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Doom, the Roguelike

Derek Yu — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:14:00 +0000

Peanut butter and hamburger, teaching elementary school and being nude… there are many great things in this world that are NOT better together. But Doom and Roguelikes? Those are two great things that are incredible together.

Whereas other Roguelikes require you to remember a zillion key commands and little tricks to get by (“Oh wait, I’ve got to press ‘q’ to ‘quaff’ this potion of troll buggery…”), DoomRL is quite easy to get into, with only a few important commands to remember. And Kornel Kisielewicz, the author of the game, has added just enough to the Doom universe to keep the game interesting, but without losing the flavor of the original FPS.

And if you’ve already played the game a year or so ago, it’s time to try it out again, as the latest version (0.9.8.5) has a buttload of new features, like difficulty levels, challenge modes, advanced traits, and new special levels. And arch-viles!

So yeah, as you can see, I’m a big fan of this project. Play the game and then join the forums. Kornel is great about taking user suggestions to improve the game! Check it out – it’s fun.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Teeth

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:51:28 +0000

Should be working: http://www.santiagoz.com/web/news.php

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Lega

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:47:23 +0000

Aw… all the links to the other RLs are down. And I was here getting all psyched about playing Castlevania and gasp! Metroid in a deliciously innovative, text-based environment.

I gotta have my fix, man! I just gotta have my fix!

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Toothbrush

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:55:03 +0000

Hey, try using me once in a while! :(

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Teeth

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:39:48 +0000

And here was me thinking we were done with the impostering :)

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Teeth

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:02:43 +0000

Oho, a metroid one as well. Doppelthanks!

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Teeth

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:57:16 +0000

Thanks dess :)

"Doom, the Roguelike" by surlyben

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:55:58 +0000

Have you ever had Peanut Butter on a hamburger? It’s delicious, believe it or not. It’s helpful to get past the squick-factor if you think of it as a type of peanut sauce…

"Doom, the Roguelike" by dessgeega

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:12:56 +0000

http://peltkore.net/~szdev/crl/news.php

castlevania roguelike!

"Doom, the Roguelike" by crackers

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 21:24:37 +0000

ASCII women have their charms… except when they steal your items and teleport away.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by randal

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:09:08 +0000

ASCII women have their charms… especially ‘B’ ;)

"Doom, the Roguelike" by raigan

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:34:46 +0000

damn it, i was finally getting over my addiction to this game.. and you had to go and alert me to an update.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Xander

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:21:57 +0000

Real women don’t do -6d3- damage to cacodemons

"Doom, the Roguelike" by NO!

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:15:00 +0000

Real women are better.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Xander

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:47:29 +0000

The DoomRL is kickass. I seem to suck quite badly at it, I only managed to get to the 7th floor. I dread to think what the later difficulties are like. Great game though, I like games that start and end in a single playthrough, no matter how long it is. It’s fun to play your characters a little differently each time (My Pistol Marine was great, until I accidentally hit the switch that exploded the surrounding aread… ow)

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Teeth

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:42:37 +0000

I’d like to see the castlevania roguelike. The doom one is awesome.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Derek

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:44:22 +0000

I was and am… not sure if that’s supposed to be a secret or not. Probably not!

Keep an eye out. ;)

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Jimbob

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:15:55 +0000

Weren’t you making pixels for this Derek?

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Dog the Bounty Hunter

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:06:12 +0000

http://www.missouri.edu/~bp759/story.html

"Doom, the Roguelike" by dessgeega

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:22:03 +0000

the castlevania roguelike is better.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Tim

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:01:32 +0000

it’s not that surprising. it’s not like he came out of the egg of a phoenix or something. :)

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Derek

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:30:31 +0000

Haha, I’m home visiting (and doing some work down here). :)

Gonna take that out, though - it’s kind of weird.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Dan MacDonald

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:11:32 +0000

… “C:\Documents and Settings\Yu Family…”

Still playing games on your mom’s PC derek?

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Dan MacDonald

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:09:10 +0000

Wow, this is awesome.

"Doom, the Roguelike" by Tim

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:52:47 +0000

ascii is way cooler than pixels.