7DRL Challenge 2019

The 2019 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge invited developers to produce a complete roguelike game in seven short days. The challenge dates were set for 2-10 March 2019. Participants were challenged to complete a game in a 168-hour window within this time period.

Links

• Challenge Home on itch.io, the host site for the 7DRL Challenge.
• FAQ - What is a Seven Day Roguelike?
• Mailing list sign-up used to receive important news and updates
• 7drl.org - A community blog for the 7DRL Challenge, with many screenshots and posts of the games involved.
• Rogue Temple forums and r/roguelikedev subreddit, for general roguelike-y discussion
• RGRD irc channel and RL Discord, where a lot of the participants hang out during the challenge.
• Roguelike Radio podcast episodes relating to the 7DRL Challenge

Competition tags

On Wordpress, the tag 7DRL 2019 is for related blog posts. On Twitter and G+, the hashtag #7DRL is for competition related status updates.

Reviews

Traditionally all 7DRLs are reviewed and rated by an expert committee, with ratings visible on itch.io. Other reviews and video plays will also be posted here as they are released.

• Results on itch.io
• RogueTemple table of reviews (click on Average score to see written reviews)
• Video reviews thread
• Roguelike Radio episode on 2019 7DRLs

Summary

Challengers:      526
Winners:          125
Failed:            18
Runaways:         382

Medal

The 2019 7DRL Challenge Medal was designed by Oryx [1]

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