Roguelike Item Orthogonality...
This was originally posted on my Google+ page In my own roguelike game, Voyage to Farland, I've tried to add more depth to the gameplay to distinguish it from a dungeon crawler & other games that...
View ArticleThe Early Days of Voyage to Farland
Since Voyage to Farland has been tagged as a “Shiren clone” and I’ve embraced that concept (hey, Shiren is awesome so why not?) I thought I’d write out a few notes about my thinking as I developed the...
View ArticleMystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
In a previous blog post, I pointed out that my game Voyage to Farland is heavily influenced by the Japanese console roguelike game Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer and that it's even been called a...
View ArticleDev Let's Play videos of Voyage to Farland
The idea came up on a recent RoguelikeRadio episode that developers should make Let's Play videos of their own games. I've actually already done a series highlighting The Path of No Return (the...
View ArticleThe Thatched Hamlet from Voyage to Farland
Yesterday I posted to the blog with a couple of Dev Let's Play videos from my roguelike game. I originally got the idea from an episode of the RoguelikeRadio podcast. So this morning I'm continuing...
View ArticleStill more Let's Play videos
FlyingShisno did an extensive run through the starter dungeon in Voyage to Farland. It includes one of the most amazing escapes possible (back from HP=1) at about 1 minute into Part 5 of this 5 part...
View ArticleLet's Play video of The Vial Trial
I made another Developer Let's Play video - this time going through the bonus dungeon called The Vial Trial. WARNING: this whole video is a big SPOILER because the unlocking mechanism is supposed to be...
View ArticleNot a PC game, but Earthbound is still awesome
Back in 2006, three things were key in converting me from a lapsed gamer back into an active gamer: long train commutes to workthe Nintendo DS Litethe Mother 1+2 GBA re-issueWhat the heck is Mother 1+2...
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