Difference between revisions of "Talk:Recently Updated Roguelikes"

Latest revision as of 02:09, 12 February 2022

Concept of page

This is specifically intended to be a handy reference to playable, new and recently updated Roguelike (and vaguely roguelike ;-) games.

7DRL games are excluded unless they continue to be updated after the initial 7 days. This is to avoid them crowding out others in the list.
Alpha games are only included if they have a somewhat playable download.
No download available means no listing.

IRLDB

Having checked out IRLDB in more detail, there are only three problems I can see with it.

Only contains data from games included in RogueBasin
Only contains data given in templates used in RogueBasin (e.g. Angband template has no language information).

If that was changed then it might well be best to replace this page (and probably a few others) with output from IRLDB. PaulBlay

Older than 12 months

Removed games from the list that were last updated more than 12 months ago.

Name	Type	Last update	Last version	Based on	Language
Cinders [1]	αlpha	Sci-fi	Feb 21 2011	0.2.0		Python
Mines of Morgoth [2]	βeta	Fantasy	May 2 2009	1.0		Visual Basic 6
Peleron's Brilliant Rebirth (PBR) [3]	αlpha	Fantasy	May 17 2009	0.106 pre-alpha
CyberRogue [4]	αlpha	Fantasy	May 24 2009	debug		Python
DungeonMinder [5]	βeta	Fantasy,7	May 10 2009	0.8		C++
Zomband [6]	stable	Modern	Jul 20 2008	7/20/2008		.NET
Zaiband [7]	αlpha	Fantasy,A	Jun 3 2008	3.0.9 Alpha		C
Yarl [8]	αlpha	Fantasy	Aug 8 2008	0.0.2		Visual Basic 2008
Teemu [9]	stable	Fantasy	Dec 7 2008	1.0
Slayer [10]	βeta	Fantasy	Jul 21 2008	0.13beta
S.C.O.U.R.G.E. [11]	stable	Fantasy	Dec 15 2008	0.21
Rogue '83 [12]	βeta	Fantasy,R	Nov 02 2008	0.6	Rogue
Quarker [13]	αlpha	Surreal	Sep 9 2008	0.03d		Java
PortalRL [14]	αlpha	Sci-fi	Oct 17 2008	Alpha
Opinion Angband (Oangband) [15]	stable	Fantasy,A	Dec 16 2008	1.1.0u	2.9.2	C
MIDP RL [16]	αlpha	Fantasy	Oct 24 2008	0.0.3
Letrain [17]	βeta	Modern	Dec 26 2008	4
IronBand [18]	stable	Fantasy,A	Aug 14 2008	14Aug08	NPPAngband 0.5.0	C
gTile [19]	αlpha	Fantasy	Aug 2008	0.0.1		Javascript
Get Out!! [20]	stable	Modern	Dec 3 2008	1		C
CryptRover [21]	7DRL	Modern,7	Jul 1 2008	1.1		C
Hulk Infection [22]	βeta	Modern	Aug 15 2008	0.30
ClassicRogue [23]	stable	Fantasy,R	Oct 1 2008	1.51	Rogue	C
Kobold mines [24]	stable	Fantasy,7	Aug 20 2008	2
Z+Angband [25]	βeta	Fantasy,A	Jan 1 2009	0.3.2 (beta)	ZAngband 2.7.5pre1	C
Warlock's Mountain [26]	βeta	Fantasy,7	Jan 22 2009	0.1.9		C++,OpenGL
NetHack-De [27]	αlpha	Fantasy,H	Jan 15 2009		Nethack	C,Ruby
Martin's Dungeon Bash (MPRDB) [28]	βeta	Fantasy	Jan 6 2009	1.7
Hokuto-no-rogue [29]	αlpha	Fantasy/Anime	Jan 20 2009	0.4.1-prealpha		Java
Gruesome [30]	βeta	Fantasy	Jan 21 2009	0.0.3		Free Pascal
Fourth Age [31]	αlpha	Hist./Fantasy	Jan 17 2009	0.0.4a
Doryen arena [32]	βeta	Fantasy	Jan 11 2009	0.8		C++
AnathemaRL [33]	stable	Modern,7	Jan 21 2009			Python
Warp Rogue (formerly Tower of Doom) [34]	βeta	Fantasy	Feb 10 2009	0.8.0b		C
Tower [35]	βeta	Fantasy	Feb 11 2009	1.0-beta12		Java
Tomb of Rawdin [36]	7DRL	Fantasy	Feb 6 2009	0.1		C
Settlement [37]	stable	Hist./Fantasy	Feb 2009	1.4
Lair of the Cultists [38]	αlpha	Fantasy	Feb 20 2009	1.4		.Net 3.5
MAngband [39]	stable	Fantasy,A	2009	1.1.2		C
XAngband [40]	stable	Fantasy,A	Mar 5 2009	1.3.1	Zangband 2.4.0	C
TinyAngband [41]	βeta	Fantasy,A	Mar 18 2009	0.0.3a	XAngband 1.3.0	C
Nyctos [42]	βeta	Fantasy,7	Mar 23 2009	1.0.1		Python
Goblinhack [43]	stable	Fantasy	Mar 8 2009	1.18
Downfall [44]	αlpha	Fantasy	Mar 2 2009	0.3		C++
Dead By Zombie [45]	stable	Fantasy	Mar 2 2009
Zot Defense [46]	αlpha	Fantasy	Apr 10 2009	0.1		C
Tower of Druaga RL [47]	αlpha	Fantasy	Apr 10 2009	0.21		Java
Expedition [48]	7DRL	Hist.,7	Apr 4 2009	0.1.6		Java
Rogue Touch [49]	stable	Fantasy	Apr 10 2009	1.5
RealtimeRL [50]	βeta	Fantasy	Apr 4 2009	0.3
Caverns of Underkeep [51]	βeta	Fantasy	Feb 22 2008			Java
ChessRogue [52]	stable	Surreal	Mar 5 2008	0.3.1		Kaya
Cracks and Crevices [53]	αlpha	Fantasy	Feb 9 2008	0.4		C,SDL
Drogue (Dercz rogue) [54]	αlpha	Fantasy	Feb 24 2008	0.33.1
Guild [55]	βeta	Fantasy	Feb 10 2008	1.0.3
Heroic Adventure! [56]	αlpha	Fantasy	Feb 18 2008	0.1.6f		VB.NET
Quick Angband (Quickband) [57]	stable	Fantasy,A	Jan 12 2008	1.05		C
Test Adventure [58]	βeta	Fantasy	Feb 15 2008	2		Python
TileRogue [59]	stable	Fantasy,R	Mar 27 2008	1.21	Rogue
Atinar (The casual RPG game) [60]	αlpha	Fantasy	Apr 9 2008	Alpha
RevivedHack [61]	stable	Fantasy,H	Apr 10 2008	1.63	PC Hack 3.61	C
Saffron [62]	βeta	Fantasy	Apr 22 2008	v0.7		Visual Basic 6
Deep [63]	βeta	Fantasy	May 28 2008	v2.22a		Turbo Pascal
Escape From Fobbahland [64]	αlpha	Fantasy	May 11 2008	0.1

Add authors column

Why not to add column of authors? --Sindikat 10:16, 20 May 2009 (CEST)

Basically because the table is wide enough already. People can see the author on the RogueBasin page for the game or on the game's website (both linked from the table). You can see a table with author name at the IRLDB if you want. PaulBlay

table css

Colouring the rows manually is just ridiculous, I get some css for you and if one of the admins could put that into the stylesheet that would be great:

tr:nth-child(odd) {background: #ffffff} tr:nth-child(even) {background: #efefef}

Turns out admins can add new CSS to MediaWiki:Common.css, I found more instructions and examples here.

I'll recommend adding this one:

table.alternategrey tr:nth-child(even) {background: #E9E9E9;}

--HexDecimal (talk) 02:08, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Sort by date

If the list was, by default, sorted by date, the list would be much easier to update with new games and it would be easier to remove old ones. Even now that I've changed the date format, sorting by date doesn't work because days are first and months are spelled out. I would be willing to go through and either manually sort the list by date or change the date format again to year-month-day (e.g. 2017-06-30). This format is less readable but can be sorted by the arrows on the table. Note that if the table is manually resorted, readers would still be able to sort them alphabetically this way. DarklordMogrithe (talk) 18:03, 30 June 2017 (CEST)

The best way to sort dates would be to use data-sort-type="date" as shown here but this didn't work when I tested it. The standard way to format dates would be to use templates such as Date or ISOdate so that date localization is handled but these templates were missing when I tried them. --HexDecimal (talk) 07:04, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Umoria - a fake entry?

To be well understood: Umoria is a valuable historical game. But the peculiar entry in this table of "Recently Updated Roguelikes" seems to be an abuse. Well, let's call it a prank. The wikilink points to "Moria"; no new versions anywhere. Did I miss something? Due to the facts I'd like to remove the table entry "Umoria" if there are no reasonable vetos. -- Gus Van (talk) 22:40, 4 September 2018 (CEST)

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 ! Name !! Type !! Last update !! Last version !! Based on !! Language
+{{Update | #ffffff | Cinders |http://cinders.bergvin.com| | {{alpha}} | Sci-fi | Feb 21 2011 | 0.2.0 |  | [[Python]] }}
+|- bgcolor="#efefef"
+| style="float:left" | [[Mines of Morgoth]] [http://www.minesofmorgoth.com/] || style="float:right" | {{beta}} || align="left" | Fantasy || align="right" | May 2 2009 || align="right" | 1.0 || align="left" | || align="left" | [[Visual Basic]] 6
+|- bgcolor="#efefef"
+| style="float:left" | [[Peleron's Brilliant Rebirth]] (PBR) [http://www.kolumbus.fi/topi_ylinen/peleron//] || style="float:right" | {{alpha}} || align="left" | Fantasy || align="right" | May 17 2009 || align="right" | 0.106 pre-alpha || align="left" | || align="left" |
+|-
+| style="float:left" | [[CyberRogue]] [http://rogue.scautura.co.uk/] || style="float:right" | {{alpha}} || align="left" | Fantasy || align="right" | May 24 2009 || align="right" | debug || align="left" | || align="left" | [[Python]]
+|- bgcolor="#efefef"
+| style="float:left" | [[DungeonMinder]] [http://code.google.com/p/dungeonminder/] || style="float:right" | {{beta}} || align="left" | Fantasy,7 || align="right" | May 10 2009 || align="right" | 0.8 || align="left" | || align="left" | [[Cpp | C++]]
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 | style="float:left" | [[Zomband]] [http://zooptek.net/drupal/?q=node/15] || style="float:right" | {{stable}} || align="left" | Modern || align="right" | Jul 20 2008 || align="right" | 7/20/2008 || align="left" | || align="left" | [[.NET Framework 3.5|.NET]]
@@ Line 51: / Line 60: @@
 |-
 | style="float:left" | [[Get Out!!]] [http://code.google.com/p/getout/] || style="float:right" | {{stable}} || align="left" | Modern || align="right" | Dec 3 2008 || align="right" | 1 || align="left" | || align="left" | [[C]]
-|-
-| style="float:left" | [[Frozen Depths]] [http://koti.mbnet.fi/frozend/mainf.php] || style="float:right" | {{stable}} || align="left" | Fantasy || align="right" | Jun 27 2008 || align="right" | 1.03 || align="left" | || align="left" | [[Cpp | C++]]
 |-
 | style="float:left" | [[CryptRover]] [http://code.google.com/p/cryptrover/] || style="float:right" | {{7DRL}} || align="left" | Modern,7 || align="right" | Jul 1 2008 || align="right" | 1.1 || align="left" | || align="left" | [[C]]
@@ Line 148: / Line 155: @@
 : Basically because the table is wide enough already.  People can see the author on the RogueBasin page for the game or on the game's website (both linked from the table).  You can see a table with author name at [http://www.roguetemple.com/irldb/ the IRLDB] if you want. [[User:PaulBlay|PaulBlay]]
+== table css ==
+Colouring the rows manually is just ridiculous, I get some css for you and if one of the admins could put that into the stylesheet that would be great:
+<nowiki>tr:nth-child(odd) {background: #ffffff}
+tr:nth-child(even) {background: #efefef}
+</nowiki>
+: Turns out admins can add new CSS to [[MediaWiki:Common.css]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Table/Archive_4#Alternating_row_colors? I found more instructions and examples here.]
+: I'll recommend adding this one: <syntaxhighlight lang="css">table.alternategrey tr:nth-child(even) {background: #E9E9E9;}</syntaxhighlight> --[[User:HexDecimal|HexDecimal]] ([[User talk:HexDecimal|talk]]) 02:08, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
+== Sort by date ==
+If the list was, by default, sorted by date, the list would be much easier to update with new games and it would be easier to remove old ones. Even now that I've changed the date format, sorting by date doesn't work because days are first and months are spelled out. I would be willing to go through and either manually sort the list by date or change the date format again to year-month-day (e.g. 2017-06-30). This format is less readable but can be sorted by the arrows on the table. Note that if the table is manually resorted, readers would still be able to sort them alphabetically this way. [[User:DarklordMogrithe|DarklordMogrithe]] ([[User talk:DarklordMogrithe|talk]]) 18:03, 30 June 2017 (CEST)
+: The best way to sort dates would be to use data-sort-type="date" [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Sorting as shown here] but this didn't work when I tested it.  The standard way to format dates would be to use templates such as [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Date Date] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:ISOdate ISOdate] so that date localization is handled but these templates were missing when I tried them. --[[User:HexDecimal|HexDecimal]] ([[User talk:HexDecimal|talk]]) 07:04, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
+== Umoria - a fake entry? ==
+To be well understood: Umoria is a valuable historical game. But the peculiar entry in this table of "Recently Updated Roguelikes" seems to be an abuse. Well, let's call it a prank. The wikilink points to "Moria"; no new versions anywhere. Did I miss something? Due to the facts I'd like to remove the table entry "Umoria" if there are no reasonable vetos. -- [[User:Gus Van|Gus Van]] ([[User talk:Gus Van|talk]]) 22:40, 4 September 2018 (CEST)