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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello friends! Is there a lemmy community for roguelikes? I am, in this case, looking for a place focused on more traditional roguelikes (DCSS, CCDDA, BROGUE, etc)

If there isn't one, no worries, send me you're favorite unknown traditional roguelikes. I'll tell you mine. It's called "Empires of Eradia" it's a more open combat focused RL with a unique twist on permadeath. It's got great crafting and a strong focus on risk reward.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The definition isn't an absolutely hard one, but I think that DCSS would be pretty uncontroversially a roguelike.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike

See the section on "Berlin Interpretation", which is one commonly-used set of factors to determine whether something is a roguelike.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

oh wow that's more restrictive than I thought it was

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I can see the turnbased requirement there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have a love/hate with the Berlin Interpretation. While I certainly prefer my RLs that way, I think some times it gets used to gatekeep excellent RLs kind of on the fringe of the interpretation.