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madjackmcmad posted:That's quite a promise!
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Desideratus posted:I know, right? Been playing since this thread cropped up in 2010, probably sunk 1200+ hours into CoQ. I'd do a toxx clause but I doubt I'd buy all 10 copies at once due to finances, so. It's pretty crazy/awesome how much Caves of Qud has been played. I really wish I had been smart enough to put game metrics collection into it. 16,531,350 snapjaws killed would be fun to see on a website somewhere  Maybe for the steam version!
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Is there a tiles version of CoQ and if not is it planned for the eventual Steam release?
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Wezlar posted:Is there a tiles version of CoQ and if not is it planned for the eventual Steam release? There's no tiles version at the moment. It'd obviously be awesome to have it for the Steam version, but it's a gigantic build.
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Hey Unormal, I've been meaning to get into CoQ for a while, but it's pretty intimidating. Is there a wiki or forum still up somewhere for it? I could use a newbie guide.
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RickVoid posted:Hey Unormal, I've been meaning to get into CoQ for a while, but it's pretty intimidating. Is there a wiki or forum still up somewhere for it? I could use a newbie guide. Yeah, there's our forums: http://forums.freeholdentertainment.com/forumdisplay.php?7-CoQ-General The archived SA thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3374214&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 The Bay 12 thread: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=016cc61a2cb02fd7509e2721dc0210bf&topic=73201.0 4chan guide: http://pastebin.com/0ExECmUn
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Unormal posted:Yeah, there's our forums: http://forums.freeholdentertainment.com/forumdisplay.php?7-CoQ-General And bookmarked. Thanks!
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Death Skid Mark is pretty neat but I'm at a loss as to how one even survives later levels. I got to about the 3/4 mark on medium and nearly every car was packing guns that shredded me in a hurry despite maxed out fenders and defenses on my dudes. Despite having rank 4-6 guns on 3 dudes with scopes and maxed ranged skill it was still faster to ram cars than shoot them.
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dis astranagant posted:Death Skid Mark is pretty neat but I'm at a loss as to how one even survives later levels. I got to about the 3/4 mark on medium and nearly every car was packing guns that shredded me in a hurry despite maxed out fenders and defenses on my dudes. Despite having rank 4-6 guns on 3 dudes with scopes and maxed ranged skill it was still faster to ram cars than shoot them. Firstly 2 items that are incredibly useful the wrench and first aid kit, repairs and health can help greatly if you're in dire need of them without a shop. Also whilst scopes are nice some single use stuff like gas grenades and rockets are incredibly useful if you come across a car that'll gently caress you up. Have you been killing the passengers/driver? Sometimes its just better to kill the most deadly crew men first and then focus on taking down the car in the way to get the most money. Only other things are have you been taking advantage of Russian roulette/medical experiments/weapons lab to boost stuff for free?
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What exactly do the Wilderness Lores do in Qud? I usually grab all of them because I think it increases survival, and I know it decreases the chances of getting lost in a particular biome but is that all?
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Geokinesis posted:Firstly 2 items that are incredibly useful the wrench and first aid kit, repairs and health can help greatly if you're in dire need of them without a shop. Also whilst scopes are nice some single use stuff like gas grenades and rockets are incredibly useful if you come across a car that'll gently caress you up. I made it to 56 km one run with repair + medkit but I got sandwiched between a combine, a tank and a rocket car, all in the prefect positions to kill half my dudes, ruining the run. I usually try to kill the driver but sometimes that just doesn't work out.
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dis astranagant posted:I made it to 56 km one run with repair + medkit but I got sandwiched between a combine, a tank and a rocket car, all in the prefect positions to kill half my dudes, ruining the run. Ah well, you just got hosed then! What car were you trying with?
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Geokinesis posted:Ah well, you just got hosed then! Standard. Don't have a lot of cars unlocked yet. Did some rocket car but the lack of party slots is brutal. Might try some combine next, not sure I'll like being slow.
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dis astranagant posted:Standard. Don't have a lot of cars unlocked yet. Did some rocket car but the lack of party slots is brutal. Might try some combine next, not sure I'll like being slow. Yeah rocket car is fast and fun but you hurt for cash even if you pick all the gun kills give money jobs, at least the combine has 3 slots even if it handles like a snail.
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Desideratus posted:Unironically, if you put CoQ on Steam I will buy 10 copies just to pass spares out to friends; It's my favorite roguelike to date. I'm not sure I'll buy ten, but I might get three plus mine. (Maybe even during not-sales, although I've given a disgusting number of people Recettear.  )
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I feel like the Mobile Roguelike section could benefit from the addition of Hoplite. It's a fun little hex based tactical combat roguelike with a free 16 level dungeon and a 2 buck endless mode. The interface was actually design for touch screens and it's got charmy pixel graphics. If you want a short time waster that actually makes you think, it's a really solid package.
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Man after all the laughably bad code I cleaned up to get Caves of Qud running smoothly under Unity's awful .NET implementation, I'm kind of surprised/impressed it ran at all under MS.NET.
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Why is Caves of Qud being built in Unity, anyhow? Isn't that a 3D engine?
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tinkerttoy posted:Why is Caves of Qud being built in Unity, anyhow? Isn't that a 3D engine? It can do 2D fine, and it has a bunch of cross-platform deployment options so it's pretty easy to build for PC, Mac, mobile, etc.
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tinkerttoy posted:Why is Caves of Qud being built in Unity, anyhow? Isn't that a 3D engine? That said, the unity editor is definitely meant for 3d games (although they've been adding more 2d stuff lately). But, there's actually tons of 2d unity games out there despite that. I'd guess the most popular game using unity is hearthstone. There are a bunch of roguelikes built in unity too, although I can't think of anything huge. There's desktop dungeon, if you want to count that as one.
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Unormal posted:Man after all the laughably bad code I cleaned up to get Caves of Qud running smoothly under Unity's awful .NET implementation, I'm kind of surprised/impressed it ran at all under MS.NET. Have you experimented with the recent Microsoft .NET release for Linux any?
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Nintendo Kid posted:Have you experimented with the recent Microsoft .NET release for Linux any? Nope, I'm hilariously busy with Sproggi + Unity Caves of Qud + future game projects, not to mention assorted other minor responsibilities like a 'real job' and 'family' and 'playing Dragon Age'. I feel like I'm falling massively behind on every front every minute. I need 100 more hours a day!
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Is there an android port of POWDER? I've only found the author mentioning a beta but apparently it's nowhere to be found anymore?
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lordfrikk posted:Is there an android port of POWDER? I've only found the author mentioning a beta but apparently it's nowhere to be found anymore? The beta is on the "ten years of development" post on the news front page: http://www.zincland.com/powder/ http://www.zincland.com/powder/release/powder118_beta.apk
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Thank you, I'm blind  Only read the Downloads section.
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I just downloaded Caves of Qud to try it for the first time. My first character, a hellish axe-wielding mass of limbs Marauder, killed a whole bunch of poo poo and then got fatally shot in the rear end with an arrow while spectacularly dismembering a dude. My second character had light manipulation and every single fire-related mutation, including spontaneous combustion. He caught fire IN THE STARTING TOWN and had to fling his blazing rear end into the watervine pits. Then he burned down a shitload of jackal dudes, including a unique, before finally being killed by an angry flaming bear (which is just about the most metal thing I can think of). This game is hilarious and rad.
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Does CoQ have any tilesets? ASCII burns my brain but the character gen has me so intrigued! 
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Bobo the Red posted:Does CoQ have any tilesets? ASCII burns my brain but the character gen has me so intrigued! CoQ actually has remarkably well-designed ASCII.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:CoQ actually has remarkably well-designed ASCII. Which still isn't a tileset.
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Bobo the Red posted:Does CoQ have any tilesets? ASCII burns my brain but the character gen has me so intrigued! No, but I think it's decent enough that you should at least give it a look first:   ...and if that still hurts here is a palliative (if out of date) vision of the future: 
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Ignatius M. Meen posted:No, but I think it's decent enough that you should at least give it a look first: I did look! I just don't have it in me. Oh well, someday.
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Bobo the Red posted:I did look! I just don't have it in me. Oh well, someday. Well, when Unormal gets his ducks in a row after Sproggiwood we'll likely start to see pictures of the new CoQ game and the warm fuzzies will flow for all. 
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panzertape posted:Can you guys recommend me some cool rogues for Android? Whats your pick? I wish they'd release a proper FTL for phones... Pixel Dungeon is p good
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TOOT BOOT posted:Which still isn't a tileset. Well, since it's not using an actual console, strictly speaking it is actually just a tile set. Just one you don't like.  WHAT IS A ROGUELIKE? WHAT IS A TILESET? THE WORLD DEMANDS ANSWERS TO THESE STIRRING QUESTIONS!
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panzertape posted:Can you guys recommend me some cool rogues for Android? Whats your pick? I wish they'd release a proper FTL for phones... My favorite is Cardinal Quest. Hoplite is really good too, though a bit easy.
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