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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

[A new game from Massive Damage:][link]

>A rogue-like sci-fi strategy survival game with base building, tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

90% of the words in that sentence make me so happy. Feels like equal parts X-Com, Civilization, and FTL. It *looks* great, too. The visual aesthetic is this kind of atemporal “18-bit” style that never really existed. The whole thing is really well done. I can’t wait.

[link]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenseto/halcyon-6-starbase-commander “Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander by Massive Damage, Inc. — Kickstarter”

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RogueBasin’s Roguelike Tutorial for Lua

[Looks like a really neat little guide for getting started making a Roguelike game][link]. Lua’s a very efficient scripting engine and interfaces with C, so it’s well-known and well-used in the video games industry.

[link]: http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php/New_Roguelike_Tutorial,_using_Lua+libtcod “New Roguelike Tutorial, using Lua+libtcod – RogueBasin”

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Temple of the Roguelike’s Coverage of The 2011 7-Day Roguelike Challenge

[46 challengers completed games this year][link]. It’s going to be a long weekend. For those of you joining us late: [What Is A Roguelike?][what]

See also: [Reviews of all 50 completed games from 2010.][2010]

[link]: http://www.roguetemple.com/2011/03/16/the-2010-7drl-challenge-is-over/ “:: Temple of the Roguelike – Roguelike News, Reviews, Interviews and Information :: » Blog Archive » The 2011 7DRL Challenge is over!”
[2010]: http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/2010/ “7 Day Roguelike”
[what]: http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=What_a_roguelike_is “What A Roguelike Is”

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100 Rogues

[A great-looking roguelike developed from the ground-up for the iPhone][link].

[link]: http://www.100rogues.com/ “100 Rogues | An Arcade-Style Role Playing Game for iPhone & iPod Touch”

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Atlus Announces Shiren the Wanderer Wii for Spring 2010

[This is very good news if you’re a fan of roguelikes][link]. Shiren The Wanderer for the DS is one of my favorite games.

[link]: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/atlus_announces_shiren_the_wan.php “GameSetWatch – Atlus Announces Shiren the Wanderer Wii for Spring 2010”

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Wayfarer, A 3D Roguelike Written in Processing

[Pretty alpha, but also pretty fun][link]. Looking forward to more from this guy.

[link]: http://benhem.com/games/wayfarer/ “Wayfarer (alpha)”