Game List

I finally ran out of space for game links in my Roguetemple signature. That means I finally found motivation to make a page with links, descriptions, and screenshots for all of my games. You can find it here: http://kleinroguelikes.blogspot.co.uk/p/games.html

Coming soon: announcement post for my 7DRL (it was a success) and blogs about my map library.

7DRL 2014: Poachers Will Be Decapitated!

Poachers Will Be Decapitated!

Decades of exploitation by "adventurers" have left many species such as Orcs, Kobolds, and Trolls in danger of extinction. The monstrous dragon Uozeni, who once burnt your family and your village to cinders, lurks at the bottom of a previously undiscovered cave.

Populations here are much stronger than elsewhere, and the Society for Conservation and Ecology of Dungeons are protecting the inhabitants in the hope that they can later be reintroduced to other locations. Adventuring is restricted by strict limits on killing and looting, which are enforced by the Rangers, Inspectors, and Castigators of SCED.

These kill limits aren't nearly enough to sustain a traditional approach to dungeon adventuring. To avenge yourself on Uozeni, will you work within the rules, subvert them with stealth, or publicly flout them?

Remember: SCEDRIC decapitates poachers!

I'll cross-post updates here, on RogueTemple, and at 7drl.org if my account there ever gets reactivated.

I'll be writing in C++, using BearLibTerminal for display and my own library Griddle for back-end tasks like map topology, actor management, FoV, and pathfinding. I've written some experiments in map generation and general use of BearLibTerminal and Griddle, and a lot of their code will probably be used in the 7DRL. Source for the game will be released as usual.

Griddle is intended to be reusable in a wide variety of grid-based games, enabling effects like seamless travel between map chunks and rotation of player perspective. It makes heavy use of template metaprogramming and is currently a header-only library. Once it has a more stable and well-organised API I'll try to release it as a compiled library that can be used from other languages. That way it can usher in a new golden age of ridiculously disorienting maps cobbled together from rectangles and glue. With a side order of smoke and mirrors.