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ABOUT Roguelike

Yet Another Stupid Death...

The original roguelike group for fans and developers of the roguelike genre to talk, collaborate, share and highlight rogueish games and those related to them.

Rogue is the ground-breaking dungeon crawling computer game from the 1980s that featured permadeath, random dungeons, random items, random monsters, one "simple" objective and an unlimited number of random ways to die trying to achieve it.

Rogue and classic roguelike games continue to inspire developers and challenge players with modern roguelikes and the newer roguelite or roguelike-like games we see today.

Disclaimer: We welcome the chance to test and play games (both old and new, roguelike or roguelite) and to highlight both established and indie developers. Submitting games through the Curator Connect program will guarantee a fair review but not necessarily a rave one.

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Mysterious Castle

June 28 - DFuxa | 0 Comments

Are you interested in seeing games put up on mobile fronts? Maybe you might check out Mysterious Castle[mysterious-castle.com].

I caught notice of this game back on the Roguelike Reddit while 7DRLs were underway. The game itself is a small squad based dungeon crawler RPG, seeing you take up to four heroes to battle against other groups of enemies.

While this technically has a save system, I don't see it as that far off from roguelike games - and you could always just play it as a roguelike until such an option is added in.

Spotlight 7DRLs Next Week

June 1 - DFuxa | 0 Comments

I've been doing Game Spotlights for quite a while. I've mostly burned through the backlog of games I wanted to show you guys, but have done so at the most opportune time!

Recently, the judging for the 7DRLs of 2024 concluded. Much like last year I helped with the reviews, so I have a fairly good breadth of knowledge in regards to what happened to be entered this year. Check out the 7DRL Spotlights thread next week for some highlights I figured are worth noting from this year.

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"The best of the both traditional and non-traditional Roguelikes, with a large focus on games that feature classic roguelike gameplay that don't just abuse popular buzzwords."

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FantasyFreak_UK Jan 8 @ 10:59am

Vampire Survivors now has multiplayer

DFuxa

Jan 8 @ 10:18am

With this said, online cooperative gameplay by itself isn't enough to necessarily be what can make a game distinct. Recently my and Cornish played a game called Reaper Survivors (let's play video dropping in a few days). It was basically Vampire Survivors with very poor gameplay - that could be played together. Back in the day I also helped to kickstart a game called Hive Jump. They never really got the multiplayer working properly on that game, but even still it really just would just be something to pick up for a night with friends, play it that night, and then move on to the next.

DFuxa

Jan 8 @ 10:18am

Really what makes a good roguelite is doing something totally unique or novel. Vampire Survivors is single player and its concept is dirt simple, but it is captivating. Slay the Spire was special when it first came out. NEO Scavenger is a survival roguelike with a lot of interesting ideas - that could certainly be fleshed out should someone copy it. Much like with traditional roguelikes, the ones that stand out are the ones that are doing something distinct.

FantasyFreak_UK Jan 8 @ 4:26am

With that in mind please feel free to recommend any to me that have both these features

FantasyFreak_UK Jan 8 @ 4:25am

Hi guys. My 50 cents.
After dipping in and out of many rogue-lites over many years.
IMO what makes the best ones. Online/Local Co-op and Permanent upgrades.
As most of them are built for you to one shot and die, multiplayer and permanent upgrades add a lot more fun and replayability.
Unfortunately I feel like multiplayer is often overlooked.
Games that got this right include Returnal.
Thoughts?

BossGalaga

Dec 26, 2023 @ 9:33am

@Daniel Alexander: If you are a developer or publisher, you can send a key or access code to our group via Curator, and Cornishknight (who is one of our reviewers) can get it through there. Otherwise, I'll drop him a note and let him know you're trying to get in touch with him.

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