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Author here! Thanks for posting! This game is written in a Clojure-like programming language I've made. So this is a (B)rogue-like in a Clojure-like :) What I

Author here! Thanks for posting! This game is written in a Clojure-like programming language I've made. So this is a (B)rogue-like in a Clojure-like :) What I think is interesting is that this game computes the entire world state each tick and does so efficiently thanks to persistent data structures. To anyone who dared to fire it up: thank you for playing, I'm curious what you think!

jackpirate 5mo ago
The name let-go of your programming language is awesome!
- marcingas 5mo ago
  Thanks! Please check it out and leave me a star if you like it :)
biosubterranean 5mo ago
Little buggy (dying from things not on the screen), but I love the dwarf fortress esque vibes
- Oakwhisper 5mo ago
  There was a commit a few minutes ago that fixed the instakills for me
  - marcingas 5mo ago
    This was caused by a stdlib bug in the language, I bypassed it :D
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onlyrealcuzzo 5mo ago
This is awesome! I'm interested in building something similar, any tips besides looking at what you've done and Brogue?
- marcingas 5mo ago
  I'd say don't immediately go into making an ECS and don't sweat about perf too much. You can totally do this in any programming language. This is a good talk about roguelike software design in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxI3Eu5DPwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxI3Eu5DPwE Tbh the whole channel is a gold mine of inspiration. Also check: https://discord.gg/bgd2GrhR https://discord.gg/bgd2GrhR
allknowingfrog 5mo ago
I did a quick run on the web version. I was able to sneak attack everything on the first two levels, which felt like a bug, but I'm honestly not sure. When I found a spear, I kind of expected to be able to throw it, but I didn't find a throw option anywhere. I think that makes the short sword better in every case, but maybe I missed something. Overall, I love the execution. Quality retro fun with a really nice interface.
- marcingas 5mo ago
  This totally is a bug. Was this recently? I thought I fixed this in WASM version.
  - allknowingfrog 5mo ago
    Yeah, this was yesterday in the web version. I only did the one run, and only for a couple of levels, so I don't think I can give you any help reproducing it.
cmrdporcupine 5mo ago
My 15 year old's (who is a roguelike fanatic) first comment was: there's no diagonal movement? "The visuals are interesting.... oh I died."
- marcingas 5mo ago
  I don't have a numpad so it did not occur to me to add diagonals :D Good feedback though, I'll add it. Thanks to your 15 year old!
  - jdiff 5mo ago
    most roguelikes also add (IIRC looking at my phone keyboard and reverse engineering muscle memory) yubn for diagonals.
  - fhn 5mo ago
    definitely need this. Enemies can attack you diagonally but you can't attack back
dgb23 5mo ago
I don't think you have specified that "," is used to pick up stuff in the bar below the log.
- fhn 5mo ago
  it's not. pickup is auto

jackpirate 5mo ago

The name let-go of your programming language is awesome!

marcingas 5mo ago
Thanks! Please check it out and leave me a star if you like it :)

biosubterranean 5mo ago

Little buggy (dying from things not on the screen), but I love the dwarf fortress esque vibes

Oakwhisper 5mo ago
There was a commit a few minutes ago that fixed the instakills for me
- marcingas 5mo ago
  This was caused by a stdlib bug in the language, I bypassed it :D

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onlyrealcuzzo 5mo ago

This is awesome! I'm interested in building something similar, any tips besides looking at what you've done and Brogue?

marcingas 5mo ago
I'd say don't immediately go into making an ECS and don't sweat about perf too much. You can totally do this in any programming language. This is a good talk about roguelike software design in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxI3Eu5DPwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxI3Eu5DPwE Tbh the whole channel is a gold mine of inspiration. Also check: https://discord.gg/bgd2GrhR https://discord.gg/bgd2GrhR

allknowingfrog 5mo ago

I did a quick run on the web version. I was able to sneak attack everything on the first two levels, which felt like a bug, but I'm honestly not sure. When I found a spear, I kind of expected to be able to throw it, but I didn't find a throw option anywhere. I think that makes the short sword better in every case, but maybe I missed something. Overall, I love the execution. Quality retro fun with a really nice interface.

marcingas 5mo ago
This totally is a bug. Was this recently? I thought I fixed this in WASM version.
- allknowingfrog 5mo ago
  Yeah, this was yesterday in the web version. I only did the one run, and only for a couple of levels, so I don't think I can give you any help reproducing it.

cmrdporcupine 5mo ago

My 15 year old's (who is a roguelike fanatic) first comment was: there's no diagonal movement? "The visuals are interesting.... oh I died."

marcingas 5mo ago
I don't have a numpad so it did not occur to me to add diagonals :D Good feedback though, I'll add it. Thanks to your 15 year old!
- jdiff 5mo ago
  most roguelikes also add (IIRC looking at my phone keyboard and reverse engineering muscle memory) yubn for diagonals.
- fhn 5mo ago
  definitely need this. Enemies can attack you diagonally but you can't attack back

dgb23 5mo ago

I don't think you have specified that "," is used to pick up stuff in the bar below the log.

fhn 5mo ago
it's not. pickup is auto