starting with the template system) with the eventual result making ADR a standalone game.The development is currently lead by psychobunny, who is looking for developers (preferably with a track-record of writing mods) as well as graphic designers to help out.
ADR Standalone
An ADR Standalone project has been mooted, with a complete redesign of the entire game possible. The end result will be a game that is able to be integrated into any of the popular CMS or forums. Compatibility with the Facebook API is also a major goal, allowing designers to launch their game on a social networking platform.MODs and Extensions
Over 350 Addons have been developed for ADR by the community. Some of the major ones include:Rabbitoshi A pet MODification originally developed by Dr DLP. Rabbitoshi enables users to keep a (cyber)pet which they may use in an ADR battle. The project was then taken up by one_piece before Ethalic and Shadowtek took on the project.
Zone MOD A graphical exploration mod with an NPC and quest system, developed by one_piece.
Features
ADR boasts a full PvP and monster battle arena, a jail, skills, a forge, shops, warehouses, and many other features. It requires a points MOD of some kind, the most popular being CashMOD. ADR 0.4.5 has nearly 16,000 lines of code.Character:
- At character creation choose from numerous classes, races, elements & alignments. Each will give you different characteristic or skill bonuses/penalities.
- D&D-style characteristics (strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, charm) which all contribute towards different areas of the game (eg. charm
store price negotiations, strength
ability to hit an opponent in battle, etc, etc). - Skills (Mining, Stone cutting, Forge, Enchantment, Trading, Theft). Train your character in special skills in order to progress through the game.
- Gain "experience" to "level up" by winning monster/PvP battles and by actively posting in the forum.
Skills:
- Mining: find raw materials to resell,
- Stone cutting: allow to improve raw materials before reselling,
- Forge: learn to to repair low durability items,
- Enchantment: learn to recharge low durability magic items,
- Theft: attempt to steal items from forum stores (limitations possible by admin in ACP to prevent "economy crash").
Items: Items have a price, duration, quality, power and users can buy/steal/delete/give/put for sale in personal store.
Shops: forum and user owned stores
Battle: monster and player-vs-player (PvP) arenas. The more skilled earn money and experience. If you die you are required to go the temple for resurrection.
Vault: An ADR dedicated Bank/Vault mod.
Jail: Ability for users to be sent to Jail when failing the theft of an item and admin can send users to Jail for whatever reason.
External links
- Midorea - Avatar based game using the ADR 0.4.4 Engine
- ADR Community - New Current Support and Development
- ShadowTek.net - Mod files up to Oct 17, 2008
- gamerzreunite.com - Running ShadowTek's Premod
- http://gaiaonline.com/ - Avatar based game
- http://anionline.wikia.com/wiki/Leo - Nul/ADR game
- http://www.adr-rpg.com/viewtopic.php?t=1496&sid=0557acc67a21e2149fe7e8b6b4b535bb - Nulavatar ADR - Guido Kessels