So, my favorite genre is roguelikes. For years, I've been pretty disdainful of the lack of this type of game on the 83/84+ series. Finally, I decided to just make my own.
I'm about 60% done with it. I coded the engine over about 2 days, and now I'm just doing a ton of stats tweaking and adding monsters, items, etc.
I'm keeping the storyline under wraps for now, but the basic premise is that you can only go forward.
Some quick notes:
I'm doing the project with Axe.
I'm using Crabcake.
I used a slightly modded version of Builderboy's flame routine for the holybomb animation.
I've already changed how some of the items work since this screenshot. I have one more item that I currently intend to implement, with maybe others if they improve the gameplay without breaking the game. Getting the stats just right for a difficult but still beatable roguelike is
incredibly tedious.
My main overhaul that I need to do is start adding a ton of text for events and (maybe) some special events, rooms, etc. too. Those are a big maybe at this point.
Yes, the walls are supposed to get weirder as you get deeper into the game.
I am in deep need of help for character design. If anyone wants to volunteer (for credit when the game is released, of course) to design a big bunch of 6x7 px sprites for monsters, that would be wonderful.
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