Rogue's Souls (now at Alpha v0.961)

[Vanguard]

This sounds cool.  I'm downloading it now.

Edit:

This game's combat feels like it's about bonking my stats against my enemy's stats rather than tactics.  If I attack, winning is a matter of randomly landing more hits than they do.  If I try to block and wear out their stamina, it only works if I get a lucky roll on my block chance, and even then it seems like I usually run out of stamina before my opponent does.  If I try to dodge, same thing - I have to hope that they randomly miss me.

It seems like my only options are to either get into luck/stats-based fights where my decisions don't really matter, or to just run away from everything.

What am I supposed to be doing here?

[CAsinclair]

What am I supposed to be doing here?

Check the manual 

Moving increases your chance to dodge, especially when running, and waiting lowers it.

Waiting gives you a bonus to your block chance, attacking or moving reduces it.

If you want to avoid stamina damage, you can LOWER your shield (given you have one equipped) using the "s" key.

Game is very unbalanced at the moment though, so these things probably don't have the intended impact. I haven't been doing much balancing in the last couple builds. That's all going to be done in the slow crawl from 0.9 to 1.0.

[CAsinclair]

EDIT: Doublepost, oops.

[CAsinclair]

I've had a lot of time to work on this game over the last 2 days (staying home with a bad cold), so put together a quick new build that fixes some crucial bugs and changes some stats. Also the LOS and FOV algorithms should be much more reliable now.

Download alpha 0.902 here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguessouls_0.902.rar

Changelog

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-Fixed a severe bug with the tomb menu
-Fixed bug where merchant menu would be displayed incorrectly
-Line of sight and field of view algorithms should be more reliable now

-Increased effect of last action on block/dodge chances
-Reduced phantom spawn probability
-Made most armor heavier
-Gave certain monsters higher knockback resistance

-Updated some info in the manual

[CAsinclair]

OK, version 0.91 is out. One new feature (blocked level exits) as well as a tiny bit of new content, but mainly a lot of fixes and tweaks.

Download link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguessouls_0.91.rar

Changelog:

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-Added levers and blocked level exits
-Completely redesigned dungeon progression
-Included tileset by Derek Yu (http://makegames.tumblr.com/day/2013/01/23)

-Reverted to old line of sight algorithm for performance reasons
-New enemy behavior
-New traps
-New dungeon tiles
-Changed the way traps work
-Chests are now much more likely to be trapped
-Chests are now harder to open

-Reduced minimum range for ranged combat
-Reduced block penalty on attacking
-There is now 1 guaranteed key for every locked path

-Rewrote save system to increase save and tomb file integrity
-Fixed bug regarding two-handed weapons and inventory sorting

-Changed certain monster stats
-Reduced defense values of some other enemies
-Healing flasks don't weigh anything anymore
-Reduced weight of most other consumables

-Minor fixes and tweaks
I also included this tileset as an optional thing.

[getter77]

404 file not found link on this latest download.

[CAsinclair]

Ooops 

Here's the correct one: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguesssouls_0.91.rar

[CAsinclair]

OK, here's build 0.915. Added temporary weapon enchantments and poisoning and fixed a game-breaking save system bug, plus a few other things.

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/st1qmt9ybn622mu/roguessouls_0.915.rar

Changelog:

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-Added weapon enchantments
-Added weapon poison coating
-New spell
-New item
-New dungeon tiles
-More item descriptions

-Fixed critical save system bug (save compatibility is unfortunately broken)
-Streamlined turn counter in HUD

-Changed the way poison attacks work: Piercing weapons cause longer poisoning, blunt weapons shorter.
-Slightly modified the equipment and stats of some starting classes
-Dungeon progression tweaks
-Other minor fixes and tweaks

[CAsinclair]

OK, despite being in the middle of studies, I'm putting out a new build. Why? Because Sheldon Ketterer aka Cow made a new tileset for me. Take a look at his awesome work for my game here:



I packaged that up with some tweaks and content additions I had been working on in the meantime and put it  out as version 0.92.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Changelog:

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-New items
-New dungeon levels
-More item descriptions
-New tileset by Sheldon Ketterer

-Ensured that phantoms with ranged weapons always have ammo quivered
-Ring of endurance now works properly
-Ring of regeneration now works properly
-Other small fixes

-Tweaked some monster and item stats
Have fun,
C.A.S.

[getter77]

Fine work all around from the looks of it!

[CAsinclair]

So yeah, I just put out version 0.93: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguessouls_0.93.rar

There are some small new features in this build and new content in this build, but it's mainly another bugfix and tweak build. There are some pretty crucial bugfixes in this though, including a crash bug that has been around forever.

Full changelog:

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-Added area of effect for spells
-Chest locks can now break if you fail to open them
-High level monsters now occasionally spawn on lower levels

-New dungeon levels
-New dungeon tiles
-New enemy
-New spells

-Fixed a bug where quiver wouldn't get saved
-Fixed a bug where mouse menu buttons would remain on screen after closing a menu
-Fixed a bug where parts of a level would contain no tiles
-Fixed a level generation crash bug
-Fixed a bug where monsters would occasionally spawn inside walls
-Made empty spell slots selectable with mouse in spell menu
-Other small fixes

-More item descriptions
-Lowered the drop level of bags
-Made some shields slightly weaker
-Several other tweaks

-Added message for trying to cast Toxin on a poison immune enemy
Enjoy! 

[getter77]

Excellent.   

[CAsinclair]

And here's build 0.94!

The main feature here is a complete HUD redesign, but there are other small changes as well!



Download link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguessouls_0.94.rar

Changelog:

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-HUD redesign
-Added character status screen
-Removed showing equipment using the "e" key
-Added button for quick using healing flasks

-Enemies now drop more souls
-Made it more likely for chests to break
-Game now throws an error and exits when it fails to load certain tiles
-Minor fixes and tweaks

[CAsinclair]

OK, time for a new build before my studies start slowing development down again!

Download link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguessouls_0.95.rar

-Added secret rooms and fake walls
-Added fixed chests
-Added detecting traps
-New items
-New dungeon tiles
-New status effects

-Raising/lowering your shield and switching readied weapons now takes time
-Equipping, using and dropping items now takes more time

-Changed flask upgrades: Instead of getting them for free at certain altars, you can now receive them at all altars in exchange for souls
-Changed antidote flasks: In addition to healing poison, they also make you immune to it for a limited period of time
-Chest locks now break more often
-Changed the way the teleport trap works

-Encumbrance messages are now only shown when enumbrance changes
-Color coded encumbrance in HUD

-Made levelups cheaper

-Sped up collision checks
-Fixed curse status effect
-Fixed an issue regarding showing the status screen with a ring equipped
-Other fixes and tweaks

This build includes some pretty substantial gameplay changes. The next one will probably add more content and after that it's balancing and tweaking time.

[CAsinclair]

OK, 0.96 build is finally out. This one should make the game a lot fairer and also adds a bunch of new content including spells and traps.

Download link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3725770/roguessouls_0.96.rar

Full Changelog:

-New spells
-New items
-New traps
-New fixed chests
-New item descriptions

-Increased overall soul drops
-Boosted starting stats for all classes
-Boosted player base defense
-Healing flasks now restore a percentage of max HP instead of a fixed amount
-Somewhat increased MAG requirements for casting spells
-Autoused items (i.e. soul vessels and projectiles) only take 1 turn to pick up and use.

-Several fixes and tweaks

Have fun,
C.A.S.