Exploring Roguelike Games

John Harris

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CRC Press
10 September 2020

Computer games: strategy guides

"Since 1980, in-the-know computer gamers have been enthralled by the unpredictable, random, and incredibly deep gameplay of Rogue and those games inspired by it, known to fans as ""roguelikes."" For decades, this venerable genre was off the radar of most players and developers for a variety of reasons: deceptively simple graphics (often just text characters), high difficulty, and their demand that a player brings more of themselves to the game than your typical AAA title asks. This book covers many of the most prominent titles and explains in great detail what makes them interesting, the ways to get started playing them, the history of the genre, and more. It includes interviews, playthroughs, and hundreds of screenshots. It is a labor of love: if even a fraction of the author’s enthusiasm for these games gets through these pages to you, then you will enjoy it a great deal.

Key Features:

Playing tips and strategy for newcomers to the genre

Core roguelikes Rogue, Angband, NetHack, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, ADOM, and Brogue

The ""lost roguelikes"" Super Rogue and XRogue, and the early RPG dnd for PLATO systems

The Japanese console roguelikes Taloon’s Mystery Dungeon and Shiren the Wanderer

Lesser-known but extremely interesting games like Larn, DoomRL, HyperRogue, Incursion, and Dungeon Hack

""Rogue-ish"" games that blur the edges of the genre, including Spelunky, HyperRogue, ToeJam & Earl, Defense of the Oasis, Out There, and Zelda Randomizer

Interviews with such developers as Keith Burgun (100 Rogues and Auro), Rodain Joubert (Desktop Dungeons), Josh Ge (Cogmind), Dr. Thomas Biskup (ADOM), and Robin Bandy (devnull public NetHack tournament)

An interview regarding Strange Adventures in Infinite Space

Design issues of interest to developers and enthusiasts

Author Bio:

John Harris has bumped around the Internet for more than 20 years. In addition to writing the columns @Play and Pixel Journeys for GameSetWatch and developer interviews for Gamasutra, he has spoken at Roguelike Celebration. John Harris has a MA in English Literature from Georgia Southern University."

By: John Harris
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 1.510kg
ISBN: 9780367513726
ISBN 10: 0367513722
Pages: 556
Publication Date: 10 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Harris has been bumping around the internet for over 20 years. In addition to writing the columns @Play and Pixel Journeys for GameSetWatch and developer interviews for Gamasutra, he’s spoken at Roguelike Celebration. John Harris has a MA in English Literature from Georgia Southern University.