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Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by LAC-Tech on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:27PM (#32257230)
Are three still text based roguelikes being made? For me these were one of the most endearing features of the games back in the day. I was a big ADOM fan and it captured my imagination in an almost book like way because everything in the world was rendered only symbolically.
Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by ternus on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @07:33PM (#32258493)
ADOM had a fancy re-release on Steam recently! It just showed up in my Steam queue.

Check out Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Feels like a much more modern Nethack, with convenience features (`o` autoexplore, `tab` autofight, etc.) and less of a focus on one-and-done intrinsic immunities in favor of tradeoffs ("this armor comes with cold resistance but vulnerability to fire").

For more of an "explore the world" feeling, Caves of Qud is on Steam and has a ton of depth.

Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by Sharlin on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @08:44PM (#32259073)
Dwarf Fortress has Adventurer mode, which, although less developed than the more famous Fortress mode, is still really deep, under slow but active development, and has the unique value prop that you can build a fortress, leave it on autopilot, create an adventurer, go visit the same fortress, chat with the locals, maybe go kill some monsters in the caverns. You can retire an adventurer, switch back to fort mode, see your old character become one of your citizens, and so on.
Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by LAC-Tech on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:38AM (#32261136)
I had a go at adventure mode, but I must admit I found it hard to create a narrative for myself. It was fun wandering around and hearing what monks thought life was a bout, but I wasn't quite sure where the adventure was.
Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by mysterydip on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:34PM (#32257312)
Check out http://roguebasin.com/index.php/Category:Roguelike_games , there should be at least a few you find interesting
Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by eru on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:41AM (#32260555)
New versions of Nethack are still coming out, too.
Re:You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes by slim on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:09AM (#32260959)
checkout cataclysm dda if you're into cyberpunk