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Unknown Horizons Player Scores... gscai of the real-time colony building simulation  Unknown horizons wrote a short player-view summary of how the game's artificial intelligence works . libtcod's project browser filter libtcod , an advanced toolkit for roguelikes now has an online browser for projects using it that allows to apply filters. Tactical battle in Hale I stumbled over Hale , an RPG described as having "deep tactical combat system and storyline". The project seems to use freely licensed assets, which is a great. I hope that the GUI will receive a makeover (using a pastel background color and killing the 1995'ish 3d button/border look does wonders ). Example sound visualization at Freesound 2.0 Freesound went 2.0! CC-BY and CC0 as license options! (Unfortunately CC-BY-NC as well). Sampling+ remains for legacy sounds where authors have not switched to a modern license. Read the announcement here . Six-legged vehicle in Xonotic Xonotic 0.5 brings new ma...

One little bit of roguelike, One hint of click-n-point, One tiny bit of trade and then time for some things completely different

I make heavy use of YouTube and would like to know if this is an issue. Are you unable to play back YT videos? Don't you like videos and prefer more screenshots and text? Comment at the post's bottom or email me ! If you do have troubles with YT video viewing, perhaps TinyOgg might save you. :) [ example ] Doryen Arena is a real-time arena roguelike-like.. You buy weapons, you select and use skills, you kill and then you die. The end. :) Note: This video is sped up by approx. factor 3 for technical reasons and does not represent actual game speed. So-orry! Pyromancer , by the same developer, looks more fun to me, but I have not had the chance to test it yet. Both projects are visually rather impressive. Pretty lighting and fading and moving health numbers... Both use libtcod , which is a "fast, portable and uncomplicated API for roguelike developpers providing an advanced true color console, input, and lots of other utilities frequently used in roguelikes". Yet aga...