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Player's Plaza / free RL for android
« on: April 29, 2015, 04:29:33 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good free roguelike or roguelite for android? Thanks.
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Player's Plaza / Re: RLs and strategy
« on: March 14, 2015, 11:05:25 PM »I never get very far in any roguelike I've played so I could be very wrong.
You and most people. I don't think really anyone gets consistently far in a RL, though I think it's less due to "challenge" and more to do with the odds stacked against you and just running out of resources (whether it's consumable gear or hit points). I wonder, has anyone made a RL that is more strategy than punishing odds?
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Player's Plaza / RLs and strategy
« on: March 12, 2015, 10:28:55 PM »
Honestly, do you think there is a significant amount of strategy or logic-driven problem solving happening in a RL? I've played quite a few RLs and think that, while being stupid is going to get you killed fast, even playing smart doesn't help you too much. Considering the amount of hidden information and random number generation, it just seems that this is the foundation of gameplay, with smarts and skill coming in a distant second. Am I off-base here? Convince me otherwise. 
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Player's Plaza / Re: RL for a 1024x600 netbook and no numpad
« on: April 23, 2014, 05:00:00 AM »The interface is that way for a reason. What do you think that reason is?QuoteI am continually astonished at the way angband variants use this horrible multi-window interface.
I totally agree. All the effort they spent coding multi-window interfaces would have been better spent optimizing the single window interface they already have. I think Sil is a great game (and I normally don't like fantasy medieval games), but the interface is terrible.
Redundancy.
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Player's Plaza / Re: RL for a 1024x600 netbook and no numpad
« on: April 23, 2014, 12:07:24 AM »Quote
I am continually astonished at the way angband variants use this horrible multi-window interface.
I totally agree. All the effort they spent coding multi-window interfaces would have been better spent optimizing the single window interface they already have. I think Sil is a great game (and I normally don't like fantasy medieval games), but the interface is terrible.
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Player's Plaza / Re: RL for a 1024x600 netbook and no numpad
« on: April 22, 2014, 03:53:54 AM »
How do you compensate for the other windows, then? I think you can do inventory management from the map window, and I might be able to live without seeing the combat rolls, but the recall window helps me tons with enemy information.
Edit: I tinkered and I see how it's possible now, but it's a little cumbersome for sure.
Edit: I tinkered and I see how it's possible now, but it's a little cumbersome for sure.
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Player's Plaza / Re: RL for a 1024x600 netbook and no numpad
« on: April 21, 2014, 04:20:09 PM »
I did manage to get IA to work in ASCII-mode, which was super cool as it's my current favorite. I should try CoQ. I keep hearing about it, but for some reason haven't been able to get into it.
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Player's Plaza / RL for a 1024x600 netbook and no numpad
« on: April 20, 2014, 07:43:53 PM »
I recently acquired a netbook, but the max res is 1024x600. I've been playing a lot of Sil and Infra Arcana. IA is too big for the screen. Considering the number of windows it uses, I'm not even going to try Sil. What's out there that will work on a netbook? Thanks.
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Player's Plaza / Re: suggestions for a "thematic" RL?
« on: April 18, 2014, 07:50:36 PM »
I'm really hesitant to take on a project like a RL, though, with everything else I have going on. I'd like to find at least one more game to round it out. Then, I think I'd be satisfied.
Sil is pretty good, especially considering it's medieval fantasy. I like the setting of InfraArcana, but the game itself is beyond brutal. I think ToME has run it's course with me. Dredmore doesn't even feel like a RL anymore, though I like the ingredients/crafting element. Now that I'm getting a hang of builds, it's starting to get a little easy. I'd like to find something like Cataclysm (mostly for the crafting and non-medieval setting), but a little less mishmashy and more visible (it all displays so tiny on my laptop).
Sil is pretty good, especially considering it's medieval fantasy. I like the setting of InfraArcana, but the game itself is beyond brutal. I think ToME has run it's course with me. Dredmore doesn't even feel like a RL anymore, though I like the ingredients/crafting element. Now that I'm getting a hang of builds, it's starting to get a little easy. I'd like to find something like Cataclysm (mostly for the crafting and non-medieval setting), but a little less mishmashy and more visible (it all displays so tiny on my laptop).
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Player's Plaza / Re: suggestions for a "thematic" RL?
« on: April 16, 2014, 08:09:15 PM »Quote
It seemed like a giant crazy mishmash...
I'm not a big fan off mishmash. I think the only setting to pull it off well was Shadowrun, but even that can be a little dodgy.
Sil is good, though. It's coherent. Like I said, I'm not a big fan of medieval fantasy these days, but it does it well. I'm giving it a shot.
Still looking for other suggestions, though. If I can't find a good fix, I might force myself to dust off my Python books.
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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn-based) / Re: Sil players?
« on: April 16, 2014, 06:37:29 PM »
One other thing, I've collected a bunch of junk (weaker gear, etc.) that I will never use, but I'm holding on to it in the event there is some way to turn it into something useful (xp, other items, etc.). Is there or should I just dump the junk?
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Player's Plaza / Re: suggestions for a "thematic" RL?
« on: April 16, 2014, 05:10:05 PM »Quote
Sil's the best, but if you don't like Tolkien you're going to miss some of the appeal.
I noticed a total lack of hobbits, which was a little disappointing. Even though I'm not a super huge Tolkien fan, I like that it's not trying to be everything. And the "songs" for magic are a nice twist. What I don't like (and it's a minor nit) is the limited light resource. I burned through a torch on just the first floor (or was it two?) and have yet to find a replacement. I like to explore thoroughly, but this game seems to punish that a little.
In any event, it's hard for a fantasy medieval game to seem fresh. I mean, it's all been pretty much done.
Infra Arcana has a new version coming out in the next few days, according to the dev. He actually said to me (I posted on the forums) not to bother with this version, the next one was going to be tons better.
I went through RogueBasin to see if that could give me some leads, but it wasn't much help. They have tons there, but 95% of it are WIPs (from at least 5 years ago) or just flat out dead projects that were never finished. Someone should clean house there.
I used to do some python scripting many years back. I wonder how tough it would be to throw my own RL together. I'm guessing "very" if 95% of people on RogueBasin don't finish...
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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn-based) / Re: Sil players?
« on: April 16, 2014, 01:43:39 PM »Quote
As you get deeper, better light sources become more common. Using an entire torch on the first floor sounds excessive to me.
I like to be thorough.
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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn-based) / Sil players?
« on: April 16, 2014, 02:46:43 AM »
I'm starting to get into Sil. I'm doing well enough (I took the easy race and sunk most of my points into melee/evasion). I do have some questions though.
1) I'm worried about light levels. I have some torches, but I tend to play cautiously. I burned through one on the first floor alone, and I'm not finding any more. What can I do for a more reliable/permanent source of light.
2) Does holding a torch affect stealth? I assume it does so I unequip it when I'm looking to be sneaky, but if it doesn't matter, I could use the light.
3) What's the Lembas Bread for? I also got an item that gives me a bonus to sustenance. Is hunger an issue?
That's all for now.
1) I'm worried about light levels. I have some torches, but I tend to play cautiously. I burned through one on the first floor alone, and I'm not finding any more. What can I do for a more reliable/permanent source of light.
2) Does holding a torch affect stealth? I assume it does so I unequip it when I'm looking to be sneaky, but if it doesn't matter, I could use the light.
3) What's the Lembas Bread for? I also got an item that gives me a bonus to sustenance. Is hunger an issue?
That's all for now.
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Player's Plaza / Re: suggestions for a "thematic" RL?
« on: April 16, 2014, 12:30:24 AM »
I've been playing Infra Arcana. I really like what they did here. The clever and accurate usage of the Lovecraftian setting makes it seem so much less like a random dungeon crawl.
It doesn't matter the setting, as long as it's well designed and doesn't try to be more than it is. I'm not a huge fan of medieval high fantasy (that genre is a little played out for me), but I'll give Sil a shot. Tolkien wasn't too over-the-top (based on the movies), so that might work. I checked out Legerdemain, but it seemed to generic to me.
Does CoQ have a stable release yet? I heard about it a couple years back, but everyone said that it was buggy, development stopped, and it was indefinitely in beta.
It doesn't matter the setting, as long as it's well designed and doesn't try to be more than it is. I'm not a huge fan of medieval high fantasy (that genre is a little played out for me), but I'll give Sil a shot. Tolkien wasn't too over-the-top (based on the movies), so that might work. I checked out Legerdemain, but it seemed to generic to me.
Does CoQ have a stable release yet? I heard about it a couple years back, but everyone said that it was buggy, development stopped, and it was indefinitely in beta.
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