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Player's Plaza / Re: Are the classic "Trek" games roguelikes?
« on: February 24, 2014, 07:50:00 AM »
Anything with randomness gets called a roguelike or 'roguelike-inspired' these days.
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Player's Plaza / Re: looking for an rl with much crafting
« on: February 24, 2014, 07:47:27 AM »
Crafting just isn't a big thing in roguelikes for the most part. It creates a different sort of balance than making players rely on random drops.
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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn-based) / Re: What "not-major-roguelike" do you think it should be considered "major"?
« on: January 07, 2014, 04:37:12 AM »
Not much comes to mind, to me a 'major' roguelike is something that has lasting endurance and gameplay over a long period of time. Dwarf Fortress definitely qualifies in that sense but with all the usual questions about whether it qualifies as a roguelike.
Maybe give Sil or Brogue another 2-3 years in the pot and they might be major roguelikes.
Maybe give Sil or Brogue another 2-3 years in the pot and they might be major roguelikes.
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Other Announcements / Re: What are the biggest possible turn-off in a roguelike?
« on: April 16, 2013, 05:49:30 AM »
-Early development (Very few roguelikes are worth messing with in the early stages, and many get abandoned)
-Having to install libraries and such to play (having to install NET/Java/Visual C++ runtimes annoys me)
-Only providing an installer exe and no simple zipfile option (Personal preference)
-Overly complicated keyboard controls and no mouse option (There's no need for 50 separate commands, condense similar ones and consider eliminating the mechanics behind commands that are only used a few times per game)
-Math that's a black box (I want to be able to eyeball my chances without using a calculator, Sil and Brogue both feature good gameplay without too many obscure combat modifiers)
-Too undocumented (I like the idea that I can consult a wiki somewhere if I want to know how some aspect of the game works)
-Having to install libraries and such to play (having to install NET/Java/Visual C++ runtimes annoys me)
-Only providing an installer exe and no simple zipfile option (Personal preference)
-Overly complicated keyboard controls and no mouse option (There's no need for 50 separate commands, condense similar ones and consider eliminating the mechanics behind commands that are only used a few times per game)
-Math that's a black box (I want to be able to eyeball my chances without using a calculator, Sil and Brogue both feature good gameplay without too many obscure combat modifiers)
-Too undocumented (I like the idea that I can consult a wiki somewhere if I want to know how some aspect of the game works)
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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Dwarf fortress
« on: February 25, 2013, 07:30:27 AM »There are some low quality clones, like towns and gnomoria, but to be honest they don't even come vaguely close to touching the level of depth and simulation in dwarf fortress. There really isn't anything on that level, since most people can't spend their entire lives developing a game
You can probably say a number of not-so-nice things about how unoriginal Gnomoria is (and be completely right), but it hits the mark in a lot of areas Dwarf Fortress doesn't.
-Robobob puts out a release every week or two
-He squashes bugs on a regular basis
-He listens to community feedback
-He's willing to work on parts of the game that maybe aren't terribly interesting, like improving the user interface and reducing tedium.
Towns is perhaps best not commented about.
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Off-topic (Locked) / Re: Games for Soldiers: Looking for Ideas
« on: January 11, 2013, 11:54:24 PM »
How about the shareware versions of the Doom and Quake games?
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Early Dev / Re: Witchaven the Roguelike (check post #1 for details) Last Ver. .9B4
« on: January 11, 2013, 11:46:46 PM »Could you please re-elaborate your question? I think it is hard to really understand it well.
I just meant not a lot of people even remember the original Witchaven game. I understand making roguelikes out of XCOM and Doom because those were well known and well-loved titles.
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Other Announcements / Re: The Year's Most Popular - By Category
« on: January 05, 2013, 04:20:19 AM »As for the ADOM and Hack relationship, is ADOM based on Nethack/Hack code?
I've seen someone allege as much once.
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Other Announcements / Re: ROTY advertisement fairness
« on: January 04, 2013, 08:17:34 AM »
I don't get what the big deal is, but on the other hand the results are less interesting if the same game wins every year.
That said, ToME does see quite a lot of development and polishing. ADOM garnered quite a few votes and could possibly win next year if the tiles and music are finished by then.
That said, ToME does see quite a lot of development and polishing. ADOM garnered quite a few votes and could possibly win next year if the tiles and music are finished by then.
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Early Dev / Re: Witchaven the Roguelike (check post #1 for details) Last Ver. .9B4
« on: January 03, 2013, 07:22:18 AM »
Why would you make a roguelike out of Witchaven of all games?
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