7DRL Completion! The Chase - now available

Wade Dyer and my 7DRL 'The Chase' is now completed and available for download. Use the link above to get your copy.

For the first time ever, I have completed the 7 day roguelike competition!

So - what is it?

The Chase is an attempt to bring a mario style auto scroll to something akin to a traditional roguelike.

It is small, but it is complete - and (theoretically at least) - can be won.

Enjoy!

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7DRL - The Chase - Day 3 Report

We have some cool lighting, and some enemies that move, attack and kill.

It is profoundly unfair.

I feel like I'm making excellent progress!

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7DRL - The Chase - Day 2 Report

Day 1 issues sorted - I got some nice serious coding done today. Most of it is still framework. I primarily focussed on the framework around maps, and a basic implementation of the main menu (as the Roguelike Radio on 7DRL's suggested that a good interface, and not quitting when you die is helpful). I have also got the first drawing things done.

Screenshot of current progress

As you can see from the screenshot above, I am making a graphical roguelike. I've got a collaborator and partner in Wade Dyer of Design Ministries and designer of Fragged Empire (which is a pen and paper RPG you should totally check out). At this time, Wade is assisting in design, creating a theme and (most importantly to me at least) - creating graphics.

I kind of think this is doable. I have hope! 

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7DRL - The Chase

I hereby announce my intent to attempt to produce a small roguelike game, in 7 days.

My game is currently (but may change in this 7 days) called The Chase. 

I'm not making any promises at this point to finish it - it will depend on how my week goes. But - we'll see. Worst case scenario is that we get some useful code, and best case is a cool little game.

My hope is to apply Mario-Style autoscrolling levels to a roguelike game and see what happens.

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