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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn Based) / Menace of the Mines 0.5 released

« on: July 25, 2010, 06:30:17 PM »

Menace of the Mines 0.5 has been released!

Menace of the Mines (or motm) is a GPL-licensed roguelike written in
Common Lisp that runs on Windows and Linux. The major new features in
this release include magic and dungeon levels. The release is available from
the "Downloads" section of out website http://motm.sourceforge.net/
. The website also contains documentation and contact info. This
release announcement's "canonical" version is located at
http://preview.tinyurl.com/24qqz5y .

The other features of this release are
 * Experience
 * Skills
 * Wands
 * A new throwing system
 * Potions
 * Spells and spellbooks
 * More of everything

This is a Pre-Alpha release. It will contain bugs, and is horribly unbalanced.

Contact information

We have many diverse ways for you to reach us. Don't forget
to subscribe to the announcement list at
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motm-announce for info
about future releases.
Another option is to use the new release announcement blog at
https://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/motm/ . We also have a Facebook
Page and Twitter feed accessible from our website
http://motm.sourceforge.net/ .

How you can help

There are many ways you can help the project. First, you can report
and errors and bugs you find by going to
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/motm/wiki/ReportingBugs and following
the instructions. If you have suggestions for the game, see
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/motm/wiki/IdeaTorrent . Right now, we
really would appreciate feedback and ideas for the game.

Thank you,
The Menace of the Mines Team

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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn Based) / Menacs of the Mines (MOTM) 0.4 released

« on: June 29, 2010, 03:34:19 PM »

Menace of the Mines 0.4 has been released!

Menace of the Mines (or motm) is a GPL-licensed roguelike written in
Common Lisp that runs on Windows and Linux. The major new features in
this release include items and replay mode. The release is available from
the "Downloads" section of out website http://motm.sourceforge.net/
. The website also contains documentation and contact info.

The other features of this release are
 * A high-score list
 * A smarter AI
 * Proper stats (Strength, Dexterity, etc.)
 * Weapons
 * Armor
 * Scrolls
 * A new installation procedure

This is a Pre-Alpha release. It may contain bugs and isn't much of a
game yet.

Contact information

We have many diverse ways for you to reach us. Don't forget
to subscribe to the announcement list at
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motm-announce for info
about future releases.
Another option is to use the new release announcement blog at
https://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/motm/ . We also have a Facebook
Page and Twitter feed accessible from our website
http://motm.sourceforge.net/ .

How you can help

There are many ways you can help the project. First, you can report
and errors and bugs you find by going to
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/motm/wiki/ReportingBugs and following
the instructions. If you have suggestions for the game, see
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/motm/wiki/IdeaTorrent .

Thank you,
The Menace of the Mines Team

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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn Based) / MOTM 0.3 released

« on: June 24, 2010, 06:38:54 PM »

Menace of the Mines 0.3 has been released!

Menace of the Mines (or motm) is a GPL-licensed roguelike written in
Common Lisp that runs on Windows and Linux. The major new features in
this release include help and combat. The release is available from
the "Downloads" section of out website http://motm.sourceforge.net/
. The website also contains documentation and contact info.

The other features of this release are

• A help system
• A smarter AI
• Stats (HP)
• Combat (meele and ranged)
• Time and speed
• 2 new monster types
• A removal of the dependency on cl-store.

This is a Pre-Alpha release. It may contain bugs and isn't much of a
game yet. The project is looking for testers and a Mac OsX
packager, along with suggestions for monsters and items at our
IdeaTorrent. Between releases, we have expanded our contact abilities and
now have an announcement list, along with a Facebook page and a
Twitter feed ( @menace_mines ) (for info about development). Thank you
to all the people who persisted through the time sink in 0.2 and
thanks to everyone who has tried the program.

The Menace of the Mines Team