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My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

86 points by ondras 14y ago

wangfowen 14y ago
Cool idea, but it's not really clear to me when I'm able to reflect lasers. Is it completely random? I think the game would be a lot more challenging with less reflecting. I kill way too many guys without meaning to.
- ondras 14y ago
  Reflecting happens with 50% chance. Which is far less than what we see in traditional franchise :-)
unwind 14y ago
Scary from an intellectual properties perspective, but I love how you switched to the "Star Wars" context as way to motivate using the (required) concepts of "push", "pull" and "clone". The "fork" I'm not so convinced about, but being innovative is of course cool and I do love my 3-way from ancient arcade games which it made me think of.
- oms1005 14y ago
  I agree; very clever use of the context.
- dkuntz2 14y ago
  How is it scary from an intellectual properties perspective? LucasFilm is very nice with their properties, permitting just about anything to be used unlicensed so long as there isn't a profit being made (they even support people doing it sometimes)...
JoshTriplett 14y ago
Very nice! Two minor control issues: waiting in place with . does not regenerate health and force like movement does, and non-numpad number keys don't work for movement (useful on a laptop).
- ondras 14y ago
  In place wait is probably a bug and should be fixed soon. Not sure about non-numpad numbers though; their topology is far from being useful...
  - ondras 14y ago
    ...aaand fixed!
    - JoshTriplett 14y ago
      >> In place wait is probably a bug and should be fixed soon. > ...aaand fixed! Doesn't look that way; it still doesn't regenerate health and force. > Not sure about non-numpad numbers though; their topology is far from being useful... True, but it beats not having diagonals at all. I've gotten used to playing roguelikes with the number row, and it becomes quite usable after a while.
xmpir 14y ago
nice idea. the gameplay is not too thrilling, but still it's quite funny to play for let's say 2 minutes...
wink 14y ago
A bit too realtime for my liking, but awesome idea and execution :)
- ondras 14y ago
  The game is strictly turn-based, there is nothing realtime in it...
gagege 14y ago
I love rougelikes. I'll give it a try on my lunch break. Here's my entry: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853421 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853421 Good luck in the Game Off!
danielweber 14y ago
Any way to restart without the tutorial?
- ondras 14y ago
  Unfortunately, no.
  - danielweber 14y ago
    Probably a good thing, as the only way I've found to do well is to hide in good terrain, which I can do while dealing with Mickey Mouse.
rafski 14y ago
First reaction - oh cool, this works on my phone! "Enter to continue" - "Enter" what? Like, a key?
eduardchil 14y ago
Really nice
rex64 14y ago
Brilliant!
binarydreams 14y ago
Here's my entry bro - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853042 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853042

86 points by ondras 14y ago

Cool idea, but it's not really clear to me when I'm able to reflect lasers. Is it completely random? I think the game would be a lot more challenging with less reflecting. I kill way too many guys without meaning to.

ondras 14y ago
Reflecting happens with 50% chance. Which is far less than what we see in traditional franchise :-)

unwind 14y ago

Scary from an intellectual properties perspective, but I love how you switched to the "Star Wars" context as way to motivate using the (required) concepts of "push", "pull" and "clone". The "fork" I'm not so convinced about, but being innovative is of course cool and I do love my 3-way from ancient arcade games which it made me think of.

oms1005 14y ago
I agree; very clever use of the context.
dkuntz2 14y ago
How is it scary from an intellectual properties perspective? LucasFilm is very nice with their properties, permitting just about anything to be used unlicensed so long as there isn't a profit being made (they even support people doing it sometimes)...

JoshTriplett 14y ago

Very nice! Two minor control issues: waiting in place with . does not regenerate health and force like movement does, and non-numpad number keys don't work for movement (useful on a laptop).

ondras 14y ago
In place wait is probably a bug and should be fixed soon. Not sure about non-numpad numbers though; their topology is far from being useful...
- ondras 14y ago
  ...aaand fixed!
  - JoshTriplett 14y ago
    >> In place wait is probably a bug and should be fixed soon. > ...aaand fixed! Doesn't look that way; it still doesn't regenerate health and force. > Not sure about non-numpad numbers though; their topology is far from being useful... True, but it beats not having diagonals at all. I've gotten used to playing roguelikes with the number row, and it becomes quite usable after a while.

xmpir 14y ago

nice idea. the gameplay is not too thrilling, but still it's quite funny to play for let's say 2 minutes...

wink 14y ago

A bit too realtime for my liking, but awesome idea and execution :)

ondras 14y ago
The game is strictly turn-based, there is nothing realtime in it...

gagege 14y ago

I love rougelikes. I'll give it a try on my lunch break. Here's my entry: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853421 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853421 Good luck in the Game Off!

danielweber 14y ago

Any way to restart without the tutorial?

ondras 14y ago
Unfortunately, no.
- danielweber 14y ago
  Probably a good thing, as the only way I've found to do well is to hide in good terrain, which I can do while dealing with Mickey Mouse.

rafski 14y ago

First reaction - oh cool, this works on my phone! "Enter to continue" - "Enter" what? Like, a key?

eduardchil 14y ago

Really nice

rex64 14y ago

Brilliant!

binarydreams 14y ago

Here's my entry bro - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853042 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4853042