Agaricus Obscura

'Agaricus Obscura' is a text-based 2D top-down game I produced for an assignment in my first year of study of Games Design and Programming.

I wrote this entirely from scratch in C++, and it only uses the terminal/console for output. Unfortunately it's specifically localised to Windows systems in the usage of system libraries for clearing the console and moving the cursor, and getting gamepad input.
As for gameplay, the player fights their way through a labyrinth of procedural rooms, using a sword, bombs, and barriers. It's heavily inspired by the dungeons in the original Legend of Zelda game. The player can find powerups which refill health, increase max health, give bombs/barriers, and more. The game is endless, but gets more difficult as the player continues. Download and play from the GitHub repository linked. See also the instructions below:
https://github.com/oculometric/PF-Assignment-2

welcome adventurer! the labyrinth has been overrun with a strange and aggressive fungus
it contains a deadly toxin, so avoid it!
you have a few tools at your disposal: your sword (keyboard X or controller A) bombs (keyboard Z or controller B) a barrier (keyboard C or controller X)
you can move around with arrow keys or the D-pad.
this is what you look like -> @
when you destroy a fungus tile, it may drop a useful item, such as: health refill -> # bomb pickup -> * max health upgrade -> + sword range upgrade -> ^ barrier pickup -> $
before you begin your journey, remember: barriers will form a wall across the room, blocking the path of the fungi, however you can still walk across it
you can only hold one barrier at a time
bomb explosions don't harm you, but they explode in a large radius and destroy a lot of fungi in one go
be aware of your health in the top right
each time you move or act, the fungi may grow, but not when you turn on the spot
the bottom of the screen also shows some useful information: d - direction you are facing b - bombs held r - melee range i - invincible turns q - quarantine barriers held
when you clear a room, no more fungi will grow and the room will be safe from then on
however if you leave a room uncleared, it will reset if you leave and re-enter it!
best of luck adventurer. you may need it.