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Re: Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++

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Programming might be a roguelike game, you fail many times at a task, starting from scratch again and again, until you master the field

Real life might be a (hardcore) roguelike game too! ... except you can't restart on failure or reroll your starter kit

And that's the trouble with death in rl, the permanence was never implied.

Re: Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++

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Programming might be a roguelike game, you fail many times at a task, starting from scratch again and again, until you master the field

Real life might be a (hardcore) roguelike game too! ... except you can't restart on failure or reroll your starter kit

> except you can't restart on failure

The jury's still out in that one

Re: Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++

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It's funny that this roguelike is advertised as a roguelite and most roguelites are advertised as roguelikes.

Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.

It was always pretty nebulous, relevant video by DoshDoshington https://youtu.be/FT6XfaHgyh0?si=xayqzhkkmYjB4_UC

Re: Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++

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It's funny that this roguelike is advertised as a roguelite and most roguelites are advertised as roguelikes.

Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.

I played a *lot* of rogue in the early 80s. I can't remember a single game marketed as a "roguelike" that I've played that reminded me of playing rogue.

Re: Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++

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It's funny that this roguelike is advertised as a roguelite and most roguelites are advertised as roguelikes.

Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.

Nowadays, roguelike = permadeath + procedural generation, roguelite = roguelike with some elements that carry over the next game.

The actual roguelikes that look like Rogue: text based, turn-by-turn dungeon crawlers are often now called "traditional roguelikes".

At first glance, it looks like a traditional roguelike, but maybe some elements carry over, putting it in the "roguelite" territory.

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