JuraxGames: That's a good idea!

JuraxGames: That's a good idea!

joveian: These games are all about the wasted effort, unfortunately :(. Looking at it in the best possible way this provides a sense of excitement and risk since you can loose a lot of time if you mess up. It isn't (or doesn't have to be) just gambling, at least in Moria, the first "roguelike" and the first one I played, since you can be more careful and avoid trouble (the free CRPG Book says that Rogue itself didn't have the same degree of complexity and it wasn't as easy to get yourself killed, so if this one matches Rogue closely enough, which it sounds like it does, it might not be too bad). Though I also suspect more people who play those games treat it like gambling than learning the system (I played Moria quite a bit but never got all that good at it, though I eventually got somewhat better at Tales of Maj'Eyal). For me, they do tend to fall in the "more addicting than fun" category that I like to avoid.

Anyone who wants to try Rogue might consider installing NetBSD in a VM or SD card (minimal install without graphics should still be under 500MB I think with the lastest 10.0 release). The games set includes Rogue, NetHack, Collosal Cave Adventure, and some other early games like a clone of a very early Star Trek game first released in 1971. And, of course, tetris. The package system has both Moria and Angband, which was based on Moria and has both old style ascii mode and a minimalist graphical system (and continues to be developed and has Windows and Mac downloads as well as being in most open source package systems).

joveian: Thanks for showing up in the forums :). You can get special gold text if you let GOG know about your account. If SteamDB is correct it sounds like you are using Godot engine for your first person part?

ppavee: Yes, the game is roguelike and has procedurally generated levels, but still by the store page the game feels too shallow to grasp interest.

DNMR2K5: I really, really, REALLY want this game, save for one thing standing in my way...

[...] perma-death, as it's the one gameplay mechanic that I despise.

JuraxGames: If anyone is wondering, the CLASSIC MODE in ROGUE-FP is a rogue-clone based off of version 5.4.4 of Rogue. The source code for it can be easily found on github if you're curious about its inner workings. When it comes to features I have only made one change and that is that I have removed the bow and I'll tell you why. Arrows are still in and function as they are supposed to, same with the other ranged weapons, but I have scoured every line of code in the source that's up on git and I have found no code that actually makes the bow do anything. It only actual function is as a very weak melee weapon. You don't need it equipped to fire arrows and arrows don't get any kind of boost if you have it equipped when you fire them. They also don't get any kind of bonus if the bow in enchanted. Honestly, the only reason I can think of for the bow being in the game is that it's there to confuse the rest of the lads in the computer lab in 1980. I think it's only there just to make players THINK that it does something. Now that's perfectly fine when you release a game for your friends but when a game is open to the general public, well, that's just not a question I want to answer over and over, or be forced to answer right up front and therefore remove the mystery. Other than that though there should be feature parity. Though some of you may have keener eyes than me so if you spot anything that doesn't seem right please let me know!

dtgreene: Wait, the bow does nothing and isn't required to shoot arrows?

By the way, you should get your account flagged as a Developer account, so that your text will be in yellow and stand out.