7DRL Challenge 2013

The 2013 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge invites developers to produce a complete roguelike game in seven short days. It will be held between March 9th and March 17th of 2013!

Links

• Rules and FAQ for the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge
• Announcement from Jeff Lait on RGRD
• Registration - Registration page for when it starts.
• RGRD, Backup if the registration page fails.
• 7drl.org — A community blog for the 7DRL Challenge.
• [1] - Facebook event page
• Rogue Temple, where 7DRLs made in this year's challenge will be evaluated.
• Rogue Temple forums, for general roguelike-y discussion
• RGRD irc channel, where a lot of the participants hang out during the challenge.

Competition tags

On Wordpress, entries are using the tag 7DRL 2013 for related blog posts. On Twitter and G+, consider using the hashtag #7DRL2013 for your competition related status updates. Many people involved in the One Game a Month challenge are making 7DRLs under the Twitter hashtag of #1GAM.

Unity licenses

Unity have offered free one-month trials of Unity Pro to people making 7DRLs. Unity is a popular game-making engine that allows you to export to desktops and mobile devices. If you want a trial code please e-mail darrenjohngrey at hotmail.com.

The Challengers

• Darren Grey - Mosaic
• Tanthie - Nadir Station
• Michał Walczak - Stabby
• Aaron Steed - Super Mario RL
• Craig Turner - The Orchid Thief
• XLambda - (no name yet)
• Megan Fox - Moulin Rougelike
• Luca Giacometti - (no name)
• Grimm Bros - Dungeon X: Flesh Wound
• David Wright (I am an idiot) - Overworld Survivor Zed
• Michael Cook - A Rogue Dream