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Title: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: Slash on November 29, 2007, 06:48:17 PM

What is a roguelike for you?

Title: Re: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: Adral on November 29, 2007, 08:47:17 PM

Quote from: Slash on November 29, 2007, 06:48:17 PM

What is a roguelike for you?

Ownage.

Title: Re: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: Ex on November 30, 2007, 12:04:20 PM

Anything with random maps, though traditionally with a very ascii look.

Being turn based or represented by an at-symbol helps too. Not required though. Definitely it hinges on random maps.

Title: Re: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: Robson on November 30, 2007, 07:12:14 PM

Quote from: Slash on November 29, 2007, 06:48:17 PM

What is a roguelike for you?

Randomness
Replayability
Choice
Turn-based
Simple graphics or just characters

It's completely okay to break any of these things, as long as the game feels like rogue.

Title: Re: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: Z on December 01, 2007, 03:19:28 AM

A roguelike is a roguelike. Something like rogue. And the
more features (http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Roguelike_Alphabet) of rogue and roguelike it has, the more roguelike it is.

Title: Re: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: Konton on December 01, 2007, 08:54:34 PM

Is a genre of computer role playing game, based on fantasy of player. If someone dont have imagination in his/her mind, the roguelike game, specially in ascii graphic, become a non-sense and illogic alphanumeric grapfic mass.

Sorry for my "engrish"

Title: Re: Building a roguelike definition
Post by: dopefish7590 on December 06, 2007, 03:10:15 AM

a huge rpg style game with ascii graphics that you can do mostly everything you could in an expensive game