Preserving the spirit of classic roguelikes
September 2025 you are challenged to create a traditional roguelike in two weeks! Join the jam now on itch.io so you don t miss it! A traditional roguelike? You are challenged to create a game that features gameplay that is: This is a list of arbitrary design choices that were picked for this jam, and by no means an effort to Continue reading Roguetemple s Fortnight announced!
Ma Vie en Rogue is the name of a new roguelike RPG in development by Fiona Schultz, whose previous work included the futuristic MUD Alien Prophecy , and the 3D Dragon Flight VR game. I wanted to make the game I wish I had as a child. A game that explained why the world was the Continue reading Ma Vie en Rogue
Philippe Lafortune (a.k.a The Geek Connoisseur), is a die-hard retro-gaming fan from Quebec who runs the RetroGamersHub community. Recently, he has been working on a side project to create a board game inspired by an old game called Rogue . Rogue: The Board Game concept is an immersive and challenging board game that immerses players in Continue reading Rogue Board Game
Thomas Biskup, the developer of ADOM, has just released Grog , a small and very traditional roguelike he has been developing on and off during the last years. Here s the first-ever recorded gameplay of it; it s a traditional roguelike to the bone, with some legit intense moments of despair, a rollercoaster of emotions. Grog was born Continue reading Grog a new small roguelike by Thomas Biskup
There have been two further events using roguenet, the first one happened on July 8 with the occasion of the 7DRL reviewing committee finally finishing their reviewing work; the top 12 games by average score where showcased at the temple at another 1 day long celebration, similar to the previous 7DRL Expo. For this event Continue reading 7DRL Celebration and GDC meetup at Roguenet
Check out all the finished roguelikes for this year’s 7DRL Challenge! HERE!
March 25, 2021, we had the first ever 7DRL Expo at RogueNet. The temple was set up to host the booths for 11 different roguelike projects, visitors were able to check a video of the 7DRL, and talk with their developers using roguenet s unique chat interface. Following the peculiarities of the 7DRL challenge, the event Continue reading First 7DRL Expo @ RogueNet
7DRL Challenge #17 next week! over 900 people have signed up for it. Nookrium s youtube channel enters Roguelike Month, during which he will be playing traditional roguelikes. He started already with Shadow of the Wyrm. Oryx is giving out 3 copies of the awesome Oryx Megapack pixel art Ultimate ADOM continues its Early Access Continue reading Mail daemon 1
A report by slashie_ On October 3 and 4 2020, the fifth iteration of the Roguelike Celebration happened online. Last year I missed it (flying Medellín to San Francisco is expensive!) but I had no excuse this year. The biggest novelty of the event was the MUD-like platform created by Em Lazer-Walker, who has been Continue reading Roguelike Celebration 2020
An awesome YouTube channel focused on traditional roguelikes. A lot of content already and more games coming. Check it out! This guy s devoted to play as many traditional roguelikes as possible, and he s doing a great work so far.
