It appears that there should be a way to move at an angle? I might have missed it. There are hallways that look like they lead somewhere, but can't move down them. Any hints about them?
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#52Using ⌘ + Arrow is problematic in the case of the left arrow. You should catch/swallow that. That is, on Chrome/Mac. It'll navigate you back to the previous page.
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#53I'm colorblind and am having a hard time with the "you attack" vs "enemy attacks (magic)" color choice. Outside of that, I'm digging this.
I agree, the yellow/green/red is rather difficult to distinguish. Aside from altering the colors, it could also use different symbols. In general, it's good to have multiple distinguishing qualities (e.g. color, shape, texture). This helps make things more distinct for all users, not just those who might be colorblind.
If this was a full-blown game (and not a 7-day proof of concept), I would try to make the combat UI more robust.
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#54FYI: A Seven-Day Roguelike (7DRL) is a roguelike created in seven days. That is, the author stopped writing code 168 hours after they started writing code. A 7DRL can be created at any time during the year. However, general agreement was reached that it would be fun to schedule a specific week for a 7DRL Challenge. http://7drl.org/about/ P.S. I found Haxe by following some of the 7drl entries. But I think I…
> But I think I would like to use Racket to make one one day. That would be neat. Are there any roguelike engines for scheme? Or would you build it from scratch?
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#55Anyways, great game and well done. Shared with all my friends!
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#56A staircase leading up is here.
And I press '<' but no go.
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#58I'm on the 4th floor but can't seem to go up the stairs to the 5th floor? A staircase leading up is here. And I press '<' but no go.
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#59I'm on the 4th floor but can't seem to go up the stairs to the 5th floor? A staircase leading up is here. And I press '<' but no go.
"Enter" activates a staircase.
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#60I've had a few doors spawn along walls with seemingly no purpose..or is there? Bug/never got around to anti-door-logic-placement in 7days? Anyways, great game and well done. Shared with all my friends!