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GreatWyrmGold

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Kobold Quest tips
« on: May 05, 2011, 07:01:39 pm »
I'll start.

1. Don't try to defend the whole cave. You will lose.
2. Use pits as a backup/secondary defense. They are rarely in places where you need them, and unless you're lucky and clever they will probably not be walked on.
3. Fill pits wih at least one creature, but more than three or four is probably not worth the effort.
4. Send someone out to collect cave critters evey now and then.
5. Kobolds, from untrained to warlords, WILL die when adjacent to adventurers unless the adventurer is killed or the kobold runs. Try running towards a pit or an armed comrade.
6. ALWAYS arm ALL of your kobolds.
7. Don't get so distracted with what one kobold is doing that several others get killed. All the bugs in the cave won't save your little furry guys from distraction.
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Re: Kobold Quest tips
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2011, 08:28:51 pm »
Wrong subforum, bro.
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Re: Kobold Quest tips
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 08:50:50 pm »
Actually, this is the correct forum.  Note this forum is not called "LCS", but rather "Curses".

Kobold Quest is in fact Toady's other major Curses system game.

WWI Medic and Star Zoo would also be appropriate to discuss here.

Happy Posting!

EDIT: Actually, WWI Medic does not use the Curses Library, as far as I can tell.  So technically, it should be discussed in the "Other Games" section of the forum.  But Kobold Quest can be discussed in either forum.  Here is an old discussion thread in the other section, but I'd advise against necroing that thread.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2011, 09:04:13 pm by EuchreJack »
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Re: Kobold Quest tips
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2011, 10:47:22 pm »
Allow me to take a third view!

Technically speaking, Kobold Quest uses OpenGL to simulate ASCII graphics rather than using Curses. As I understand, it was originally created in order to have an open source game that uses a similar engine to Dwarf Fortress, in order to allow the community to supplement Toady's knowledge of cross-platform development, and make it possible to port Dwarf Fortress to Mac.

With that being said, this difference and history is pedantic. "Here we discuss our ASCII games."

Kobold Quest is an ASCII game.

Here we discuss it.
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