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  1. Rogue Solitaire: a TRUE Roguelike Card Game

    I have written a 100% authentic Rogue experience in a standard deck of cards. Complete rules inside!

    chasingdings.com/2026/05/12/ro

    #cardgames #roguelikes #rogue

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. [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!

  6. [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 :)

  7. [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.

    🦋❤️

  8. 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.

    chasingdings.com/2026/03/25/pr

    #Roguelikes #SteamGames #deckbuilding #TopdeckAutomat

  9. 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
    #furry

    or any combination of those things sounds interesting to you! <3

  10. 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
    #furry

    or any combination of those things sounds interesting to you! <3

  11. 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
    #furry

    or any combination of those things sounds interesting to you! <3

  12. 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.

    tedcurran.net/2025/09/roguelit

  13. @polygon has [a good series going this week](polygon.com/why-roguelikes-are) 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 .

  14. I swear to god this is not the same build we did last time ....

    More He is Coming (and more to come (hehe)), so stick around if you are into #roguelikes

    youtube.com/watch?v=uSLNV9Tpg24

    #heiscoming #autobattler #indiegame #PngTuber

  15. Played a bunch of Ultimate ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery): Caverns of Chaos (which is a sequel to the original ADOM) today on Steam. It has some bad reviews, but really, I think it's an improvement on the original. I find it to be a blast-- a great dungeon crawler. And a great opportunity to play as a ratling priestess. 😂

    #AncientDomainsOfMystery #ADOM #roguelike #roguelikes #Steam #SteamGames #DungeonCrawlers

  16. It's already on Steam (here, with a free demo to try: store.steampowered.com/app/237), 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.

    gonintendo.com/contents/45593-

    #HeroesOfLoot #Switch #IndieGames #indie #Nintendo #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #SwitchGames #TwinStickShooter #TwinStickShooters

  17. Diceomancer - pretty fun! Rerolling arbitrary numbers is a sweet mechanic, and absolutely totally busted also.

    Yes. I would like to summon 15 elementals every single turn please. That's normal.

    #indiegames #diceomancer #gaming #roguelikes

  18. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #twitch #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames
    #helf #kaboom #splodie #iamacat

  19. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #twitch #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames
    #helf #kaboom #splodie #iamacat

  20. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #twitch #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames
    #helf #kaboom #splodie #iamacat

  21. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #twitch #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames
    #helf #kaboom #splodie #iamacat

  22. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #twitch #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames
    #helf #kaboom #splodie #iamacat

  23. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames #helf #iamacat

  24. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames #helf #iamacat

  25. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames #helf #iamacat

  26. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames #helf #iamacat

  27. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #vtuber #envtuber #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #randomized #noita #indiegames #helf #iamacat

  28. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #deckbuilder #deckbuilders #inscryption #roguelikes #roguelites #cardgames #indiegames #indiedevs #indiehorror #helf #iamacat

  29. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #deckbuilder #deckbuilders #inscryption #roguelikes #roguelites #cardgames #indiegames #indiedevs #indiehorror #helf #iamacat

  30. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #deckbuilder #deckbuilders #inscryption #roguelikes #roguelites #cardgames #indiegames #indiedevs #indiehorror #helf #iamacat

  31. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #deckbuilder #deckbuilders #inscryption #roguelikes #roguelites #cardgames #indiegames #indiedevs #indiehorror #helf #iamacat

  32. 🔴 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

    twitch.tv/konbanmiao

    #deckbuilder #deckbuilders #inscryption #roguelikes #roguelites #cardgames #indiegames #indiedevs #indiehorror #helf #iamacat

  33. What kind of bug would make machine learning suddenly 40% worse at NetHack? - Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson)

    Members of the Legendary Compu... - arstechnica.com/?p=2028789 #reinforcementlearning #imitationlearning #machinelearning #softwarebugs #roguelikes #moonphase #roguelike #nethack #gaming #bugs #cuda #ai

  34. Nuclear Throne is an incredible game, just as I'd heard. I'm glad I jumped on it finally. Figuring out the different random power-up mutations, the runs are fun as hell, twin stick shooting, permadeath, it's a blast. It's tough! But I'm gonna keep trying to get to that throne 🔫

    #TwinStickShooters #roguelikes #BulleHell #roguelike #IndieGames #NuclearThrone #permadeath @mdkcore