Thoughts on a more simple Rogue like
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:21 pm
I ran across this game called Tiny Crawl (Flash) and wanted to get some thoughts on it:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=9827.0
It was made as part of a game contest. It feels very much like a Rogue to me, but is much more accessible. It has some key elements (exploration, perma-death) but runs seem to be much faster and are less demoralizing when you die. It also does away with things like searching, and exploration is relatively easy in this game.
Give it a try, and let me know your thoughts. I'm intrigued by the idea of coming up with a Rogue/RPG type game that could hit Top 25 overall, not confined to RPG -- a mainstream Rogue, if you will.
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=9827.0
It was made as part of a game contest. It feels very much like a Rogue to me, but is much more accessible. It has some key elements (exploration, perma-death) but runs seem to be much faster and are less demoralizing when you die. It also does away with things like searching, and exploration is relatively easy in this game.
Give it a try, and let me know your thoughts. I'm intrigued by the idea of coming up with a Rogue/RPG type game that could hit Top 25 overall, not confined to RPG -- a mainstream Rogue, if you will.