Difference between revisions of "Featured roguelike"

From RogueBasin
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(..and one empty paragraph less)
(New Featured Roguelike, Rift Wizard)
Line 2: Line 2:
<!-- If you are updating Featured roguelike, don't forget to add the old one to the list of Previously featured! -->
<!-- If you are updating Featured roguelike, don't forget to add the old one to the list of Previously featured! -->


= Featured Roguelike: [[Zorbus]]=
= Featured Roguelike: [[RiftWizard]]=
<div>
<div>


<div style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; text-align: right">
<div style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px; text-align: right">
https://i.imgur.com/IIwsTva.png
https://i.imgur.com/97FKiBm.png
</div>
</div>


In Zorbus your goal is to delve deep into a dungeon, find a portal to a mythical place called the Zorbus where a mere mortal can ascend to demigodhood.
Rift Wizard is a turn-based roguelike which focuses on spell-based combat and character building.


Thematically Zorbus draws influence from the late 70s and early 80s tabletop D&D campaigns, adventures and lore. The goal is to create a tight, streamlined dungeon crawling experience where the dungeon feels alive, eventful and rich in content. Something more than just boring empty rooms and corridors! Diversely shaped levels with themed content (throne rooms, prisons, lots of hidden treasure caches etc.) with good connectivity between the areas.
Combat in Rift Wizard is tactical and puzzle-like, with fixed damage numbers and no fog of war.


Important part of the living dungeon are the creatures. Creatures act intelligently, might fight each other, flee when threatened and try to gather their friends to overcome a threat. Most creatures can use items and also pick them up from from the dungeon floor. Creatures are not silent either but comment on things with speech bubbles.
Upon completing a level, the player has a choice of 2-4 rifts, all leading to different procedurally generated levels.  Levels vary both in the loot they contain, and in the enemies that inhabit them. Matching your next rift to your build- and vice versa- can be the difference between victory and defeat.


You don't have to go to the fight alone but can recruit other creatures along the way.
Players gain skillpoints from completing levels- of which each run contains only 25.  Thus players must be quite careful with their character builds, balancing their near term needs with long term goals, while also  balancing versatility with synergy.


The rule system for the game is slightly influenced by the d20 system used in the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Zorbus has experience levels but no character classes (race is selected). On each level up, you point buy skills and talents (mostly combat maneuvers and spells).
</div>
</div>


Revision as of 23:25, 30 November 2020


Featured Roguelike: RiftWizard

97FKiBm.png

Rift Wizard is a turn-based roguelike which focuses on spell-based combat and character building.

Combat in Rift Wizard is tactical and puzzle-like, with fixed damage numbers and no fog of war.

Upon completing a level, the player has a choice of 2-4 rifts, all leading to different procedurally generated levels. Levels vary both in the loot they contain, and in the enemies that inhabit them. Matching your next rift to your build- and vice versa- can be the difference between victory and defeat.

Players gain skillpoints from completing levels- of which each run contains only 25. Thus players must be quite careful with their character builds, balancing their near term needs with long term goals, while also balancing versatility with synergy.

Retrieved from "http://roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Featured_roguelike&oldid=50292"