#broguece — Public Fediverse posts

I've been looking for a #traditionalroguelike game to dig deep into when I stumbled across #Moonring -- a free game on Steam that's kind of a #roguelike homage to the old Ultima games. It's got beautiful art and immersive sound design -- even the ASCII art undulates gently with color gradients that enhance the mood. The vibes alone make it such an appealing world to get lost in -- not what I expected for a game made out of text and sprites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krs1Kr38og4

I don't know how it compares to giants of the genre like #BrogueCE, #DCSS, or #TOME though I've played a lot of #pathos_nethack and it doesn't seem to have the same variety of enemies -- at least in the first couple levels before I died. It seems more open-ended and I struggled to find my way to each successive goal. I don't know how replayable it is but I'm gonna give it a few more tries to see if I can get further.

Our 3-part Episode 100 celebration concludes with us deep diving Brogue CE!

Created by hobbyist gamedev and lawyer by trade Brian Walker, Brogue drastically simplified the extreme length and complexity of 90s roguelikes into a mouse-first, color-packed, shorter tactical masterpiece!

https://grogpod.zone/2026-08-05-EP103/

#GROGPOD100 #brogue #roguelike #gaming #podcast #opensource #retrogaming #ascii #brogueCommunityEdition #broguece #traditionalroguelike #indiedev #indiegame #roguelikedev