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* [[Alpha projects]]: a development version with severly limited functionality has been released. | * [[Alpha projects]]: a development version with severly limited functionality has been released. | ||
* [[Beta projects]]: a playable and winnable public testing version has been released. | * [[Beta projects]]: a playable and winnable public testing version has been released. | ||
* [[Stable games]] | * [[Stable games]]: Stable games are roguelikes that the authors have believed reached a level of maturity that allows them to be judged as games in themselves. Often, development is still ongoing, as rogue-likes are hardly ever finished. (Except for those that were developed in a definite amount of time, like Dungeon Monkey and the 7DRLs, of course.) | ||
* Defunct: the game is no longer under development. | * Defunct: the game is no longer under development. | ||
[[category:roguelike development]] | [[category:roguelike development]] | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 29 September 2005
A rogue-like can go through a number of development statuses on its way to becoming the next NetHack. These categories are used for the Status summary of a roguelike and also to categorize Roguelikes by.
- Talkie Talkie: No software has been released, and usually no code has been written.
- Alpha projects: a development version with severly limited functionality has been released.
- Beta projects: a playable and winnable public testing version has been released.
- Stable games: Stable games are roguelikes that the authors have believed reached a level of maturity that allows them to be judged as games in themselves. Often, development is still ongoing, as rogue-likes are hardly ever finished. (Except for those that were developed in a definite amount of time, like Dungeon Monkey and the 7DRLs, of course.)
- Defunct: the game is no longer under development.