You Only Live Once
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| You Only Live Once | |
|---|---|
| 7DRL | |
| Developer | Jeff Lait |
| Theme | Fantasy |
| Influences | ADOM |
| Released | 2005 |
| Updated | 2005 (003) |
| Licensing | open source (BSD), freeware |
| P. Language | C++ |
| Platforms | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| Interface | Graphical tiles (which are of characters!), ASCII, Keyboard |
| Game Length | 1 hour |
| Official site of You Only Live Once | |
About
You Only Live Once is a Seven Day Roguelike, or 7DRL. It was entered in the March 5th, 2005, The 7DRL Contest.
It is a very minimalistic roguelike. It concentrates on telling a simple story and engaging the user in simple tactical combat. It does not have, for example, any form of character advancement!
Unique/rare features
- Tactical combat. All attacks hit, all attacks to maximum damage. Randomness in combat is thus suppressed - positioning oneself with respect to enemies is essential
- Heavy on plot. A story is told. It is not just kill things for no reason.
- Quick to complete. You can likely win the game in your first play through. Fully exploring the game likely takes only an hour or three.
- Your character never advances in power. Or even regains hit points. Instead, during the game you can take over and play different characters.
Versions and platforms
You Only Live Once is written in C++ and is available for Windows, Linux, and the Mac OS X. Source code is provided so it may be ported to any platform with curses and/or SDL.