7DRL Challenge 2013

The 2013 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge invited developers to produce a complete roguelike game in seven short days. It was held for the 9th time between March 9th and March 17th of 2013.

Links

• Rules and FAQ for the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge
• Announcement from Jeff Lait on RGRD
• Registration - Registration page for the event, with screenshot uploading and linking to blogs/declaration.
• 7drl.org — A community blog for the 7DRL Challenge.
• [1] - Facebook event page
• Rogue Temple, where 7DRLs made in this year's challenge will be evaluated.
• Rogue Temple forums, for general roguelike-y discussion
• RGRD irc channel, where a lot of the participants hanged out during the challenge.
• London post-7DRL meet, held on the last evening of the challenge to play each other's games or weep into our beers about failures
• Roguelike Radio podcast episodes relating to the 7DRL Challenge
• Videos Youtube Let's Plays of most of the submitted 7DRLs.

Competition tags

On Wordpress, entries used the tag 7DRL 2013 for related blog posts. On Twitter and G+, using the hashtag #7DRL2013 for your competition related status updates was suggested. Many people involved in the One Game a Month challenge also made 7DRLs under the Twitter hashtag of #1GAM.

Submission System

The 2013 7DRL Challenge was the first one to provide a unified submission system developed by Slashware Web Solutions. This system allowed the community to obtain real time info about the entries and their status. It was deployed at http://7drl.roguetemple.com

Successful Challengers (155)

• @dungeonbard - Rogue Coder - [2]
• @thotep + @regisekpl - Borstal - [3]
• 3 Silly Hats - 3 - [4]
• Aaron Steed - Bump! - [5]
• Adamsk - SkullDorado - [6]
• Adrian Moore - ZomgRL - [7]
• AJ and Switchbreak - Cosplay Mystery Dungeon - [8]
• Altered Tree Games - Lurk Under Wires - [9]
• Andrew M - ___ rogue the space rogue - [10]
• Andrew Wright - Dead Man Walking - [11]
• Angryhead - Rillaung - [12]
• Area 110011 Games - Unhappy Devil - [13]
• Badscribbler - Appeasing the God - [14]
• Benjamin Soulé - Kali's Ladder - [15]
• bruntonspall - seven-days-in-space - [16]
• Butterscotch Shenanigans - Quadropus Rampage - [17]
• Camden Segal - Unholy Conglomerate - [18]
• Carlos Hellin - Mazmorra - [19]
• Chase Pettit - segfault - [20]
• Chris Knight - Kukulima - [21]
• cmjd - The Artifact - [22]
• codejunkie - SanitasRL - [23]
• corremn - Magic Fountain - [24]
• Dan Cox - Distant Echoes of Ancient Lies - [25]
• Darren Grey - Mosaic - [26]
• Dennis van den Broek, John de Jonker - Random Chance - [27]
• Derrick Creamer - Delusions of Grandeur - [28]
• Deviljam - Interloper - [29]
• Dinre - Angry Troll versus Magic Bridge - [30]
• Dom Crayford (dogonwheels) - Peli - [31]
• DrinkCiderMakeGames - It Did Not End Well - [32]
• Eben Howard - Attack The Geth - [33]
• Ed Kolis - TriQuest - [34]
• Ed Stastny - Starship Rex - [35]
• Edwin DeNicholas - Live as Long as Possible - [36]
• eliotn - The Reset Button - [37]
• Elliot Bonneville - Rogue's Labyrinth - [38]
• Erch & Gurg - EXCELent Rogue - [39]
• Eric Bernier - Now Hiring: Zookeepers - [40]
• Etrium - Back up - [41]
• FarNiche or @Far_Niche - Dragons Hoard - [42]
• flend - FlatlineRL - [43]
• FrostbiteStudios - ShadowsOfHumanityRL - [44]
• FuzzySlippers - Comrade Pixel - [45]
• galman33 - Rogue3D - [46]
• garlandobloom - DiveDive - [47]
• Geminosity - Nya Quest - [48]
• Glen McNamee - Dungeon Penetrator - [49]
• graspee - splitter - [50]
• Grimm Bros - Dungeon X: Flesh Wounds - [51]
• GuyNamedJoe - Dungeon-Themed Starvation Simulator - [52]
• Hi - Farm rl - [53]
• HPL - A DAY @ THE ZOO - [54]
• iandioch - The Fourth Wall - [55]
• IBOL - 88 Pages - [56]
• InHuman - RuneMaster - [57]
• Ivana Hertzeu - Friendly Meddling - [58]
• Jared Anderson - Arcology Escape - [59]
• Jason Pickering - Gelatinous - [60]
• Jeff Lait - Malachite Dreams - [61]
• Jeffrey Lund - Weeping Angels - [62]
• Jere - A False Saint, An Honest Rogue - [63]
• Jeremy and Chris and Jay - Fishtryoshka - [64]
• Jo - KlingonRL - [65]
• joeclark77 - Warp Core Breach - [66]
• joff_b - AlexandriaRL - [67]
• John Keyworth - Ad Astra Per Aspera - [68]
• Jonathan Brodsky - T@XI - [69]
• Jonathan Whiting - Sunk Coast - [70]
• Jordan "Deepshock" Thomas - Black Mage Goes Rogue - [71]
• Joshua Day and David Ploog - Cogs of Cronus - [72]
• Justin - The Case of the Girl and the Red Dress - [73]
• kddekadenz - Slaughter - [74]
• kevin watters - FunhouseRL - [75]
• Kipar - Liberation of Yarna - [76]
• Konstantin Stupnik (Xecutor) - Tetrogue - [77]
• kuniqs - De Sade's Dungeon - [78]
• Legend of Angband - Room Rogue - [79]
• Luca Giacometti - NinjaRL - [80]
• ludamad, putterson, REZ - Bughack - [81]
• Luke Simpson - Uushuvud - [82]
• Magma Fortress - Hoplite - [83]
• Marek Kapolka - The Monastery Garden - [84]
• Mark Ffrench - Chase Brannick: Space Mechanic - [85]
• Martian Arctic - Rogue Fleet - [86]
• McFunkypants - Cutpurse Castle - [87]
• Michael - Alternate Dimension Rogue Like - [88]
• Michael Brough - 86856527 - [89]
• Michael Red - SurvivorRL - [90]
• mikera - Alchemy - [91]
• mojo - T.H.A.D. - 7DRL edition - [92]
• Neil Thapen - Swift Swurd - [93]
• Niall Moody - So Many Jagged Shards - [94]
• Nightfall Entertainment - Awesome Rogue - [95]
• noonemustknowmysecret - MLP_RL - [96]
• Norgg - Chicken and Thyme - [97]
• Numeron - Rogue City Scavanger - [98]
• Ollie Read - Hunted - [99]
• Omich - Nyanko - [100]
• Ondras - The Conception - [101]
• Ornitocopter - Prehistorical Bean Climber - [102]
• P?l Trefall and Bill Lowe - Han Yolo and the Mysterious Planet - [103]
• Pat Wilson - Rasatala - [104]
• Patrick64 - Smashing Bad - [105]
• Paul Jeffries - Rogue's Eye - [106]
• Plato Evolved - Faith in RL - [107]
• purp - PurpRL - [108]
• ratking - Double Rogue - [109]
• Robotic, Toki & Flex - Khu-Phu-Ka - [110]
• Rogue.Games - Like a Rogue - [111]
• Ross Andrews - Rogue Break - [112]
• Roy Iversen - Down The Brain - [113]
• rubybliels - Akamar - [114]
• Rusty Gerard - MythosRL - [115]
• Samuli Jääskeläinen - Rogue Dream - [116]
• Sanguine - Anarchial - [117]
• Scott Greig - Skool Eskape - [118]
• Shirson - Elite RL - [119]
• skeeto - Disc RL - [120]
• Slashware Interactive - Rodney - [121]
• Small Grace Hotel - Inside Out - [122]
• sorceress - Dragon's Lair - [123]
• Sos - BRS-081 - [124]
• Spferical - Fleeing the Fray - [125]
• Steven Portzer - Dying Embers - [126]
• StormAlligator Games - Depths of Tuzua - [127]
• superfrog - fabu - [128]
• Svenardo - Eternal Cave - [129]
• Tam - Chest Quest - [130]
• tametick - Fisticuffsmanship - [131]
• Taylor Vaughan - Possession - [132]
• Team Grenoble - The Aurora Wager - [133]
• Team Kalamakkara - Tower of Despair - [134]
• tenhi - MidsomerRL - [135]
• Terraform Entertainment - 10bar Roguelike - [136]
• TheSheep - FHRL - [137]
• tndwolf - Infection - [138]
• Toby Donaldson - Adventure Mall - [139]
• toipot - ColdRL - [140]
• Tritax - AscentRL - [141]
• Trystan - Pugnacious Wizards - [142]
• unknowngames - Rogue Valley - [143]
• Unusual Cadence - Caverns of Shrug - [144]
• VDZ - mmoRL - [145]
• Vedor - HumFallRL - [146]
• vidarn - MGRL - [147]
• Wetgenes - MacRL - [148]
• xeno bits - Desktop zombie survivor - [149]
• XLambda - hproguelike - [150]
• yufra - The Power of Dreams - [151]
• Yuji Kosugi and Carles Salas - Versus Time - [152]
• yuval - Rogue in the void - [153]
• zasvid - Nightmare Tyrant - [154]
• Zenkalia - Firestorm City - [155]
• zer0games - Hush Little One - [156]

Failures (195)

• 0 - 0 - [157]
• @bnhw - Remember - [158]
• @elibrody - Traversal - [159]
• @tobiaseriksson - tobiers awesome game - [160]
• @xhotchilipowder - Blip Quest - [161]
• A&C - The underpants - [162]
• Adam Summerville - SONARL - [163]
• Aging Minotaur - Boothill 7drl - [164]
• Albin Engström - Dungeon Tycoon - [165]
• Alphapolygon - Dungeons of Alderney - [166]
• Andrew "Sakar" Nare - Elements (Temp Title) - [167]
• Andronikus - delveRL - [168]
• Anvilfolk & LadyBuga - Nausicaa RL - [169]
• AquaTsar17 - The Forbidden Painting - [170]
• Arowx - Spanner - [171]
• Arranis - Auto Rogue - [172]
• Ashkin - Claustrophobia - [173]
• Ashraff - Rebirth of Evil - [174]
• Atte Tamminen - working on it :p - [175]
• azev - Curse of Amen­emhet III - [176]
• Bastien Gorissen - BattleRL - [177]
• Ben Morrison (Goblinz) - Iron and Steam - [178]
• Billknye - Debris - [179]
• Billy D. Spelchan - Dungeon Romp 2 - [180]
• BNeutral - Submerged Cavern 2013 - [181]
• Bolg-Ph?ru - Hebrac Dungeon 7DRL - [182]
• Brassmangames - 10,080 Minutes - [183]
• Buckaneer - The Bunker - [184]
• bwdevel - Slack and Hash - [185]
• CanardSauvage - Valo - [186]
• canned_moose - Friar - [187]
• CaptainLepidus - Dark Sun - [188]
• caryoscelus - funedaphi - [189]
• Charity Hickman - Lab YRINTH - [190]
• chiefnewo - Space Plunderer - [191]
• Chris - Untitled 3rd Person Adventure - [192]
• Cloudiest Nights - End to Infinity - [193]
• cmh - ChromaRL - [194]
• Daithi - Daemon - [195]
• Daveloper & Civil - Ghost Wizard : The Wizard Strikes Back - [196]
• David Wright - Overworld Survivor Zed - [197]
• DeCampanille - Super Robot Roguelike - [198]
• DoctorMikeReddy - Rogue Academy - [199]
• Don Collins - Pig Escape - [200]
• Dragonpaulz - Harbinger RL - [201]
• Drifton Aloft - ZombieRX - [202]
• DropEcho Studios LLC - The Project - [203]
• Ecliss Entertainment - Rogue Tactics - [204]
• Ed Key - Forest Story (working) - [205]
• eliotn - The Reset Button: Try again - [206]
• Enzor - Gangs7er - [207]
• Epic Fail Inc. - Survival Is Necessary - [208]
• Eric "Parthon" Spain - Gear Hell - [209]
• Eric Lund - Dead Grinder - [210]
• Erik Haliewicz - Minotaur - [211]
• eronarn - Husk - [212]
• Faceless Games - BuildRL - [213]
• flowsnake - None - [214]
• Foumart - RogueVerse - [215]
• fsi - BORGES - [216]
• Gallefray at Burnt Pixels - Space drifter - [217]
• Geoff Lee - Rogue*AI - [218]
• gim - Urwald - [219]
• gnsh - FortreSSH - [220]
• Griffablanc - Little Roguy - [221]
• Grzegorz Kudybinski - Fairy and Demons - [222]
• harborpirate - RationalBrogue - [223]
• Hello Sword Games - Nilfheim - [224]
• hilldevil - freeRL - [225]
• HyFrmn - Dredd RL - [226]
• Ilmenit - Experiment 8b - [227]
• InanZen - Run Rogue - [228]
• Jacob "Jacic" White - Not Yet Decided - [229]
• Jahn - !hack - [230]
• James Hawley - (Undecided) - [231]
• James Liljenquist - There's No Space Like Roguelike - [232]
• James Thomason - The Reluctant Rebel Roguelike: a tale of tropes - [233]
• James Woodrow - We'll see... - [234]
• Jetpack Fandango - Who Knows - [235]
• jfaulken - Under Western Skies - [236]
• Jim Kang - Spacegame (working title) - [237]
• Joe - The Siren Game - [238]
• Jori Kamp & ARKossen - SuperMegaMechWarriorsOfDoom - [239]
• Jory Griffis - Burder - [240]
• Joshua Sigona - Roguelike of Mana - [241]
• jpverkamp - The House on the Hill - [242]
• KayZGames - Ascent - [243]
• Kelly Weaver - Kroguer - [244]
• Kevin, Hannes and William - Dispatch: Rogue Planet - [245]
• Knuckledragger Games - TBA - [246]
• Konijn - Project Pandora - [247]
• Kwrky - LinDun - [248]
• Kyle Stewart - TBA__ - [249]
• level2project - The Goblin's Well - [250]
• LordSk - Rise of the mobs - [251]
• Loren Bednar - Calypso - [252]
• Lukas Kuligowski - Monster Town - [253]
• Lyndsey Jane - Amytis - [254]
• M. Seaton - Mirrorverse - [255]
• Magdev - Untitled - [256]
• Matthias Zarzecki - The Acheron (working title) - [257]
• Metaldemon - To be announced - [258]
• Micah Workman, Clair Bulley - Shapechange - [259]
• Micha? Walczak (magikmw) - Stabby - [260]
• Michael Cook - A Rogue Dream - [261]
• Michael Curran - New RL from MPC - [262]
• Mikkio Jones - Nature's Wrath - [263]
• Minor Magician - Endless Loot Battle - [264]
• monad - Don't know yet =[ - [265]
• Mstrymt - Exarcheia - [266]
• Munich Indie - tbd - [267]
• Nakyu - Rogue Battle Mage - [268]
• Nathaniel Inman - AutomataRL - [269]
• Nick Gilmartin - Fox and the Elephant (TBD) - [270]
• Nickenstein79 - Operation Roboid: 7DRL Edition - [271]
• Nigglesworth - Servitude - [272]
• Niphetos - Crusaders Quest - [273]
• Not Enough Laptops - A Shadow From Beyond - [274]
• nrkn - VectorRL - [275]
• Nugsy - A Roguelike (Unnamed) - [276]
• Nymphaea - RogueArena - [277]
• OnionBlaze - AntRogue - [278]
• Opposable Games - Salvation - [279]
• Ose - Nights of Endless Scares - [280]
• PAK-9 - Haunted - [281]
• ParaSait - AntsRL - [282]
• Patrion Digital - .hx (working title, subject to change) - [283]
• Paul Bean - BeastRL - [284]
• Paul Evans - dubious - [285]
• Peaxel Games - Clerk's Creed - [286]
• Per Lundh - Super speedy roguelike 6000 - [287]
• Philipp "fillest" Saveliev, Tosh - unnamed - [288]
• Pixelmixer - abyssmal - [289]
• Pixeltack - MMORPG: the Roguelike - [290]
• Postal and Machine - Beerzerker - [291]
• Puff-Pastries - Puff Princess-Knight - [292]
• Pupnik - VampRL - [293]
• PureQuestion - The Quest to Slay Darkgod - [294]
• RawBits - The Grasping Cave - [295]
• restion - inevitability - [296]
• Richard Blechinger (Folis) - Imprisoned - [297]
• RKade - The Heritage of Efraim Edevane - Chapter I: [full title TBA] - [298]
• RootSecks - Ship Happens - [299]
• Ryan Guthrie - Solar Winds : RL - [300]
• SAFKAS Software - Alien Visitors - [301]
• Sam Richards (Mythalore) - War-Like - [302]
• Sandy Meier - Tomb of Naylamp - [303]
• scotchfield - not determined yet - [304]
• Sean Halpin - Office Crawl - [305]
• shaun gilchrist - wonderboy-in-ascii-world - [306]
• shinD - Dude, where's my car? - [307]
• shinychaos - Towers of Klorenth - [308]
• sinda - Stepsons of the Universe - [309]
• Sirithang - Stranded - [310]
• SITDGames - Artmoth Zombies - [311]
• SodaSoft Studios™ - Memoria - [312]
• Sophie Houlden - Adventure in Scar Fell - [313]
• Soundboy - Pen is Mightier - [314]
• SRD - The Time Travel Trick­ery Tshallenge’s Tem­po­ral Tumbledryer - [315]
• SRD and AlchemyTwo - Threaky Thriday Thieth - [316]
• StabAlarash - Ruins of the Ancients - [317]
• Stephen Lavelle - Animal Odyssey - [318]
• sublinimal - Loihe lausumahan - [319]
• Surprised Man - Inspector Sands' Underground Nightmare - [320]
• Svenardo - Dungeon Raider - [321]
• swizzcheez - HackTale:Generations - [322]
• Tanthie - Rogue Effect - [323]
• Tapio - LawmanRL - [324]
• Team Avail - Last @ Standing - [325]
• Terry Cavanagh - dunno - [326]
• The Distillery - Immortals - [327]
• Theo Högberg - Zombie Battles In Caves! - [328]
• Thomas Beaney - Gun.SmokeRL - [329]
• Tiago Ling Alexandre - To be decided - [330]
• Timothy Cook - (withdrawn) - [331]
• tjg92 - Adventure of At Symbol - [332]
• Todd page - Dungeon Dual - [333]
• Tom Hunt - a side-scrolling roguelike platformer - [334]
• Tom Parry - Unknown - [335]
• Tony H. - Golenemnox's Lair - [336]
• Transient Team - The Hall of Broken Dolls - [337]
• Travis Moy - Station Explorer - [338]
• Tristan Angeles - The Rogue - [339]
• trupik - Possessor - [340]
• Ubie - EmbedRogue - [341]
• VortexCortex - InvadeRL - [342]
• VoxelStorm - [cancelled] - [343]
• vsync - Warehouse - [344]
• vwood - 7DOM - [345]
• Wesley Werner - Alive - [346]
• Western Arc - Labyrithica - [347]
• Will White - South Park RL - [348]
• yuval zucker - rogue Space - [349]
• zacaj - The Terror - [350]
• Zairon - Cytonic Vengeance - [351]

Summary

Challengers: 350
Winners: 155
Failed: 195

Reviews

Ratings of all games as reviewed by a committee along with feedback on each title will be found here.

Add your own! Even short reviews will tell challengers that you appreciate their work, help others decide which games to play first, and create an enduring record of this year's highlights. Compared to the time and effort you're already putting into downloading the games, getting them to run, and playing them, it really doesn't take much.

Medal

The 2013 7DRL Challenge Medal was designed by Numeron [352]

Winners may proudly display the medal on their homepage or their RogueBasin user pages. Failures may only look on with envy...