I started developing this game while teaching myself C++ in high school. A friend showed me the ASCII version of Dwarf Fortress and it inspired me to try and create a basic adventure game.
The game is technically two-player. One player uses the arrow keys and other player uses the number pad. There is a small blip sound that plays when moving around the screen. Finding a way to play an MP3 sound was a big deal.
Creating the different screens was fun and trying to get the coordinates to match when a player exits one screen and enters the next one was an interesting challenge.
When the two players are in adjacent squares they can talk to each other by pressing the spacebar or zero numberpad key.