Echoes of the Majestic is a console sci-fi survival-horror RPG written in C++. The player boards a drifting station, explores connected compartments, fights the infestation called the Growth, restores a long-range beacon, and tries to escape alive.

Project Overview

• Genre: text RPG / survival-horror
• Platform: Windows console
• Language: C++17
• Localization: currently available in Russian only
• Interface: terminal UI with ANSI colors
• Data-driven content: locations, items, enemies, logs, and most UI text are stored in data/*.txt

Main Features

• exploration of a small station map with connected rooms
• combat with several enemy types
• quest items and win-condition progression
• collectible logs that reveal the station's backstory
• ASCII station map with current-location highlight
• standalone release build with a reserve built-in copy of all text data

Screenshots

Project Structure

• src/Core - game loop, command handling, combat, progression, view-model construction
• src/UI - console rendering, decorations, map output
• src/Data - loading text assets and fallback to embedded data
• include/Entities - game entities: player, item, location, rival, log entry
• data - editable game content and text assets

Diagrams

Diagram	Preview	PlantUML source
Class diagram	PNG	classes.puml
Component diagram	PNG	components.puml
Location map	PNG	map.puml
Walkthrough	PNG	walkthrough.puml

Build

CMake Presets

The presets in CMakePresets.json use the NMake Makefiles generator, so they must be run from a Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt (or from a shell where the MSVC build environment has already been initialized).

Debug:

cmake --preset debug
cmake --build --preset build-debug

Release:

cmake --preset release
cmake --build --preset build-release

If cmake is not in PATH, either:

• open the project in Visual Studio, or
• run the commands from the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt, where both cmake and the MSVC toolchain are available.

Run

Debug build:

.\out\debug\majestic_station.exe

Release build:

.\out\release\majestic_station.exe

The release build can also work as a standalone .exe because the project generates a built-in reserve copy of the text data during compilation.

Command Logging

Debug builds always write a command log next to the executable.

Release builds write a log only when launched with:

.\out\release\majestic_station.exe --log-commands

The log file is created next to the .exe:

majestic_station_commands.log

Main Commands

• идти [направление]
• взять [предмет]
• использовать [предмет]
• читать [лог]
• атаковать
• осмотреть [цель]
• смотреть
• инвентарь
• статус
• цель
• карта
• помощь

English aliases are also supported: go, take, use, read, attack, inspect, look, map, help.