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timtek

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How's the roguelike scene on android?
« on: September 05, 2010, 03:09:55 am »
I'm finally getting a decent phone next week and I'm pretty excited. Any good roguelike's I should look for? I heard there's a nethack port but haven't heard much else. Also does anyone use commandbot? I'm thinking I could use it to play dungeon crawl on the go.
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Re: How's the roguelike scene on android?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 07:30:39 am »
I hear it comes with a compiler and a console, so you can play anything that can be compiled with gcc I think. Also, shouldn't this be in other games?
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Re: How's the roguelike scene on android?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 07:40:38 am »
Yes you're right it should, I had that forum block minimized and didn't see it. Thanks :)
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Re: How's the roguelike scene on android?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2010, 08:56:21 pm »
Angband has been ported. Just search in the Marketplace.
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Re: How's the roguelike scene on android?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2010, 10:21:40 pm »
Just did a search for "roguelike" on the marketplace and saw Nethack pop up too. There were a few other ones I didn't recognize, many of which looked like not-so-great made for android RLs.
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Re: How's the roguelike scene on android?
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2011, 04:35:25 pm »
Apologies for bumping an old thread, but the roguelike scene on Android is pretty vibrant these days.

Here's a link to the roguelikes in the market: https://market.android.com/search?q=roguelike

Highlights:

- "Legends of Yore" is doing really well lately, popular and getting high ratings.
- "Dweller" is a mainstay.
- Angdroid.org released "Roguelike Classics" recently (Rogue, Moria, Larn) and they also have "Angband" and "Angband Variants".
- "Voyage to Farland", my own game, patterned after the Shiren Mystery Dungeon games.
- "Andor's Trail" has been very popular - tons of downloads.
- plenty of others to try out: NetHack, Quest Swords And Spells, Kamyran's Eye, Trap Hunter, TraqueHack, No Way But Down, etc.

They all offer variations on the roguelike theme and could probably use some support from enthusiasts, so try them out.
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