#roguelikes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #roguelikes, aggregated by home.social.
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That feeling when you come across an abandoned 35 year old PC in an aircraft hangar and you think to yourself “I could probably get netBSD and some roguelikes running on that thing…”
#retrogaming #netbsd #roguelikes #retrocomputing #linux #foss #pcgaming
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This is the game I've been playing on the Deck. Works pretty great on there. It's super lofi graphics, but great loot and stash system, battle, buffs, it's a decent roguelike. When a game hooks me, it hooks me. And just a couple bucks. You die a lot! And lose everything, of course. Great bite sized runs.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4819560/The_Dungeon_Persists
#roguelike #roguelikes #SteamDeck #Steam #SteamGames #gaming #IndieGames #TraditionalRoguelikes #DungeonCrawlers
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Not every day you defeat the darkness
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When you don't know if you're gonna die from hunger or from a quagga (it was close- the quagga did me in as I was fainting)
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Late night Rogue-FP session (as usual)
#Rogue #RogueFP #SteamDeck #TraditionalRoguelikes #roguelike #roguelikes
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[Caves of Qud] TIL: beguiling a siphoned creature dooms said creature to slow death
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[Caves of Qud] Would Grit gate recoil transport me right to the Barathrumites?
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Dominocalypse ingeniously blends tile-pushing dominoes with roguelike and puzzle elements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dominocalypse-ingeniously-blends-tile-pushing-dominoes-with-roguelike-and-puzzle-elements/
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Some of my cursed DCSS screenshots
https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/dungeoncrawlers/p/797518/some-of-my-cursed-dcss-screenshots
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Rogue Solitaire: a TRUE Roguelike Card Game
I have written a 100% authentic Rogue experience in a standard deck of cards. Complete rules inside!
https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/12/rogue-solitaire-a-true-roguelike-card-game/
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The things in Rogue that kill me most aren't even monsters. It's traps, by far. Dying from hypothermia, fire, falling in a pit, having the roof collapse. Things that just take you out fast, before you even have time to react.
Just like real life.
#Rogue #roguelikes #TraditionalRoguelikes #roguelike #gaming
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Took this screenshot of two of the better rings I've ever found in one run in Rogue, because OF COURSE I died seconds after this from some stupid trap or falling somewhere (I don't always know, sometimes the deaths are super chaotic and fast) 😂
Also, has anyone ever found a use for the monster bit bag? Is it just if you get to town, to trade or craft, or something? Bragging rights? Anyway.
#Rogue #RogueFP #Steam #SteamGames #roguelike #roguelikes #SteamDeck #TraditionalRoguelikes #gaming
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The Roguelike Celebration (@roguelike_con) is Oct 17–18 this year, and they're now accepting talk proposals through the end of June via the form here: https://www.roguelike.club/cfp.html
#roguelike #roguelikes #RoguelikeCelebration #TraditionalRoguelikes #gaming
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In Rogue-FP on Steam, EVERYTHING is made of letters. When you kill a monster and come back later, there will often be flies (capital 'F' letters) flying around the remains 😂
#Rogue #Steam #SteamDeck #roguelike #roguelikes #TraditionalRoguelike #TraditionalRoguelikes #ASCII
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[DCSS] At last, Pandemonium runes are mine
(DCSS = Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup)
Morgue file for those who can read it
While winning in DCSS is fun, what I find even more enjoyable is to win in a sub-optimal (but fun) way. This run is a great example of what I mean:
- I have sacrificed my hand, my courage and my armor to get my deity’s powers earlier. No shield, no armor, and I suffer a debuff every serious battle.
- I am a shapeshifter, in a form that can’t use weapons and any armor. Except for my form’s innate resistances, I have only a bit that I could get from my amulet and one ring (as you can only wear ring per hand).
- I am a spellcaster with 7 innate Intelligence. Yes, I sacrificed some of my brain matter too. Brain mattern’t.And I am a god-slaying tempest that no one can defeat. Even under heavy debuffs from my cowardice, I kill everything in one-three shots. With 74 evasion, nothing can hope to hit me. And I move to my next victim in a moment. How come?
Storm talisman. Make Shapeshifting a focus of your whole run and you can kill even the Pandemonium lords in three hits. Or die a miserable death to a spell you couldn’t dodge.
This run had a good progression of talismans: first, Rimehorn that turns the early game into a peaceful walk; then, Serpent that’s… kind of similar to Rimehorn honestly. Really strong, plenty defense, enjoy your strong midgame (though, to be fair, I did struggle with it a bit in Vaults). Now that Serpent can wear two helmets, it has some endgame potential too.
I admired this potential for a bit longer than I expected to… my two potential upgrades were Granite talisman that I’m not fond of and Riddle talisman. I tried to make the latter work but, no matter what, it gave me less defense than Serpent so I stuck with being a snake. To give myself some advantage for my slithering endgame I started training summoning magic. At first, it wasn’t very impressive but once I got Mana Viper and Forest online, my XP investment started to pay off.
Then, right after getting the third rune and preparing myself for the final showdown at the Realm of Zot, I found it - Storm talisman! And you know the rest.
Can’t wait to learn which of the Hell branches will kill this character!
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[DCSS] A plant lady cosplays a wolfie for her Demon-God
(DCSS = Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup)
Morgue file for those who can read it.
Reasons
Vine stalkers spread any damage they take between their health and their mana. Losing mana from big damage spikes is horrible on most gods as you need mana to cast your “save me” abilities. Some of the gods don’t care about mana at all but they also give you no incentive to train skills that will raise your mana in the first place.
And then there’s Makhleb. Their abilities cost health instead of mana (and their costs take a percentage of your maximum health so frail Vine stalkers are on discount!) and they love high Invocations skill that will bring your mana to respectable levels. To add to this, Vine stalkers have a naturally fast health regeneration so they can spam Makhleb’s abilities more often.
How it went
So, after brainstorming this build, I wanted to win with it. And, after 3 unsuccessful attempts, I did exactly that.
This build has two central points: Unleash Destruction and Antimagic Bite.
Unleash Destruction is Makhleb’s ability that costs a fraction of your health and… nothing more! It’s completely spammable - as long as you can survive spamming it of course. And oh just how spammable it is on Vine stalkers! Why fight enemies one by one when you can destroy them with your burning/freezing/draining/corroding hatred? Get your enemies victims in a hallway and shoot your hellish lasers or whatever!
As it is a full range penetrating beam, it can manage summoners and the shining eyes very well too. So, while it’s usefulness caps at Shoals and Swamp, it will still be useful all the way to Zot.
Antimagic Bite is a Vine stalker’s special. You hit an orc wizard with a swift but weak dagger and they lose half their health and their voice can’t cast the spells anymore for some reason. This is the reason Vine stalkers rule. Naturally, you want to maximize bite’s damage potential by triggering it more - thus the need for a fast weapon. I started this run with an assumption that I will go with short swords and rapiers but the game had its own plans…
8096 | D:9 | Encountered Amaemon
Demon whip is no joke. While it’s not as fast as a quick blade it has a higher base damage and it scales with strength which is exactly what we need. Also no “20 skill to reach mindelay” nonsense lmao.
And this is a big deal as Vine stalker’s aptitudes aren’t great… take a look at our main skills:
- Fighting (-1) and Evocations (-1)
- Armour and Dodging (-2), Shields (-1)
- Invocations (0)
- Maces&Flails or Short blades (-1)
Sure, it’s not Mummy-level bad but still quite meh. What do you mean “you have 10 Dodging in Crystal armor”?? That’s…. that was very important….
So anyway, some other stuff this build has or should get online:
- Infernal Servant: Makhleb’s second ability and a glorious “meh whatever” from me. Demonic friends are nice early on but they don’t scale well into late-game. Wow, a green death?? Well thank you it’s poison will surely help deal with liches and orbs of fire! I HAVE MAX INVO MAKH YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!! …If you see a mark that replaces Infernal Servant don’t hesitate you won’t miss it.
Marks: while we’re at it, let’s talk marks. Makhleb gives you a choice of three marks once you reach their final rank. Marks can never be rerolled so you’re stuck with what you’re given for the entire run. Here’s my thoughts on the four marks I’ve gained on my attempts:
- Mark of Atrocity: the obvious. Makes Unleash Destruction extremely strong… and extremely costy. The moment you get it, you must stop spamming it. It proved to be too hard to manage for me so I splattered because of it.
- Mark of Execution: as if your bite wasn’t enough. You were already great at melee but now you’re a beast. The mark has no downsides too so you can pick it if you’re afraid of others’ costs.
- Mark of Annihilation: no more demonic friends. And now you have Orb of Destruction with explosions! Pretty nice I’d say. Highly situational as it doesn’t do well with hallways but it can deal with crowds just fine.
- Mark of Celebrant: what enables the stupid (me) to win. The closest you get to a panic button on Makhleb. If it activates you are in trouble and must figure out how to survive. I won with this one.
Lupine talisman: this build rests on two tenets: spend health and hit really fast. Being a werewolf makes you regain your health quickly and stack up a fixed bonus to each of your attacks. C’mon 50 damage per whip’s swing, you don’t wanna? You aren’t even risking much with your Will already being so high. Footwear is overrated anyway…
I still hate guardian spirit btw :)
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[DCSS] I have identified the last magical staff
https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/gaming/p/678311/dcss-i-have-identified-the-last-magical-staff
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Anybody ever get a 'scroll of gold madness' in Rogue before?
#rogue #TraditionalRoguelikes #roguelikes #gaming @slashie @josemachete79
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[DCSS] How the scroll of butterflies from the hunter start saved my run in Zot:5
(DCSS = Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup)
It was a normal frog archer run with my fearsome amphibian and their battlemage ancestor shooting and conjuring their way through the dungeon. Between my huge damage output (thanks Harm!) and my constantly Idealized ancestor, the run was extremely easy. Thus, I entered Zot:5.
After clearing the rest of the floor, I switched my Harm amulet to another one with -Tele to prevent teleport traps and got to the Hall of Zot. Unexpectedly, orb guardians weren’t alone at the entrance - a draconian gang settled there too. That confused me and my ancestor died. Which is fine, it’s not like its the first time (battlemage is squishy!). I just need to reset the encounter by going to the staircase.
So, I hopped and, as I was merely two tiles from the stairs and enemies were pretty far away, I just walked to the stairs. And then…
55054 | Zot:5 | HP: 1/204 [Orb Guardian (54)]
OUCH
I didn’t notice there was a moth of wrath among the enemies, and the closest orb guardian to me was zerked. Total misplay but still…
Think, now! What can I do to guarantee survival? I can’t hop as it’s on cooldown, can’t blink as I’m under -tele, can’t use Transference as my ancestor is dead. Throwing net, mephitic cloud, wand of paralysis all have a chance to fail. Invisibility and Leda’s Liquefaction won’t prevent their attacks.
My gaze lifted upon scrolls of summoning that were chosen over scrolls of butterflies by the RNG this run. “If only I had these…” I thought when I noticed a scroll of butterflies right there in my inventory. Unused since the very beginning of the game when I decided to play as hunter instead of hexslinger. The only scroll of butterflies I could have for this entire run.
A gentle wind pushed the orb guardian away from me as colorful insects filled the space between us. Thanking Xom for this beautiful coincidence, I went upstair and healed up to full health, and then eventually cleared the rest of the last floor and escaped with the Orb.
🦋❤️
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Algun juego roguelike que me recomienden aparte de Dead Cells, Neon abyss, Risk of Rain 1 y 2, Ziggurat 1 y 2.
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Preview: Topdeck Automat
A fun, quick engine building card battler that has you as a humble printer bot single-handedly battling an alien invasion. As one does.
https://chasingdings.com/2026/03/25/preview-topdeck-automat/
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Still confused as to why quaggas or emus would be in a dungeon. But here we are
#Rogue #SteamDeck #gaming #roguelike #roguelikes #quaggas #ShareYourGames
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Rogue on Steam does this thing where it can make everything 3D, and everything (monsters, scenery, all of it) is made from the letters and numbers. It's wild, and I'm hooked. 😂 Totally amazing to play on a Steam Deck.
#Rogue #roguelike #roguelikes #TraditionalRoguelikes #Steam #SteamDeck #SteamGames
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[DCSS] I forgot to take the Orb with me and then I fucking died
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Looking for more mutuals/people to interact with on fedi!
Let me know if you're interested in any number of
#fightinggames #FGC
#TCG #magicthegathering #fleshandblood
#pokemon
#nier #nierautomata
#guildwars2
#zenlesszonezero
#roguelikes
#rhythmgames
#programming (i'm relatively novice though)
#technology
#anime
#furryor any combination of those things sounds interesting to you! <3
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Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/check-out-the-demo-for-cinicross-if-you-enjoy-roguelikes-and-nonogram-styled-puzzles/
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You're out there making cool indie #RogueLikes with interesting concepts and letting the magic flow from your fingers, while I'm agonising over which toolset to use. We are not the same.
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Roguelite Games and Motivation in Online Learning
I recently fell in love with #Returnal, a video game from a genre I never knew about -- #roguelikes -- and I was surprised by the powerful effects it had on my #motivation and persistence through its high difficulty and frequent failure experiences. Here I analyze what lessons #roguelites have for #elearning #instructionaldesign pros who want to make #onlinelearning more compelling.
https://tedcurran.net/2025/09/roguelite-games-and-motivation-in-online-learning/
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Apparently I'm basically the only one using the #DungeonCrawlers hashtag, but that's okay, because scrolling it is a pretty cool look back at the games I've played and dug.
Roundup of the games I've posted screenshots/brief reviews of on the #DungeonCrawlers hashtag since 2023, with links:
Demon's Tier
https://store.steampowered.com/app/698590/DemonsTierGodoRogue
https://itch.io/queue/c/3248131/in-browser?game_id=959783Larn
https://larn.org/larn/larn.htmlDungeon Limbus
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1366520/Dungeon_LimbusADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/333300/ADOM_Ancient_Domains_Of_MysteryRoguejack
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ponywolf.roguejackHeroes of Loot
Dungeon Crawler on Demand
https://redpangilinan.itch.io/dungeon-crawler-odDungeon Raid
https://4cats.itch.io/dungeon-raid#roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #Steam #SteamGames #DungeonCrawling #IndieGames #ItchGames #TurnBased #rpg #gaming #AndroidGames #MobileGames
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@polygon has [a good series going this week](https://www.polygon.com/why-roguelikes-are-fun/) on #roguelike games. Unfortunately almost all the games they discuss are actually #roguelite games. 🤦
The dividing line between #roguelites and #roguelikes is fuzzy but real, and the fan bases for those two genres are two distinct groups that tend not to overlap as much as their names would imply.
I’m a new convert to the genre, working on a guide to integrating roguish elements in #instructionaldesign .
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It's already on Steam (here, with a free demo to try: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374320/Heroes_Of__Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power), but I'm pretty psyched Heroes of Loot: Gauntlet of Power is coming to Switch next month (in a few days, on March 4).
I love the first Heroes of Loot, I play it a lot on my Switch now. Will be cool to try this one out.
#HeroesOfLoot #Switch #IndieGames #indie #Nintendo #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #SwitchGames #TwinStickShooter #TwinStickShooters
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Beat Quest of Dungeons on my phone again (the Android version), albeit on Easy, only took a little over four hours. The mobile version is different from the Switch version (and the Xbox version) in that once you beat it (kill the first final boss), the game is over and it tells you that you've won, you see these attached images. (It's free, and if you want to try it yourself, it's here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.davidamador.quest_of_dungeons)
In the Switch version, once you beat the first boss, it unlocks a second section of the game (and I believe there are two more after it) - but I still haven't beaten the second part I unlocked on the Switch. It's tough! Gotten to the end boss a couple times and he always just murders me. Fast. I can only imagine the next parts I unlock will be too - even on Easy. So much more to the game on consoles, and I would assume, on Steam.
#QuestOfDungeons #roguelikes #IndieGames #SwitchGames #AndroidGames #MobileGames
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Was doing so well in a Quest of Dungeons run until I wasn't. You know how it goes. Frustrating. But always on to the next. Ah, roguelikes.
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🔴 THIS CAT IS LIVE!
We're back in our early(ish!) timeslot again today with some more Noita action! How far will we get today??
Only one way to find out! Come hang! :3
http://www.twitch.tv/konbanmiao
#twitch #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames
#helf #kaboom #splodie #iamacat -
🔴 THIS CAT IS LIVE!
A happy Wednesday to all! It's a very special DAYTIME CATTE STREAM! We're gonna be diving into Noita for my first streamed attempts at this fun but challenging af game! How many times will I blow myself up? Probably a lot!
Come hang! :3
http://www.twitch.tv/konbanmiao
#vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames #helf #iamacat
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🔴 THIS CAT IS LIVE!
Happy Monday, all y'all! Hope your week has started off swimmingly! We're gonna chill tonight with some deck builder roguelites, starting with a creepy little game that I have slept on for way too long...that's right, we'll be diving into Inscryption! We'll see how long we end up hanging around in the cabin, but we've got some other games lined up to peep as well, so we might hop around a bit...or we might find our souls stuck forever between the flash bulbs :O
Come hang! :3
http://www.twitch.tv/konbanmiao
#deckbuilder #deckbuilders #inscryption #roguelikes #roguelites #cardgames #indiegames #indiedevs #indiehorror #helf #iamacat
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The Mighty Beamer Sword Spear is INCREDIBLY mighty.
(Android folks can grab Quest of Dungeons here if you wanna try it out. It's free, a blast, and you won't see ads: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.davidamador.quest_of_dungeons)
#QuestOfDungeons #roguelike #roguelikes #MobileGames #Android #AndroidGames
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Wow, I actually beat the mobile version of Quest of Dungeons. Only did it ONCE on Switch, the main part, which is apparently all there is to the mobile part. On Switch, when you beat the first part, there's another part (which I haven't beaten yet - it's TOUGH).
The key is ALWAYS good armor. Luck and good weapons help too, but not dying instantly from powerful boss hits is key. The armor I had kicked my dodge chance WAY up.
Dig how it keeps track of all those stats, too. 🤣 Tapped almost 8 thousand times! 🤯
#QuestOfDungeons #TurnBased #rpg #AndroidGames #MobileGames #roguelike #roguelikes
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Slartboz has been posted to the Dwarf Fortress forum on Reddit
fans/frens/geeks/freaks, would appreciate any upvotes you can give it there on Reddit. I am on a razor's edge between deciding to abandon this game or continue it. so any new tangible evidence I get that people *like* Slartboz would help *immensely* now
thank you!
#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeDev
#RouelikeGame
#RoguelikeGames -
Slartboz
NEW VIDEOS UP!
All-in-One: Project Intro, UI Guide, Gigantic Grussian Goliath Mark VI Cybernetic Main Battle Tank (Think: Friendly Kaiju) vs A Massive Zombie Herd, also The Dork Fortress, and Arky the Mad AI (Quite Mad, Really)
part 1 of 2
https://youtu.be/mDokKbHyOno?si=ACFOOWBILndg874_part 2 of 2
https://youtu.be/KPVIq39HoUM?si=_44H6c-apJmJIxZy#gamevids
#gamevideos
#gamedemos
#screencasts
#retrogames
#indiegames
#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGame
#RoguelikeGames -
Slartboz
new profile page text for the game is NOW UP on the site Itch.io:
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboznot done with the makeover on their site. just wanted to get a 1st little stab of it up
Mike
#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGame
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeGameDev
#RoguelikeDev
#RoguelikeDevs -
Slartboz
Dead By Zombie's public README has been revised to mention Slartboz
DBZ was my 1st commercial Rogue-like. began writing it in 2007-ish. went live to players in 2008. released around same time as the original Dwarf Fortress! (Them: dorfs. Me: zeds.)
Slartboz is my de facto sequel & successor to DBZ. so it made sense to mention it back in the old public repo for DBZ
it is here:
https://github.com/mkramlich/Dead_By_Zombie
thanks!
Mike
#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGame
#RoguelikeGames
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Slartboz: Release Plans
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/584799/slartboz-release-plans-playtesters-in-sep-public-in-deca new DevLog up on Itch.io
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^----- thread continued from above
more project links:
YouTube (w/4+ screencast play vids)
https://www.youtube.com/@GroglogicGitHub (w/30+ screenshots)
https://github.com/mkramlich/slartboz-pubCashApp (for one-time tips)
https://cash.app/$mk2022akmar#games
#indiedev
#indiegamedev
#indiegames
#solodev
#retrogames
#80sgames
#textgames
#homegrowngameengines -
Slartboz
new video is UP!
our 4th screencast
our 5th video overall"Tanks Shooting on The Proving Grounds"
https://youtu.be/M2WUu9CYco0?si=0NSolMI4b48GsCv6
only 1 min long!
#screencasts
#demos
#gamedemos
#gamevideos
#gamevids#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev#indiegames
#retrogames
#80sgames
#solodev#explosions
#hearingloss
#earprotectionrecommended
#massiveOSHAviolations
#donottrythisathome
#kidsgetoffmylawn -
Slartboz
I'm thinking of doing posts to Reddit, somewhere, to promote Slartboz, and help get more audience and supporters
anyone have recommendation of what subreddits might be good for that?
#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames
#RoguelikeDev -
Slartboz
a slideshow GIF has been created. stuffed with a variety of screenshots from the working gameplay UX
will try to trim the size down before uploading it and sharing
figure a nice alternative to a video. cuz no audio. and I dont narrate over top it. and you can "watch" the entire thing in under a minute
up prob later this eve...
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Slartboz
"The World Evolving Over Time" - A Sonata on Absurdity, Futility, The Future and Fate, and The Genius/Madness of AI Minds"
new play screencast demo video is UP
DevLog with link to it, over on Itch.io:
#games
#retrogames
#indiegames
#sologames#Roguelike
#Roguelikes
#RoguelikeGames#postapoc
#apocalypse
#dystopia
#absurd
#ai
#crazyai
#evilai
#aidangers
#future
#futility
#fate
#climate
#sealevelrise -
Slartboz
new DevLog up
"3rd Video Expectations"
TL;DR: MASS Z-Z-Z-ZOMBIE HOARDE
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578691/slartboz-3rd-video-expectations