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rec.games.roguelike.nethack Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

psmithn...@spod-central.org (Dylan O'Donnell) — Thu, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:06 UT

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[ANNOUNCE] CastlevaniaRL 0.61 - Standalone Windows Executable

java.ko...@gmail.com (Slash) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:39:25 UT

Hello all!
CastlevaniaRL is now available for windows computers without a Java
Runtime Environment!
Now you can play the game without installing Java, as it includes a
self extracting temporary VM.
The only downside for this version is the unability to save games,
that will be fixed on next one.
Download from [link]

[crawl] Crawl Wiki website address changed!

kornel.kisielew...@gmail.com (Kornel Kisielewicz) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 21:56:16 UT

Ladies and gentlemen,
Crawl Wiki has been moved to:
[link]
Please update your links!
Rationale : I wanted it to be there from the beginning, but somehow
never did find time to dig into MediaWiki enough. Reasoning is for me
to have clear stats on what is Crawl and what is ChaosForge traffic.

rec.games.roguelike.nethack Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

psmithn...@spod-central.org (Dylan O'Donnell) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:04 UT

NetHack Poll 2009

bh...@bigfoot.com (Patric Mueller) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 02:10:40 UT

After the big success of the Crawl poll in August (the results can be
downloaded at [link]) and in loose
cooperation with the Crawl developers responsible for that poll, we
present you the "NetHack Poll 2009".
The intention of this poll is to gather some information about NetHack

Triangle Wizard R 7.03 released

brian13...@gmail.com (getter77) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 03:36:16 UT

Patch R 7.03 Notes:
-Lord of the Night now correctly gains a 10% cold damage bonus to all
spells.
-Cost of identification is lowered.
-Added Rituals of Fate and Identification.
-Incantation powerups will no longer reset your spell level to level
one if you have no storage in it. It will only do this when your

rec.games.roguelike.announce Posting Guidelines

r...@stanford.edu (Russ Allbery) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 07:01:03 UT

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posts and announcements about any roguelike game, including (but not

The Den: Lost in RPG design

dominikmarc...@gmail.com (Mingos) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:54:26 UT

The Den has been around for over a month, but we never really got to
announcing it.
It is a blog made by and for RPG designers. It's main focus aren't
roguelikes, but RPGs in general, but the people involved in it are
roguelike developers. I hope you like it and find some inspiration in
our ranting.

GearHead2 v0.613: Now with improved lancemates

pyrrh...@gmail.com (Joe Hewitt) — Thu, 10 Oct 2009 19:51:52 UT

A new version of GearHead2, the random-story-generating giant-robot-
piloting roguelike, has just been uploaded to SourceForge.
The big change this time around is the improved lancemate system. You
start out with the ability to take on one lancemate; you can gain up
to two more slots by completing quests in your hometown. If you

rec.games.roguelike.nethack Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

psmithn...@spod-central.org (Dylan O'Donnell) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 17:00:03 UT

Triangle Wizard R 7.02 released

brian13...@gmail.com (getter77) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 05:46:31 UT

[link]
Patch R 7.02 Notes:
-Health bars are now invisible when the player is confused.
-Higher levels of Corpus Furia now decrease time the corpses take to
explode (i.e. they explode quicker).
-Doubled chances for Manipulate Device to work.
-Liches regenerate health faster.

PlantForce 7DRL released: THIS IS NOT A DRILL

ejg...@gmail.com (purplearcanist) — Wed, 10 Oct 2009 23:26:45 UT

Sorry about my previous false alarm, but I had to fix an issue with
loading an image from the jar. I was then hung up because the program
seemed to work fine in Netbeans while failing when I ran it from the
terminal (little did I know I wasn't using the latest version of java,
which caused it to fail). Anyways, as a result, I have finished

Nazghul/Haxima 0.7.0 released

brian13...@gmail.com (getter77) — Tue, 10 Oct 2009 04:13:22 UT

[link]
Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.7.0
Engine
o Y)use command for skills
o Quest log in the Z)stats pane
o Intro scene
o Misc bugfixes
Haxima
o Music
o Warritrix quest resolved
o Wilderness spawns slightly more challenging
o Smoke bombs
o Misc bugfixes

CastlevaniaRL 0.61 released

java.ko...@gmail.com (Slash) — Sun, 10 Oct 2009 16:42:41 UT

Hi all!
After more than 2 years, a new version of CastlevaniaRL is available!
Check out the gameplay videos at Slashie.net youtube channel (
[link] )
GFX Version: [link]
Console Version: [link]
Version schema has changed, previous versions (the 1.x branch) must be

[drl] DoomRL 0.9.9 RELEASED!

kornel.kisielew...@gmail.com (Kornel Kisielewicz) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:43:41 UT

The long awaited DoomRL 0.9.9 has finally been released!
Many notable improvements have been made over the previous version,
9.8.10, such as ultimate Master Traits, alternative fire modes for
most weapons, exiting new challenge modes, and a total revamp of the
player progress system!
Grab it while it's hot in the downloads section on DoomRL's redesigned