4 ms·

Each year Roguebasin hosts the 7DRL challenge where people look to create a finished roguelike in seven days. I participated this year and found it a pretty tho

Each year Roguebasin hosts the 7DRL challenge where people look to create a finished roguelike in seven days. I participated this year and found it a pretty thoughtful meditation on the genre. https://7drl.com/ https://7drl.com/

philsnow 7y ago
There's a lot of gems in here, and in older 7DRL entries as well. The nature of the format means that games (the ones that are actually finished) are focused, often highlighting one or two novel gameplay mechanics and/or mood/design elements. Anything more than that and the designer can't finish in 7 days. This also means that entries from 10 years ago is just as playable (IF you can get them to run) as the entries from this year. Cogmind (mentioned elsewhere on this thread) started as a 7drl. Each year they have judges grade each entry, so you can look at archives like http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/2010/ http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/2010/ to find the highest-rated ones and focus your search there, if you like. Roguelike Radio usually has a show about the 7drl results, e.g. http://www.roguelikeradio.com/2018/05/episode-145-7drls-2018.html http://www.roguelikeradio.com/2018/05/episode-145-7drls-2018... .