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{{game-alpha| name = Land of Strangers
{{game-alpha| name = Land of Strangers
|developer = [[Aging Minotaur]]
|developer = [[Aging Minotaur]]
|theme = [[Wild West]], Fantasy, Weird West
|theme = [[Wild West]], Weird West, Alternate Reality
|influences = [[Abura Tan]], [[GearHead]], [[Caves of Qud]], [[ADOM]], Hoplite, [[PrincessRL]], [[Ultima Ratio Regum]],  
|influences = [[Abura Tan]], [[GearHead]], [[Caves of Qud]], [[ADOM]], Hoplite, [[PrincessRL]], [[Ultima Ratio Regum]],  
|released = April 2nd, 2013
|released = April 2nd, 2013
|updated = December 1st, 2015 (v.8)
|updated = 17 Sep, 2018 (#13)
|licensing = [[GPL]]
|licensing = [[GPL]]
|language = [[Python]]
|language = [[Python]]
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|interface = [[User interface features#Graphical display|Graphical display]], [[Keyboard]]
|interface = [[User interface features#Graphical display|Graphical display]], [[Keyboard]]
|length = n/a
|length = n/a
|site = http://agingminotaur.blogspot.de/
|site = http://agingminotaur.blogspot.com/
}}
}}
Open Fantasy Western Roguelike
==== Overview ====
==== Overview ====
Land of Strangers (LoSt) is a [[Wild West]]/fantasy game in early development. It is open source, written in Python and packed for Windows and Linux. The game can be downloaded from the project's blog at http://agingminotaur.blogspot.de/
Land of Strangers (LoSt) is a loosely [[Wild West]]-themed game set in an alternate reality. Development is still at an early stage, with limited content. LoSt is open source, written in Python and packed for Windows and Linux. The game can be downloaded from the project's blog at http://agingminotaur.blogspot.com/


The current release (#9) features the skeleton of a game, including:
Current features include:
* turnbased tactics on a hexagonal grid
* Turnbased tactics on a hexagonal grid, with original rules for combat, wounds, and time
* context-sensitive, "intuitive" controls :P
* Seamless open world
* randomized animal and plant species
* Interactions with NPCs and landscape features
* seamless overworld
* Randomized flora and fauna
* unusual rules for wounds, time/initiative, gunfighting, cover et al.
* Slowly expanding weird west-setting, inhabited by strange animals, mudfaced goons, sandcroppers, wheelin' judges and more
* perks and skills
* configurable
* slowly expanding weird west-setting
* more game planned for the next few releases


==== Inspirations ====
==== Inspirations ====
The setting of LoSt is only loosely based on historical Panamerica, mixing inspirations from Leone, Peckinpah, Kurosawa, Dead Man, El Topo, Carnivale, Deadwood, Indigenous cultures of the Americas and elsewhere, Deadlands RPG, The Place of Dead Roads, The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls, Mahabharata, Krazy Kat, Mark of the Mole, Heart of Darkness, and more.
The setting of LoSt is only loosely based on historical Panamerica, inspired also by cinema (from Kurosowa to Jodorowsky) and tv (from Carnivale to Peter Brooks' Mahabarata), as well as Indigenous cultures of the Americas and elsewhere. Throw in some stray sources, like Deadlands RPG, The Place of Dead Roads, The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls, Krazy Kat, Mark of the Mole, and Heart of Darkness, to mention a few.


[[Category:Open ended roguelikes]]
[[Category:Open ended roguelikes]]

Latest revision as of 23:16, 30 May 2019

Land of Strangers
Alpha Project
Developer Aging Minotaur
Theme Wild West, Weird West, Alternate Reality
Influences Abura Tan, GearHead, Caves of Qud, ADOM, Hoplite, PrincessRL, Ultima Ratio Regum,
Released April 2nd, 2013
Updated 17 Sep, 2018 (#13)
Licensing GPL
P. Language Python
Platforms Windows, Linux
Interface Graphical display, Keyboard
Game Length n/a
Official site of Land of Strangers


Open Fantasy Western Roguelike

Overview

Land of Strangers (LoSt) is a loosely Wild West-themed game set in an alternate reality. Development is still at an early stage, with limited content. LoSt is open source, written in Python and packed for Windows and Linux. The game can be downloaded from the project's blog at http://agingminotaur.blogspot.com/

Current features include:

  • Turnbased tactics on a hexagonal grid, with original rules for combat, wounds, and time
  • Seamless open world
  • Interactions with NPCs and landscape features
  • Randomized flora and fauna
  • Slowly expanding weird west-setting, inhabited by strange animals, mudfaced goons, sandcroppers, wheelin' judges and more

Inspirations

The setting of LoSt is only loosely based on historical Panamerica, inspired also by cinema (from Kurosowa to Jodorowsky) and tv (from Carnivale to Peter Brooks' Mahabarata), as well as Indigenous cultures of the Americas and elsewhere. Throw in some stray sources, like Deadlands RPG, The Place of Dead Roads, The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls, Krazy Kat, Mark of the Mole, and Heart of Darkness, to mention a few.