Blogs about: Roguelikes
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Looks like Spelunky hit 1.0... and the big time
Click to download Spelunky! I was just writing about Spelunky for my blog, wondering when it would hit 1.0, when BAM, front page of IndieGames: Spelunky Coming to XBLA in 2010 No foolin’. And it… more →
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Looks like Spelunky hit 1.0... and the big time
doctorfrog wrote 2 months ago: Click to download Spelunky! I was just writing about Spelunky for my blog, wondering when it would h … more →
Groundhog day gaming
Jonathan Stickles wrote 3 months ago: A couple weeks ago, I posted about how I’m not a big fan of linear predictability in level des … more →
Permadeath should not be masochistic, part 2
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Jonathan Stickles wrote 3 months ago: I recently argued that permadeath should not be masochistic, and if it is, the designer is doing som … more →
Game of the Moment: DoomRL
doctorfrog wrote 3 months ago: I guess I’m on a roguelike tear this week, because I can’t rip myself from DoomRL today. … more →
Permadeath should not be masochistic
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Jonathan Stickles wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been reading a lot about permadeath over the last couple weeks, from various blog posts a … more →
A Brief Introduction to Decker, Part 3: Radio Shack Attack
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doctorfrog wrote 3 months ago: Part 1 of this series introduces Decker and how it relates to the roguelike game genre. Part 2 consi … more →
A Brief Introduction to Decker, Part 2 (cyberpunk hacking roguelike)
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doctorfrog wrote 3 months ago: In my previous post, I introduced the graphical roguelike Decker, and how to obtain it and soften th … more →
Nerding Out: Watching Tron, Playing Decker (a cyberpunk hacking roguelike)
doctorfrog wrote 4 months ago: Acting like it’s a rainy day in 1986. Watching a young and smug Jeff Bridges in Disney’s … more →
Spelunky hits version .99.9b
doctorfrog wrote 5 months ago: Oh, so close to 1.0. My personal pick for tiny game of the year, Spelunky, has been released at vers … more →
Spelunky updates again, .99.5
doctorfrog wrote 10 months ago: The tireless Derek Yu offers another minor release, includes some bugfixes and play improvement. Per … more →
Free Game: Spelunky Updates to .99
doctorfrog wrote 10 months ago: Previously mentioned Spelunky has updated to version .99. Improvements include bugfixes, a new secre … more →
Free Game: Spelunky (and an accidental diatribe on exquisiteness in games)
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doctorfrog wrote 11 months ago: Some of the real thrill of an open internet is the altruism with which persons or communities come t … more →
Hobby #4: Roguelikes
espeorb wrote 1 year ago: There’s a lot to say about this one. Roguelikes are, possibly, the best genre of games out the … more →
Bresenham's Line Drawing Algorithm
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tombarta wrote 3 years ago: Pulling from Wikipedia: function line(x0, x1, y0, y1) boolean steep := abs(y1 - y0) > abs(x1 - x0 … more →
