Development status

A rogue-like can go through a number of development statuses on its way to becoming the next NetHack. These categories are used for the Status summary of a roguelike and also to categorize Roguelikes by.

• Talkie Talkie: No software has been released, and usually no code has been written.
• [[Category::Alpha projects]]: a development version with severly limited functionality has been released.
• [[Category::Beta projects]]: a playable and winnable public testing version has been released.
• [[Category::Stable games]]: a playable version that has been tested has been released.
• Defunct: the game is no longer under development.