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Deus_Vult

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Non-fantasy roguelike
« on: February 10, 2012, 05:09:32 am »
Hello there.
I'm looking for any non-fantasy roguelikes, i.e. for zombie-survivals, sci-fi, modern and et cetera.
For now I am aware of:
1.Cataclyzm
2.Rogue Survivor
3.Prospector
4.DoomRL

aaaand thats all.
Do you guys know any more games of such kind?
I'll be grateful as Urist McGratitude.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2012, 05:54:30 am »
Unreal World : http://www.jmp.fi/~smaarane/urw.html
Survive in the wilderness (set in medieval Finland)

Chess rogue : mix of chess and roguelike

A few one, set in cyberpunk/futuristic background (search DoomRL website, he is hosting the wiki for one of them with mechas)

Liberal Crime Squad (close to a roguelike, but managing a group)
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 05:59:50 am »
Xenocide is pretty much Nethack in a sci-fi setting.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2012, 06:03:21 am »
I forgot Ascii sector : a mix of Privateer (from the Wing Commander series) and a roguelike
http://www.asciisector.net/
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2012, 06:05:57 am »
Caves of Qud is pretty neat, and it has a pretty good bay 12 thread too.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2012, 06:38:31 am »
ZAPM is like Net hack, but sci-fi. There is also a bay12 thread that I believe the creator posted in if i recall correctly.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50451.msg1064030#msg1064030
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2012, 07:41:25 am »
Quote from: quinnr on February 10, 2012, 06:38:31 am
ZAPM is like Net hack, but sci-fi. There is also a bay12 thread that I believe the creator posted in if i recall correctly.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50451.msg1064030#msg1064030

At this point, I'd say PRIME is the best bet for ZAPM doings as the dev is relatively active and they are doing wonderful, crazy things.

http://primetheroguelike.galeon.com/
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2012, 08:33:22 am »
There's alphaman (post nuclear war humorous roguelike), aliensRL (made by the guy who did DoomRL), decker (hacking game that may qualify as a roguelike), InfraArcana (lovecraftian roguelike), gearhead1/2 (mecha roguelikes) and transcendence which is almost a spaceship roguelike.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2012, 10:30:07 am »
Quote from: BishopX on February 10, 2012, 08:33:22 am
almost a ____ roguelike.
A lot of these games would not seem to be roguelikes to a purist. Or anyone who actually played Rogue, TBH. That being said, you should try them anyway.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2012, 01:19:46 pm »
Eh, rogue can go bugger itself. Roguelike no longer means game-like-Rogue to most of the people playing them. Some folks still hammer on that, but most RL players more or less ignore them.

Anyway, suggestions: Steamband! It borderlines, but it's pretty nice; Steampunk/Victorian influenced *band variant.

Broken bottle (A T-Engine game) and Unstoppable (same website) are both non-fantasy.

You've also got Lambdarogue, which is technically sci-fi. There's a starcraft 7drl. There's Warp Rogue, a warhammer 40k inspired one, but the website for it seems to be down and I'm not finding it hosted somewhere else :(

Anyway, here's this. Pretty sparse; big ones that haven't been mentioned already are 3059 (And possibly 3079, which isn't free) and the JauntTrooper series (Which'll take an apple emulator to get running). The Slimy Lichmummy might fit, though it's a bit of a grab bag. There's several 7drls I've ran across that weren't fantasy inspired, but blazes if I can remember what any of their names are at th'mo.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2012, 02:25:26 pm »
Prospector! Space exploration RL
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2012, 02:42:42 pm »
Quote from: getter77 on February 10, 2012, 07:41:25 am
Quote from: quinnr on February 10, 2012, 06:38:31 am
ZAPM is like Net hack, but sci-fi. There is also a bay12 thread that I believe the creator posted in if i recall correctly.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50451.msg1064030#msg1064030

At this point, I'd say PRIME is the best bet for ZAPM doings as the dev is relatively active and they are doing wonderful, crazy things.

http://primetheroguelike.galeon.com/

WOW, wow. Wooow, man. Just wow. Thanks for linking me to that.
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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2012, 04:06:40 pm »
Quote from: Bitoru on February 10, 2012, 02:42:42 pm
Quote from: getter77 on February 10, 2012, 07:41:25 am
Quote from: quinnr on February 10, 2012, 06:38:31 am
ZAPM is like Net hack, but sci-fi. There is also a bay12 thread that I believe the creator posted in if i recall correctly.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=50451.msg1064030#msg1064030

At this point, I'd say PRIME is the best bet for ZAPM doings as the dev is relatively active and they are doing wonderful, crazy things.

http://primetheroguelike.galeon.com/

WOW, wow. Wooow, man. Just wow. Thanks for linking me to that.
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Happy to help, myself and Frumple are good about these sorts of topics!

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Re: Non-fantasy roguelike
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2012, 06:40:13 pm »
I've always been a fan of GearHead 1 & 2.  Bay12 has a thread about it.  It's a bit old, but the only thing to happen since then is the dev figuring out enough lua to release GearHead Arena.
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