Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler • Hacker News Board

Re: Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler

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Post by romanows » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:23 AM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #18

So I used to play Pixel Dungeon and then saw a bunch of clones that looked like it. Is Shattered Pixel Dungeon the original project or a clone of a closed source game? Or completely unrelated?

"It's based on the source code of Pixel Dungeon, by Watabou." I also played the original Pixel Dungeon, great game and bonus points for being free and open source!

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Post by II2II » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:24 AM UTC

Borealid wrote: post #3

I'm not really sure what this is doing on Hacker News, but the game (Shattered Pixel Dungeon) is fun. One of the nicest features is that whenever you observe an effect that unambiguously tells you what a potion/scroll does - such as throwing a potion - that type of object is automatically identified for you. In more "traditional" hack games you'd have to write notes yourself even though obviously a thrown potion expl…

The fun part is trying to identify certain items before actually using them. (The guesses won't always be perfect, but you can greatly improve your odds.)

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Post by FrostKiwi » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:24 AM UTC

Was absolutely obsessed with it couple of years ago. Hard, deep mechanics for its genre, super fun. First finish was quite the ride. What a win for FOSS.

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Post by davewasthere » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:27 AM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #18

So I used to play Pixel Dungeon and then saw a bunch of clones that looked like it. Is Shattered Pixel Dungeon the original project or a clone of a closed source game? Or completely unrelated?

original creator: https://twitter.com/watawatabou

Was always free... now people have gone to town with the source code.

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Post by aireo » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:32 AM UTC

I hadn’t played games for a long time, mostly because of school, but recently I picked up Cogmind, a fantastic sci-fi roguelike. Basically, you’re a robot that can attach and replace different items, including utilities, propulsion systems, weapons, and power sources. It’s some of the most fun I’ve had playing a game in ages.

The developer, Josh Ge, is also very kind and deeply engaged with the community, which is great.

Highly recommended!

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Post by jasonjmcghee » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:33 AM UTC

Borealid wrote: post #3

I'm not really sure what this is doing on Hacker News, but the game (Shattered Pixel Dungeon) is fun. One of the nicest features is that whenever you observe an effect that unambiguously tells you what a potion/scroll does - such as throwing a potion - that type of object is automatically identified for you. In more "traditional" hack games you'd have to write notes yourself even though obviously a thrown potion expl…

Game dev is historically pretty popular on hn.

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Post by eadmund » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:36 AM UTC

This does look really neat, but IMHO ASCII art is one of the keys to being traditional.

Nothing at all against Shattered Pixel Dungeon, just that a quick look through the site didn’t reveal a terminal version.

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Post by hubblesticks » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:37 AM UTC

Check out YAPD (Yet Another Pixel Dungeon) if you're on Android for a nice variant of the original. I found I like the mods in YAPD better.

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Post by jpsouth » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:39 AM UTC

I’ve played this for a while, and not to brag, but I’ve got to chapter two on a warrior AND mage.

I love the identification process and relatively quick, albeit very tactical if you want, gameplay. It’s my go to iPhone game when on short journeys, mostly because I can just save where I am and pick up whenever without having to remember dungeon layout or potions/food etc.

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Post by uaserussia » Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:39 AM UTC

Borealid wrote: post #3

I'm not really sure what this is doing on Hacker News, but the game (Shattered Pixel Dungeon) is fun. One of the nicest features is that whenever you observe an effect that unambiguously tells you what a potion/scroll does - such as throwing a potion - that type of object is automatically identified for you. In more "traditional" hack games you'd have to write notes yourself even though obviously a thrown potion expl…

Skyrim had that mechanic. You could eat ingredients for potions and if you had a duplicate it would tell you the effects, and the next time you found the ingredient again you would know what it was.