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Websites => Temple of the Roguelike => Topic started by: Darren Grey on June 30, 2011, 11:09:16 PM
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I've started a new monthly article called "Roguelike Round-up". It's a successor of sorts to Slash's old Release Wire - rounding up lists of all games released or updated that month, but also adding in some general news and events and briefly noting what's upcoming in the month. I've posted an article for June here (http://www.roguetemple.com/2011/06/30/roguelike-round-up-june-2011/).
This is a first post, and experimental. It didn't take long to make, and I don't foresee any problems being able to quickly knock together like articles at the end of every month. But if you have ideas on how you'd like it changed, please let me know. I'd like it to be useful and informative to others in the roguelike scene (as I always found the Release Wire to be) so if I'm missing out important stuff then let me know! Also feel free to post in the thread any time with info you think should be included in the next round-up.
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Excellent article!
I think it inspires motivation and brings the community a bit closer. Something that will surely help newcomers to roguelikes (like me).
I didn't know about Annual Roguelike Releases and your article really motivated me to finish & polish my own roguelike (which is in early stages) until September.
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Nicely done. Only other thing that comes to mind at the moment would be a designation for "Roguelike tools/engines" as they wrangle themselves on along----things like RoguelikeGCS, Neon, this PYendor thingie that popped up on Roguebasin the other day, etc.
Also, for some reason it wouldn't let me post a comment saying as much to the article, as it took me to a white "enter CAPTCHA" screen yet none was to be found on either...
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I had a look at the tools and none of them seemed to be in a usable state yet. One other thing I didn't mention was the upcoming Crawl tourny and prospect of version 0.9 in August - I deliberately left those for next month.
I have the same problem with comments - in fact it seems to be a site-wide problem. I'll have a look in the Wordpress settings to see if I can change anything, but I'm fairly sure I won't have the permissions. (Edit: And indeed I don't. I've messaged Slash about it - hopefully he'll bludgeon the problem away.)
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Nice article, thank you!
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Well done! :-)
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Well done! But ...
* Goblin Camp 2.0 has not yet been released. The post you link to is just a declaration.
* You did not mention Warudo which had its release announced here in the Temple. http://roguetemple.com/forums/index.php?topic=1617.msg11985#msg11985
* You ignored Ignite. Also on this forum: http://roguetemple.com/forums/index.php?topic=1611.msg11879#msg11879
* Desktop Dungeons except being featured at E3 had an update on 2nd June. http://www.desktopdungeons.net/?p=47
If anything should be asked of your article it is to make it accurate. It seems like you do not have list of Actively Developing Roguelikes among your sources. A pity because it is older than all other places you mention save for USENET.
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The Waradu post specifically states it "isn't an actual game yet" and the web-site says it's "just an engine test". The Ignite post says it was released on 31/5/11 (yeah, harsh to have a cut-off on this first month, but there has to be a cut-off somewhere). Desktop Dungeons seems to have been a graphics fix for the Mac release only - does that warrant listing? Goblin Camp is my bad, but their post really does look like a release post :/
Hrm, forgot about Michal's list when putting together the titles - very poor form on my part! I'll be sure to make proper use of it in future. (And I just noticed Ancient = Michał. God, how dumb am I :P)
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Warudo has more content than several failed attempts from (currently down) Roguelike Graveyard. To name few examples Valengard and Realworld were such ... creations. Of course it may not yet deserve to be named a new roguelike but why not mention it as an upcoming game with a tech demo available for download.
Agreed about Ignite. I did not notice date in parentheses. My mistake here.
About Desktop Dungeons: yes, certainly! If I had a Mac I would be glad to find out. Especially after being annoyed by graphical glitches and not visiting DD website. You may of course flag update as a mere bug fix.
I pondered asking Slash to change my user name to my real name but I fear what various forum or database updates may do to "ł" and "ń". When RogueBasin had mediawiki upgrade Björn's name caused weird glitches and random page did not work.
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Hmm, I shall endeavour to be more inclusive next time then.
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July is up (http://www.roguetemple.com/2011/07/31/roguelike-round-up-july-2011/). I'll try and add a couple of pictures later. Any comments welcome :)
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I was going to reply sooner but instead got recursively sucked into article about Dwarf Fortress and then N900 where I was surprised to see BOSS listed. Oh well.
Your comments "Sigmund shall take much blood" are very entertaining. Thumbs up for slipping it into roguelike round-up. A well written article. There is nothing I could sniff at. Not even a typo.
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I have a roguelike to add to August's list of roguelikes.. its a wip but.. its coming along.. I am the quest/story/level designer guy on the team.. I usually do art for games too but its ascii art..heh.
Anyway check it out.. you have to build it yourself though right now =)... its GNU GPLv3 i think...?
http://www.dotnethack.org
Updates on my side of things..
http://househeadstudios.wordpress.com/
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You forgot Infra Arcana. It's a very interesting and fun roguelike being worked on. It's in the forums.
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Now that is a bit weird. Darren has Kharne Alpha 23 listed which I failed to notice was released but has missed Infra Arcana 5 which in turn is in Actively Developing Roguelikes list at proper place.
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Eh? It's right there on the list. Use your eyes, guys :P
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July is up (http://www.roguetemple.com/2011/07/31/roguelike-round-up-july-2011/). I'll try and add a couple of pictures later. Any comments welcome :)
Good job!
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It's right there on the list.
Ah, now I see it clearly.
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Donnie Russel has recently updated some of his awesome ports of classic roguelikes.
Classic Rogue
Hack Revived
MAG HD
Larn HD
Rogue for Gameboy Advance and DS
Hack for GBA and DS
Maybe they could be included in next month's edition.
I hardly ever see anyone mention his ports. They are Awesome.
http://www.freewebs.com/drussell/ (http://www.freewebs.com/drussell/)
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Wanted to let you know I've just released v902 of Legends of Yore (I forgot to update roguebasin :(), the casual roguelike adventure. Legends of Yore is designed to bring the roguelike experience to a more casual audience. The game world is always growing and being developed - as is the game. It currently features
- A cast of over 200 characters and monsters
- An array of over 200 items including weapons, armor, spells, skills and crafting items
- An overland world 31000 square tiles in size (including 8 towns and 10+ dungeons)
- A variety of quests
- 3 different starting classes with 6 additional advanced classes available at level 50
- Wonderful 8 bit graphics provided by the master Oryx and extended by the wonderful community around the game.
The game is available for PC/Mac/Linux (requires Java) as a download, via the web and on iOS and Android (via their respective markets). Whats more, if you start you adventure on one platform you can save to the cloud and continue your adventure on another. Play on your PC at home, continue on the bus on the way to work via your phone, then on the web when you're at work (assuming your boss isn't looking).
You can play the game and get more information at http://www.legendsofyore.com.
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I'm afraid the August Round-up is going to be a couple of weeks late. I've been overburdened at work and am now flying off on holiday for a week. Sorry guys, I'll try and stop this happening in future :(
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Mind you, others are welcome to take my place if anyone feels up to it.
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Donnie Russell released RevivedHack 2.5 and LarnHD 1.1 this past month.
http://www.freewebs.com/drussell/ (http://www.freewebs.com/drussell/)
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Compiling stuff for a doubled-up release... but I'm very short on upcoming news. Anyone know of interesting events taking place within the next month or so?
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Anyone know of interesting events taking place within the next month or so?
Teemu 1.3 is maybe released within a month. It's the biggest news.
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Everybody is playing the new games after ARRP, or preparing themselves for the next ARRP, I suppose...
I am trying to have all round-ups include a mention that one of my projects has been updated, so now I am waiting for the next round-up before releasing an update ;)
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Hah, will try to get on that soon. Roguelike Radio and real life are chewing up a lot of my time :(
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This project seems abandoned (in favor of the radio podcast)...
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I have many things going on right now which make it difficult to spare time for this. I'll try and get something out in the next couple of days though.
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Better late than never:
http://www.roguetemple.com/2011/11/06/roguelike-round-up-aug-oct-2011/
I cut out the usual "upcoming" section because I seriously couldn't think of anything to say :/
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Great! I can now work on next updates. After I finish my more important work. ;)
I think new/updated tools designed for roguelikes should be mentioned too (I think we had two in the last three months: Roguelike Studio released, NotEye updated).
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Well, this sure has languished... I must admit without Planet Roguelike this is a lot of work to do, and it was already a fair bit of work digging out every last release announcement from various sources (and still missing some). With my other activities in roguelike communities I really don't have time for this - I feel I'm spread too thin as it is. If someone else would like to take over the duty then please step forward. I'd be happy to collaborate at least.