caves of qud

Jun 28 2020

Block Size in Roguelikes

David Stark

How big is a tile in a roguelike or similar game? What shape does it have? I've been playing (and modding) a lot of Caves of Qud, so this is something I'm thinking about again. I'd love to see or make a roguelike where the levels are truly three-dimensional rather than 2D levels connected by...

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May 26 2020

Caves of Qud, Dying, Setpiece Battles

David Stark

I haven't done much blogging on here, mostly because of the self-reinforcing thing that if you haven't written anything for a while, the next thing you write had better be good - which of course means it dies as a draft, or in my head. So I'm going to intentionally lower the bar quite a lot and...

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