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

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Post by mattbrewsbytes »

notamy wrote: post #10
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…

> I'm not really sure what this is doing on Hacker News Incredibly fun game, open source, and in a genre that likely fits well into many HN users' interests. I rediscovered it recently and remembered it was open source, so why not submit it?

Thanks for submitting it, I have never heard of it. Maybe because I exist in the iOS "walled garden" and generally game on console only.

Do you know what game engine its based on? Or is it a custom thing?

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Post by jcul »

ronyeh wrote: post #66
rjmill wrote: post #9

Well, there goes the rest of the week. I don't install games on my phone, but I always give SPD a pass because open source. The first time I installed it, I almost lost an internship because I was too focused on the game. The most recent time I installed it, my wife thought I was cheating on her because I was acting so shady and obsessive about my phone. Don't say I didn't warn y'all.

They should put this review on their repo README. It’s making me want to play it. But it’s also making me scared to play it.

I don't play any computer games these days and haven't since I was a kid.

But I can confirm that pixel dungeon is an exception, I have lost many hours to it, but it has been years since I've played it.

IIRC shattered is a fork with slightly different game play.

I do love rogue like games.

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Post by ohwellhere »

ourmandave wrote: post #138
6mian wrote: post #131

https://pixeldungeon.fandom.com/wiki/Shattered_Pixel_Dungeon is a great resource if you are new to the game and genre, although I suggest first trying discovering everything by yourself (prepare to die a lot) and start reading the wiki after getting through the first boss on lvl 5. I've been playing SPD for years now and for me the best strategy to win the game is to keep Scrolls of Upgrade until you get a hold of a…

(prepare to die a lot) No thanks. Repeatedly punishing you for stupid shit isn't a fun game. Like the Sims will burn you alive for not buying a smoke detector and then having the audacity to make toast.

This may not be the genre for you, then. And that’s fine!

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Post by Loughla »

nurettin wrote: post #86

This is the only game I ever donated to. I open it up almost every time I recompile and run. My previous build was an experimental corrupt mage with corpse dust. I wanted to see if I can balance charges and corrupting an army of wraiths that spawn all the time because of the corpse dust. Current build is a plain old assassin with +10 assassin's blade and anti-magic armor. Trying out the badder bosses challenge this t…

Doesn't corruption require you to hit the enemy? How does that work with wraiths when they die after one hit?

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Post by Loughla »

demondemidi wrote: post #16

Ohhhh this is perfect. I hit the wall with BG3 because it got mind numbing by the end of Act 2, so I totally needed something fast and easy. NICE. (Desktop)

Got most of the way through act 3 and uninstalled bg3. I like that game, but just didn't feel compelled to complete it. At that point, it has been so long since the characters leveled up that gameplay was just sort of repetitive. There weren't really any new tactics to learn and employ.

The level cap killed that game for me, it turns out.

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Post by vector_rotcev »

katzenversteher wrote: post #130
rjmill wrote: post #9

Well, there goes the rest of the week. I don't install games on my phone, but I always give SPD a pass because open source. The first time I installed it, I almost lost an internship because I was too focused on the game. The most recent time I installed it, my wife thought I was cheating on her because I was acting so shady and obsessive about my phone. Don't say I didn't warn y'all.

I had the same issue and my solution was: I modified the code of the game to add cheats (make my character super durable), compiled it myself and loaded the apk onto my phone. Then I finally finished the game and my addiction ended.

I like this. Both for the astute problem identification and the self-empowered solution.

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Post by Quiark »

jasonjayr wrote: post #132
pjmlp wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have tried multiple times to play Mindustry, but always end giving up, it doesn't seem that well tested on touch screens. On one of my phones it doesn't even render whole the items on the screen, making some actions unselectable.

The item box is scrollable. I didn't realize that till later in my game play. (I had been playing desktop version for some time) Also, the small activation regions for some items/blocks/selections suggest it may be easier to play with one of those touch-active styluses.

Yeah I finished all of Mindustry on mobile, around half of it with stylus (it has a rubber ball)
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