ROGUE-FP

Exceedingly good recreation of Rogue, the tutorial is very well written and any new players should have an easy time jumping in and getting themselves killed. I'd prefer if there was some form of meta progression to go along with the easier difficulties, since there's a classic difficulty setting, my only real gripe is in the dig dungeon mode I'd like for the pits to be a bit more visible, but as it stands, I'm enjoying it a lot.

[b]I like ROGUE-FP. I recorded my progress in ROGUE-FP, as well as some observations & thoughts. Please take a look if you prefer a more audio / visual format.[/b] https://youtu.be/JCIjBNmouNQ ROGUE-FP is an Indie, turn based Roguelike Dungeon Crawler that is First Person. It is Rogue, in a more accessible, striking first person perspective. Would you like to know more? [h1]A More Accessible Take on Rogue?[/h1] Yes. ROGUE-FP has the random dungeons of Rogue, made with Procedural Generation, but rendered in a striking, ASCII inspired, first person style, massively improving the immersion in the dark, yet simultaneously vivid and eye-catching dungeons. ROGUE-FP feels very Matrix like, yet fantasy, and not everything is green, with a lot of brightness, spaced in-between and against very dark backgrounds, if that helps explain it better. It’s really one of those things that must be seen. I like it. Plus, ROGUE-FP has 5 difficulties; available right at the start; good. I’m playing on Medium here, because hunting for secret doors all day is not fun… Thankfully, the gameplay is. Controller Support is present, as are rebindable keys, but I found the inventory navigation with the gamepad not great, only able to use items, not throw or drop them; not great. Thankfully, good old Mouse and Keyboard control is present, and very good, so that is mostly what I used in the above video. While I did enjoy my time with ROGUE-FP, I did find many areas where it would be even better. Please let me know if any of this is off-base, but I find directness works best here. I will try and keep this organized. [b] Tech / Bugs:[/b] [h1]1: Bug: Listen To The Controller Game![/h1] After alt tabbing out, then going back in, it takes a bit before I can look around again with the controller. This can easily get you killed, as it seems you must move around with the gamepad a bit to get the game to remember it is being used. [h1]2: Bug: I Found a Secret Door, on Medium…[/h1] Intended? I thought those were limited to the highest difficulty? [h1]3: Scale That Inventory Window![/h1] Having to Mouse scroll the tiny thing every time I open it, rapidly gets annoying. Simply scale it so everything in it is visible at once if the inventory is opened; that would be much more user friendly. [h1]4: MY EYES![/h1] Ouch. What a painful title screen. It looks good when you’re not trying to do anything on it, but if you are… I found the frequently moving screens very distracting; and it hurts my eyes when I’m trying to go through the game options. I strongly suspect this will really bug others as well, so please pause the constant screen looping when the options screen is open. [h1]5: Which Should I Choose?[/h1] Dig Dungeon? Classic Mode? What does that mean? The simple action of starting the game should not generate confusion… This represents a failure on the first screen. I strongly recommend replacing the current options with a simple “Start Run” or something, then another window, with a pop-up message explaining the difference between the 2 options. [b]Gameplay Suggestions:[/b] [h1]6: It’s Black on Black![/h1] Should really warn the players when they walk out into the blackness, as the pit fall will kill them, yet it can be very difficult to see, given that the floor and walls are also often black! [strike][h1]7: Fast Throw Badly Needed![/h1] Having to open inventory, mouse scroll down to select your darts / shurikens, then RMB over them in order to throw one feels slow and terrible! A hotkey for fast throwing is needed here; badly![/strike] [b]Edit: You can directly equip and throw the arrows without a bow[/b] I did not think to equip and throw the arrows; just so use to needing the bow. Now I know. This will make handling snakes much less toxic to my muscles! [h1]8: Jump Please![/h1] I’m an athletic Fighter-man, not a squishy wizard-man, let me run and jump! [b]Edit: Don’t need bow; can just throw[/b] Would still like a bow [strike][h1]9: At least Start Me With a Bow Man![/h1] Let me range those snakes, and put my starting 24 arrows to use! It’s just a tease otherwise! Plus, those strength draining snakes are brutal![/strike] [b]Not Strictly Rogue Gameplay Suggestions:[/b] I gave this one its own category, as I understand the idea here was to cleave as closely to Rogue as possible, while putting your own spin on it, but basic Rogue feels very limited today. [u]The addition of more player choice here would only help the game, while allowing an opportunity to more sharply delineate the differences between the classic mode, and a game that is Rogue like, but not strictly rogue in first person, plus monster bits.[/u] [h1]10: Starting Absent Any Healing Feels Really Bad.[/h1] We have no pocket prayers, no starting healing potions, or spells to help us out; if we get poor luck, we just die. We are an extremely unprepared, poorly equipped, fighter wanna be, sent down here to die. These abilities, added to roguelikes like the excellent NetHack, classic ADoM, or ToME, present tools the player can use to offset and survive terrible RNG: that these features are not present here really hurts the gameplay, reducing it to RNG map luck, and knowing to avoid fighting certain monsters like snakes unless they are sleeping. [h1]11: No Choice on Lvl Up?[/h1] The total lack of player choice concerning lvl ups from Rogue and Nethack, paired simultaneously with the lack of depth with the complete removal of any classes here, does much to remove much of the possible depth of the game. This results in runs that feel very similar. This is bad. [h1]12: Let Fighter-mans Learn![/h1] Listen: I know he’s not smart: he can’t even read! [i]I bet those scrolls are actually written in common; he’s so ashamed![/i] But he can learn! It’s not his fault! Just give him a chance! At least give this man an Int score! Let him try! Maybe with enough Int, he can learn to read?! Maybe even learn some magic from spellbooks! Anything to be more than just another dumb fighter! [h1]13: % = Down Stair?[/h1] Why not >? That % was really throwing me. Yes, it looks like an escalator (how deluxe), but just used to the greater than. Maybe add an option to swap them in options? Anyway, my many critiques aside, I did enjoy my time with ROGUE-FP. ROGUE-FP is an Indie, turn based Roguelike Dungeon Crawler that is First Person. It is Rogue, in an accessible, striking new look. Watch?