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Classic Roguelikes / Re: [ADOM] I found royal vault, but what to do ?

« on: May 20, 2015, 11:29:40 AM »

As far as I remember (used to be a big fan of adom many years ago), the walls of the vault are non diggable. Use a scroll of gold detection to figure out where it is (or otherwise digging around until you find hard walls), and somehow teleport yourself in and out. You can do that stepping on a trap of teleport (which you could create with a wand of traps) after eating a blessed blink dog and obtaining the ability to control teleport. Or wait, maybe the blink dog corpse just makes you teleport randomly and you had to wear the controlled teleport ring in order to do so? Not sure.
Anyway I don't remember it was particularly dangerous there, just go for it.

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Temple of the Roguelike / Re: I miss the old RogueTemple theme

« on: December 04, 2014, 12:37:36 PM »

I still really miss the old theme.. I don't know, it feels quite cold and aseptic now, light blue with that SimpleMachinesForum logo, and no avatars..
Could we go back to the old skin Slash (maybe after starting a poll)?

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Deep Roguelikes on iOS and Android?

« on: December 04, 2014, 12:35:45 PM »

Unless you have a big phone (like Samsung Galaxy Note), computer roguelikes are not a nice experience when played on a phone.

So far I have enjoyed Pixel Dungeon (okay) and Shattered Planets (barely decent).

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Temple of the Roguelike / I miss the old RogueTemple theme

« on: October 02, 2013, 01:13:46 PM »

I don't know.. this new blue and white theme doesn't feel "roguelike".. I loved the white on black theme with the logo on top we had before.
And there's no avatars.. why this?
Slash, will the old graphics be restored?

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: What roguelike do you consider to have the "best" graphics?

« on: May 29, 2013, 01:31:50 AM »

Infra Arcana.

DCSS and Slimy LichMummy are also ok.

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Off-topic (Locked) / Re: Standing Desk - Do you use one?

« on: May 29, 2013, 01:26:27 AM »

Why do you do this guys?
Just use a regular desk and, for your back, buy one of those traction bars you can put in the middle of a door frame.
Your back (+ biceps and shoulders) will strenghten a lot and back ache will go away forever.

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Off-topic (Locked) / Re: Favourite Android videogames?

« on: March 10, 2013, 06:47:27 AM »

Fortunes of war is my favorite. I love the adventure and all the fun in it.

I liked it but didn't lasted long.
You should really try Androminion, played it a lot and still keeps being interesting.
And the devs seems keen to add espansions regularly.

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Programming / Re: Random portrait generator *Source Code Update*

« on: February 08, 2013, 03:21:53 PM »

That's pretty awesome man!

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Programming / Re: Any programs/tool to convert images into pixel art?

« on: February 04, 2013, 12:35:53 AM »

For instance, look at this effect I stumbled upon by coincidence: it automatically converts a photo/movie into a very clear and polished comic-like picture; do you know where I can find something like?

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Programming / Re: Any programs/tool to convert images into pixel art?

« on: February 03, 2013, 01:10:45 AM »

OR "ASCII art generator"

It's really nifty software, and it ain't hard to learn how it works.

Yeah, if you know something please tell me.

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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn Based) / Re: Afterlife 3: Legends of Rickard Bronson (a freeware roguelike platformer)

« on: January 28, 2013, 02:51:59 AM »

They're a lot tighter than in most straight-forward platformers, in order to allow plenty of fast-fingered manoeuverability in the kind of unexpected situations that spring from randomised levels.

I don't find the game very manoeuverable right now, take for instance when you jump and then umbrella-jump and touch a block on your right.. no matter how higher the umbrella-jump goes, you can't anymore lean right.. your flight is gonna be vertical. That's the sort of stuff I'm talking about.

Other suggestions:

The game is a little bit too hard at the moment.. unless it's your intention to keep it Nintendo-hard. Traits cost too much.. every baloon only gives 1 star, I never managed to collect 100 of them in order to get a trait. And fixing/replacing the balloon is very expensive.. can't think that everytime I get hit I have to pay 200 coins to repair it. And no balloon pretty much means game over.

Last thing, the gold and experience screen at the end of every level should get speeded up.. even with the enter key holded it takes a while everytime.

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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn Based) / Re: Afterlife 3: Legends of Rickard Bronson (a freeware roguelike platformer)

« on: January 26, 2013, 06:02:42 AM »

After some tries I managed to do it.. but the control would need some improvements. For instance, often when I do the umbrella jump I can't move left or right while I am in air.. or if I jump after an umbrella jump sometimes I can't double-jump (hope this makes sense).

Anyway.. I'm glad I passed that training because the game is awesome, I am having a lot of fun :-)
Still haven't managed to get many traits and improvements (played five times.. reached the boss on level 4) but it seems very nice.

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Temple of the Roguelike / Re: Funding ToTRL to remove google ads at the bottom of our logo

« on: January 26, 2013, 04:54:36 AM »

Hey Skeletor,

Thanks for the heads up, I see you have solved your problem already via an ad blocker, but I'll give a thought about removing the ad and placing a simple donation system.

Yes, please do it when you have some time as I am sure many of us would be keen to contribute.

I agree with kraflab about considering an annual donation like wikipedia rather than a donate button that is always around.

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Traditional Roguelikes (Turn Based) / Re: Afterlife 3: Legends of Rickard Bronson (a freeware roguelike platformer)

« on: January 25, 2013, 10:21:33 PM »

The screenshots looked great so I installed it.. but you lost me at the three consecutive vertical targets to hit with the umbrella.. I hate those kind of jump games.
I think you should give the possibility to start playing without the training.

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Temple of the Roguelike / Re: Funding ToTRL to remove google ads at the bottom of our logo

« on: January 19, 2013, 12:47:23 AM »

http://adblockplus.org/

Works - thanks heaps guys.