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Z-Angband 06 Machete Edition updated
« on: April 25, 2025, 02:10:15 PM »
 Hello there my fellow Roguelikers. The youngest member of Angband's variant, ZAngband, has been born.
Introducing Z-Angband 0.4a Machete Edition. Link to my itch.io available.
This humble rogueliker wants to express many and deeply heartfelt THANKS to:
Slashie, Julian Day, Kyzrati, Virtua Sinner and his Unholy RogueLove channel.
Mighty redditor @SixFourBit , Techpriest of the Omnissiah.
Testers Jake B, Gerha, Mr Fuzzter and Bendyrazar.

Click on my profile's web address to get the link to itch.io =]
Thank you!
« Last Edit: May 28, 2025, 05:19:43 PM by Jose Machete »
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Re: Z-Angband 04a Machete Edition released
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2025, 12:19:28 PM »
Congrats on such a hefty, surprising endeavor.   8)

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Re: Z-Angband 04a Machete Edition released
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2025, 12:50:16 PM »
Many thanks!
Fresh update available on itch.io/z-angband-04me =]
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Re: Z-Angband 05 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2025, 12:32:45 PM »
Hello there my fellow ZAngers =]
Always keep an eye on my itch.io page, for even if I don`t post here in the Forums very often, the game is profusely updated, often and steadily.
Right now, from the first 0.4a Release, the game is currently running on the 0.5f patch.
Lots, literally lots, of additions since the first release. Lots of bugs smashed, plenty of gameplay improvements. Quite a handful of features that were not working properly on the original /src/ have been brought back to life, i.e. the group of throwing weapons, along with all the possibilities and strategies that having another group of ranged attacks put on the table for all races and classes to interact with.
Thank you guys for all the support, so far have been almost 40 downloads so far! awesome!
Happy exploring!
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Re: Z-Angband 05 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2025, 07:54:37 AM »
Hello! Here`s  link to my itch.io :] This is 0.5h release.
This week I will release the new 0.6a! It comes with three new races: Kenkus, Gnolls and Skavens! It is being profusely tested right now by my team of Goblins and it will be released as soon as they report no bugs (other than the smashable ones in the game :D).

https://jose-machete.itch.io/z-angband-05me

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Re: Z-Angband 06 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2025, 05:27:45 PM »
It` new version release day!

Introducing the new 0.6a! This version comes with three completely new Races to choose from:
Kenku, Gnoll and Skaven. Each one has been swiftly worked on and they are ready to shake some grounds, for new strategies and exciting combos are awating the players.
Gnoll Warrior? the perfect mercenary! Skaven Rogue? The ideal stalker-oriented run! Kenku Warrior-Mage? The Way of the Sacred Katana!

Along with the new races, of course, come a nice list of new members of the classic DnD monsters. Snow Mountain orcs, Cave Ogres, etc etc no more spoilers!!! More objects to add variety of choosing. More added terrain flavourful additions!

Go grab while it`s hot from the oven! Play as you faved race and slay some of those cruel goblins!!
Thank you for playing, as always.
Anything regarding the game, you can find me here, on reddit, or even mastodon.social!!
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Re: Z-Angband 06 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2025, 03:28:16 PM »
Hello there!
Important Update 0.6e has been uploaded to the itch.io page of the game :]
Comes with a major re-working of how the Dungeons are generated, solving a weird behaviour of the game which made the generation to skip levels when the player went further to lower levels. Now it works as intended, giving a standard (in the Angband family) progression.

Download it, unzip, start the executable and enjoy.
For a simpler way to start both modes, I provide to savegames:
-ZAngband, for a normal mode with wilderness and quests and towns... et cetera.
-ZAngnilla, for a simplified mode, with only one town and one Big Dungeon to explore.

https://jose-machete.itch.io/z-angband-06me

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Re: Z-Angband 06 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2025, 10:52:34 AM »
Hello, my dear explorers!
Just stopping by to mention the latest patch, 0.6f, has been uploaded to itch.io!
Comes with a nasty wild bunch of new Uniques  introduced to haunt the Player :)
Also a couple small bugs were detected and smashed!
As usual, read the Machete_Edition_Readme.txt for a full disclose of the state of the game.

Go grab it and enjoy the game! I will see you guys in the next patch.

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Re: Z-Angband 06 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2025, 10:20:02 AM »
Hello there!
Recently updated to 0.6g version! Comes with couple minor bugfixes and some other minor gameplay improvements.
Already working on the next, which is going to be a necessary re-balance of the Inventory.

As always, thank you big time to those who are downloading and playing this my little ZAng Variant ^^
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Re: Z-Angband 06 Machete Edition updated
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2025, 10:14:55 AM »
Hello my fellow Roguelikers,
Updated current version of this humble Variant is 0.6i, available on my itch.io:

https://jose-machete.itch.io/z-angband-06me

Getting more and more refined, with improved gameplay and less bugs with every update :)
Check it out, either you are a Vanilla Angband or a Variant lover!

Thank you for downloading and playing it :) Much appreciated.
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