Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup¶
Background¶
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a free roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters in a quest for the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot.
The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core has been authored by
- DCSS Team
The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core is licensed under
A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.
How to start the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core:¶
- Create an empty directory to hold game data.
- Copy https://github.com/libretro/crawl-ref/tree/master/crawl-ref/source/dat into the root of game directory.
- Create a file named game.crawlrc in the root of the game directory.
- Load game.crawlrc with the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core.

Extensions¶
Content that can be loaded by the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core have the following file extensions:
- .crawlrc
Features¶
Frontend-level settings or features that the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core respects.
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Restart | ✕ |
| Screenshots | ✕ |
| Saves | ✔ |
| States | ✕ |
| Rewind | ✕ |
| Netplay | ✕ |
| Core Options | ✕ |
| Memory Monitoring (achievements) | ✕ |
| RetroArch Cheats | ✕ |
| Native Cheats | ✕ |
| Controls | ✔ |
| Remapping | ✔ |
| Multi-Mouse | ✕ |
| Rumble | ✕ |
| Sensors | ✕ |
| Camera | ✕ |
| Location | ✕ |
| Subsystem | ✕ |
| Softpatching | ✕ |
| Disk Control | ✕ |
| Username | ✕ |
| Language | ✕ |
| Crop Overscan | ✕ |
| LEDs | ✕ |
Directories¶
The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's library name is 'Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup'
The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core saves/loads to/from these directories.
Loaded content's directory
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| saves/ | Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup saves directory |
Geometry and timing¶
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's core provided FPS is 60
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's core provided sample rate is 44100 Hz
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's base width is 1024
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's base height is 768
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's max width is 1024
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's max height is 768
- The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup core's core provided aspect ratio is 0.0
Devices¶
- Joypad
- Pointer
- Keyboard (Keyboard callback)
Joypad¶
| User 1 input descriptors | RetroPad Inputs |
|---|---|
| Enter | ![]() |
| Up | ![]() |
| Down | ![]() |
| Left | ![]() |
| Right | ![]() |
Pointer¶
| RetroPointer Inputs | Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup inputs |
|---|---|
or Pointer Position |
Cursor |
or Pointer Pressed |
Click |





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Pointer Position
or
Pointer Pressed