I’ve noticed a huge spike in people playing misery recently. I’ve even received several emails about it, some of which go into more detail than I think the ‘game’ even presents. To this effect, I’ve been working on a sequel. Soon enough, you will be able to enjoy Souffrance.
Speaking of what I’m working on – here is a list for anyone wondering….
Tim Denee has penned a glorious visiting of Dwarf Fortress. Please enjoy it! I thought it was pretty well representative of a typical DF experience.
This might be old news to some but here is a free online version of halo. Head immediately north to snag a gun. Enjoy.
Wikipedia defines a Roguelike as
The roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing video games, characterized by randomization for replayability, permanent death, and turn-based movement. Many early roguelikes featured ASCII graphics. Games are typically dungeon crawls, with many monsters, items, and environmental features. Computer roguelikes usually employ the majority of the keyboard to facilitate interaction with items and the environment. The name of the genre comes from the 1980 game Rogue.
I have slightly different viewpoint here. The wikifinition is well and good, but lacks a crucial element I feel all in the roguelike category share. What you have there is the cold definition – but what’s most important is the sense of adventure they convey. Typically the mechanics are dated, the graphics are quite trash, and the sense of atmosphere (or environment) is non-present – but the feeling of adventure is total. You never know what might be around the next corner.
Blow up some radiators; kill some tenants.
Z to Shoot your Gun
X to Jump
Play the alpha, click here.
The bombs will only destroy grass tiles now, enjoy the little caves. Some are very difficult to get to.
Controls:
[To start: click to gain focus]
Now you can throw little bombs. For now, you have infinite, enjoy.
A project I am currently working on….