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                                "*": "__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__\n<div style=\"padding: 1em; margin: 3px; background: #f8f8f8; border: 1px solid #999; vertical-align: absmiddle\">\n<div style=\"float: left; text-align: center; padding: 1.1em 0.5em 0\">\n<div style=\"font-size:200%;\">Welcome to [[RogueBasin:About|RogueBasin]],</div>\nthe Roguelike information resource that you can edit.\n</div>\n<div style=\"float: right\">\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 19em\">\n'''Roguelike [[:Category:Events|events]] of 2024:'''\n* [[7DRL Challenge 2024]] \n</div>\n<div style=\"float: right\">\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 13em\">\n* [[Articles|Articles]]\n* [[:Category:Roguelike_games|Games]]\n* [https://forums.roguetemple.com//irldb/ Searchable Database]\n* [[Developers]]\n</div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 13em\">\n* [[Chatroom]]\n* [[RogueBasin:Community_Portal|Community]]\n* [[Links]]\n* [[:Category:Main|Categories]]\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"></div>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"></div>\n{| cellspacing=\"3\" width=\"100%\"\n|-\n| width=\"53%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border: 1px solid #47a; background: #eeeefe; padding: 0.5em\" | \n\n= What is a Roguelike? =\n\nOne does not simply ask \"What is a Roguelike\".\n\nThe term \"roguelike\" is still growing in popularity to describe any game with procedural content generation, or punishing difficulty. RogueBasin is meant to serve as a repository of knowledge mostly for '''Traditional Roguelikes'''.\n\n= What is a Traditional Roguelike? =\n\n<div style=\"float:right;margin:0 6px\">http://imgur.com/CTctB.png</div>\n\nA traditional Roguelike is usually described as a computer game with a strong focus on intricate gameplay and replayability, where the player has an indefinite amount of time in which to make a move, making gameplay comparable more to chess than to reflex-based games like first-person shooters, and where the game provides new content and challenges on every run, using procedural content generation techniques. \n\nThere are many other factors one may consider as relevant for traditional roguelikes, including them having an abstract world representation using characters or simple sprites, as opposed to detailed graphics, requiring the player's imagination to come into play (gameplay is more like reading a book than watching a movie). Modern traditional roguelikes often shun this aspect, in favor of accessibility for less hardcore players.\n\nRead more about the topic [[What_a_roguelike_is|here]]\n\n= Roguelikes =\n\nOf course, the best way to understand what Roguelikes are is to download and play one.\n\nMany Roguelikes are freely available online. 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