HyperRogue – A non-Euclidean roguelike

Re:HyperRogue – A non-Euclidean roguelike by versteegen on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:12PM (#9746212)

That's not all! I know of two other non-Euclidean seven-day roguelikes (7DRLs) Jeff Lait has made. And a very large number of 7DRLs in general. I definitely recommend looking through his games, Jeff Lait has used many wonderful concepts.

Jacob's Matrix is interesting because it actually displays a Jacobian matrix describing, somehow, the way that the pieces of the world are put together. Walking from one piece to another can cause you to be rotated or mirror-imaged. You can also create portals (as in Portal) http://www.zincland.com/7drl/jacob/ http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Jacob%27s_Matrix

Here's another one. This one deserves mention because it turns out that enemies path-finding in a non-Euclidean space will run circles around a human. At least, I think that's how they do it. I have never felt so humiliated by a game AI. http://www.zincland.com/7drl/kobold/ http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Smart_Kobold

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Re:HyperRogue – A non-Euclidean roguelike by TheLoneWolfling on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:31PM (#9746352)

Yep. We are very good at intuitive pathfinding in 2d, but really really bad at much of anything else.

Although, that being said, someone who spends a lot of time in caves may be better.

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