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The author of Armoured Commander has started a blog section of his website which he will be talking about his continuing work on the game. Currently he seems to be redoing the campaign day map with slightly improved aesthetics and more sensible road layout generation. 
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Welp, suffered my first major death in Caves of Qud. Was told to head on down to Golgotha to find and fix some droid. Ended up going down a one-way(?) stair that deposited me in some weird place where I was accosted by a seemingly unending tide of "Chute crabs". Tried to run and find an exit, but got trapped. 4 salve injectors, 2 fragmentation grenades, and I dunno-how-many shotgun shells later I was eaten alive by the drat things. 
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May 25, 2015 05:10
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Where can I get started on learning how to beat Crawl Light? I like how much they've streamlined many of the more esoteric aspects of a Roguelike, and I made it all the way to level 6 as a bog-standard Human Fighter before dying to a stupid mistake (did not yet know how to properly engage centaurs). Is the actual game straightforward enough that I can just play it as a hack-and-slash without having to worry about preparing to ascend or whatever?
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May 25, 2015 07:28
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I'm all zonked out on meds but I want to bang my head against something for a few hours, what's a simple roguelike that is a ton of fun?
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May 25, 2015 08:23
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brogue, it even has pretty colors for you to look at
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May 25, 2015 08:48
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gradenko_2000 posted:Where can I get started on learning how to beat Crawl Light? I like how much they've streamlined many of the more esoteric aspects of a Roguelike, and I made it all the way to level 6 as a bog-standard Human Fighter before dying to a stupid mistake (did not yet know how to properly engage centaurs). Is the actual game straightforward enough that I can just play it as a hack-and-slash without having to worry about preparing to ascend or whatever? Is Crawl Light some weird variant of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup?
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May 25, 2015 11:46
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The Mattybee posted:Is Crawl Light some weird variant of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup? Yeah it's in the OP
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May 25, 2015 11:50
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It's a fork from 0.8ish with the food clock replaced with glow costs, fewer floors, difficulty levels, squarelos, DoomRL style sidestepping, Brogue style monster chases and other stuff. It doesn't appear to have been updated in about a year.
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May 25, 2015 11:52
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Turtlicious posted:I'm all zonked out on meds but I want to bang my head against something for a few hours, what's a simple roguelike that is a ton of fun? DoomRL 
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May 25, 2015 12:29
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Turtlicious posted:I'm all zonked out on meds but I want to bang my head against something for a few hours, what's a simple roguelike that is a ton of fun? Necrodancer on drugs is probably even more fun than regular Necrodancer
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May 25, 2015 12:40
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dis astranagant posted:It's a fork from 0.8ish with the food clock replaced with glow costs, fewer floors, difficulty levels, squarelos, DoomRL style sidestepping, Brogue style monster chases and other stuff. It doesn't appear to have been updated in about a year. Oh  that's a shame. I liked how I didn't have to worry about food anymore and everything was auto-identified. I also thought the interface was super-spiffy and cool, but I suspect that's also because I hadn't looked at Stone Soup in maybe 3-4 years.
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May 25, 2015 12:45
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:Necrodancer on drugs is probably even more fun than regular Necrodancer I dunno, if they're too out of it then they might not be able to hit the beats reliably.
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May 25, 2015 16:37
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gradenko_2000 posted:Oh As a melee character, you don't have to worry about food in DCSS anymore either. Corpses are so plentiful, you rarely have to eat any of your permanent food, and weight limits are removed, so you can carry around giant stacks of food anyway. Give it another shot, I think you'll like it.
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May 25, 2015 16:38
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I dunno, if they're too out of it then they might not be able to hit the beats reliably. I can't even hit beats reliably sober. Especially the song on the first level/map of Zone 1. I can't understand why I can't get it down. 
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May 25, 2015 17:06
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I can't even hit beats reliably sober. Especially the song on the first level/map of Zone 1. I can't understand why I can't get it down. Have you done the display lag calibration?
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May 25, 2015 17:08
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Yup. I just keep going too fast, especially for that first song. I'm used to slamming keys rapidfire in my roguelikes. Probably doesn't help I've been playing all sorts of different roguelikes this last week thanks to the LP Megathread.
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May 25, 2015 17:13
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im playing the armored commander alpha 7 but i keep crashing so loving much.
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May 25, 2015 20:09
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Its crashing? Never had it outright crash on me before. But I haven't yet tried Alpha 7. If you want, you could try reporting this to the dev at the ArmCom thread on the Temple of the Roguelike forums. Here is a link to ArmCom Alpha 6.7 (last version I played), see if that still crashes or if its something he did in Alpha 7.
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May 25, 2015 20:58
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6.7 works much better but you have to reset every order every single loving turn ugh
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May 25, 2015 22:41
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Some orders are intended to reset. Perhaps Rev_Susudana could be convinced to make order resetting a toggleable option.
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May 25, 2015 23:43
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no i mean in alpha 7 i get to keep the orders between turns when its logical to do so
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May 25, 2015 23:55
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Since I've been on a bit of a Roguelike binge the last week or so, I'm looking for suggestions. What are some interesting non-fantasy Roguelikes out there? Stuff like Cataclysm, ArmCom, DoomRL, Invisible Inc, and Caves of Qud. They can be complex or simple, it doesn't matter, but after sampling Rogue, Brogue, Dungeonmans, Sproggiwood, ToME4 and the like I'm looking for something besides the semi-standard fantasy premise.
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May 26, 2015 06:06
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I'm not 100% sure what Elona is, but it's not generic fantasy. There's also GearHead, which is like Shadowrun with robots.
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May 26, 2015 06:08
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Gearhead? The mecha Roguelike? I remember that from years ago, is that still around and in development? And yeah, something "fantasy" that is very... different like Elona is can count too.
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May 26, 2015 06:09
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Not a traditional roguelike but Faster than Light is good
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May 26, 2015 06:10
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CogMind is an RL where you're a robot and you attatch robo bits to your self instead of gear.
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May 26, 2015 06:13
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Gearhead? The mecha Roguelike? I remember that from years ago, is that still around and in development? There's another followup game that was worked on for a few months in 2010 and recently got a few commits and the forums have some patches for Gearhead Arena and Gearhead 2 that aren't on Sourceforge.
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May 26, 2015 06:16
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Wafflecopper posted:Not a traditional roguelike but Faster than Light is good  
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May 26, 2015 06:37
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I was listing some games and told myself "Oh I better include Invisible Inc or I know people will suggest it!". So, of course, I forget to mention FTL.  dis astranagant posted:There's another followup game that was worked on for a few months in 2010 and recently got a few commits and the forums have some patches for Gearhead Arena and Gearhead 2 that aren't on Sourceforge. What are "The forums"? Temple of the Roguelike? Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 06:42 on May 26, 2015 |
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May 26, 2015 06:40
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Since I've been on a bit of a Roguelike binge the last week or so, I'm looking for suggestions. What are some interesting non-fantasy Roguelikes out there? Stuff like Cataclysm, ArmCom, DoomRL, Invisible Inc, and Caves of Qud. They can be complex or simple, it doesn't matter, but after sampling Rogue, Brogue, Dungeonmans, Sproggiwood, ToME4 and the like I'm looking for something besides the semi-standard fantasy premise.
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May 26, 2015 06:42
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I was listing some games and told myself "Oh I better include Invisible Inc or I know people will suggest it!". So, of course, I forget to mention FTL. http://gearheadrpg.com/forum/index.php They're pretty dead, probably because the main site has been down for months. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 06:53 on May 26, 2015 |
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May 26, 2015 06:51
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Thanks, I'll root around in there tomorrow maybe. Turtlicious posted:CogMind is an RL where you're a robot and you attatch robo bits to your self instead of gear. Yeah, I played the 7DRL version a bit and it seems cool, but  is a bit too much compared to paying half that for stuff like Sproggiwood, Dungeonmans, and Invisible Inc and other similar products.
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May 26, 2015 07:38
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Unreal World is my perennial favourite and recommendation, it's set in old-timey Finland but doesn't have any fantasy elements, and like Cataclysm the focus is more on survival than fighting.
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Inadequately posted:Unreal World is my perennial favourite and recommendation, it's set in old-timey Finland but doesn't have any fantasy elements, and like Cataclysm the focus is more on survival than fighting. Technically it has the prayers to spirits, but that is only one itty bitty step up from totally non supernatural superstitions. Totally fits what the dude is looking for though and is awesome.
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May 26, 2015 08:14
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Thanks, I'll root around in there tomorrow maybe. Well the price is going to go down on release so unless you literally can't wait to play it right now waiting for the final product is what I'd recommend. I've been hearing a lot of good things about it but I have no interest in unfinished games anymore.
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Ok, I posted this in the LPRL thread last night as my third DoomRL update, but I need to crow about it in here a bit. YAAM: code:I've suspected it was possible for a while, but tricky -- you need the Lava Element and two nukes, one of which has a fast timer (so a nuclear energy weapon or the Trigun), and you need to activate the Mastermind so that you can run over to where the stairs appear before arming your first nuke and eating the Element. When this game gave me a nuclear plasma rifle in the vaults, I decided to try it. When it gave me the Trigun on the same level, I decided it was fate. Apparently the game agreed, because I didn't even need the Element; it spawned an invulnerability globe right next to the stairs down to the Mastermind, and then placed me near the stairs to Carmack when I entered the level. Shortest final bossfight ever -- walk down the stairs, Angel Arm, walk down the stairs, Angel Arm again, rule over my kingdom of radioactive ash. This is also only my second YAAM, and my first ever Conqueror run. Yeah, it was on Normal difficulty, but I'm still pretty pleased with myself.
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May 26, 2015 14:39
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What does the AM in YAAM stand for?
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Inadequately posted:Unreal World is my perennial favourite and recommendation, it's set in old-timey Finland but doesn't have any fantasy elements, and like Cataclysm the focus is more on survival than fighting. Is there any up to date beginner's guide or let's play series for this? I haven't played since the dev made it free, and my one time purchased version was even older than that and didn't have all the new changes. Last I remembered, making a million wooden bowls and tying up a cow for milk was the poo poo starting off?
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May 26, 2015 15:15
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Dross posted:What does the AM in YAAM stand for? rear end-kicking Marine. It refers to the "This rear end-kicking marine killed all of them!" line in the dump if you finish the game with a 100% kill rate.
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moot the hopple posted:Is there any up to date beginner's guide or let's play series for this? I haven't played since the dev made it free, and my one time purchased version was even older than that and didn't have all the new changes. Make it Wooden Tubs for storing milk (it has more capacity than a waterskin), and javelins hardened over a fire for trading. Not so sure about the second part, but they are easy to make with no skills. Sadly, bulls do not produce milk anymore.
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