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Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

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Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

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Post by s6af7ygt »

chr15m wrote: post #2

Asterogue is a "juicy" graphical coffeebreak roguelike I made that is pretty much directly inspired by the original Rogue in terms of scope and features. You descend 17 levels into the heart of an asteroid to find The Orb and save the universe. There are a bunch of different monsters which get progressively harder as you descend. Instead of magic there is technology and you can pick up nanotech items and beakers of c…

Great work!

I played for a few minutes but then I couldn't pick up anything because I could only carry 6 items. After a few cycles of "let's see what I can drop to pick up the new thing" I just stopped playing, because that is not a fun loop to me.

Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

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Post by noufalibrahim »

chr15m wrote: post #2

Asterogue is a "juicy" graphical coffeebreak roguelike I made that is pretty much directly inspired by the original Rogue in terms of scope and features. You descend 17 levels into the heart of an asteroid to find The Orb and save the universe. There are a bunch of different monsters which get progressively harder as you descend. Instead of magic there is technology and you can pick up nanotech items and beakers of c…

It's really nicely done. And the effort you put into it is clearly visible. Great work and all the best!

Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

#93

Post by chuckledog »

s6af7ygt wrote: post #91
chr15m wrote: post #2

Asterogue is a "juicy" graphical coffeebreak roguelike I made that is pretty much directly inspired by the original Rogue in terms of scope and features. You descend 17 levels into the heart of an asteroid to find The Orb and save the universe. There are a bunch of different monsters which get progressively harder as you descend. Instead of magic there is technology and you can pick up nanotech items and beakers of c…

Great work! I played for a few minutes but then I couldn't pick up anything because I could only carry 6 items. After a few cycles of "let's see what I can drop to pick up the new thing" I just stopped playing, because that is not a fun loop to me.

You have to go into your inventory to use/consume the items. It’s very nicely done.

Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

#94

Post by nalinidash »

s6af7ygt wrote: post #91
chr15m wrote: post #2

Asterogue is a "juicy" graphical coffeebreak roguelike I made that is pretty much directly inspired by the original Rogue in terms of scope and features. You descend 17 levels into the heart of an asteroid to find The Orb and save the universe. There are a bunch of different monsters which get progressively harder as you descend. Instead of magic there is technology and you can pick up nanotech items and beakers of c…

Great work! I played for a few minutes but then I couldn't pick up anything because I could only carry 6 items. After a few cycles of "let's see what I can drop to pick up the new thing" I just stopped playing, because that is not a fun loop to me.

tip: you can apply the medkits right away as you have less health

Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

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Post by [deleted] »

HideousKojima wrote: post #71
swayvil wrote: post #26

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You are me. Will check JH. Thanks.

Jupiter Hell is basically just the commercial release of Doom Roguelike, with better controls and graphics and the name changed because of copyright. So if you like Doom and you like roguelikes it's right up your alley.

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Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

#96

Post by bee180 »

nightowl_games wrote: post #72
modeless wrote: post #43

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Glad to see more web games! The zero install/instant load aspect is such a huge advantage for the web. I am interested to see people's experience with monetization on web vs app stores. These days it's possible to do almost any mobile game as a web game. I recently discovered this very polished (despite the cartoony graphics) battle royale: https://gooberdash.winterpixel.io/ and the creator has an HN post describing…

Thanks for posting my game. Seeing this post get traction while my posts on HN got none was a bit of a heart breaker.

No need to be rude to OP. Their game is very nice, and is no more or less deserving of success than yours.

Re: Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

#97

Post by peteforde »

chr15m wrote: post #86
peteforde wrote: post #76

Cool game! I just attempted to enter level 17, and there appeared to be an infinite loop which caused it to crash, and it no longer appears to remember my progress. Is this a really meta way to win, or just unfortunate timing?

I'm so sorry about this! See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42093590 I have fixed the bug and if you do a hard refresh you should get the fixed version.

Thanks for the fix!

Sooo, what is money for?

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