Three more are in that category if you can find them; slashem, unnethack, and nhtng. I share your experience with this class of games. Dungeons randomize each game too.
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Travis Siegel wrote: > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:50:09 > From: Travis Siegel <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] larn discovery > > Larn is a game in a group of games collectively called rogue like. > > Larn, moria, nethack, rogue (the original), and probably others are all > similar in game play, even if the story changes, the basic play is identical, > you move around a dungeon, collect items, and delve deeper to solve/complete a > task, (usually to kill something on the deepest floor of the dungeon).? I've > played all of the above games, and never managed to beat any of them.? Guess > rogue likes just aren't my best genre.? Still like them though, and still play > nethack from time to time. > > On 7/25/2019 1:53 AM, Lenron wrote: > > Could someone please post the link to grab this game? > > > > On 7/25/19, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No sound, and no mud. You play this on your local machine. Your screen > >> reader produces what sounds come from the game as a result of reading > >> text. > >> You start out on the town screen after giving a character name which has > >> three types of characters. > >> Letters which are monsters who would like to chew on your face and other > >> parts. The period character which is open ground, and numbers which are > >> locations to enter. > >> You enter those with upper-case E and except for the dungeon which is 8 > >> and volcano which is 9 you use > >> escape key to leave the others. > >> You got a sick daughter at home and 10,000 moves to first get enough > >> experience in the dungeon; next sell gems at bank, next upgrade > >> equipment at D&D store, and next enter the volcano to find the potion > >> that will cure your daughter. I think there's another mission after > >> that one, but I've never lived long enough to find out. > >> It's a top down view game like nethack and rogue and hack if you've ever > >> played those. In the dungeon, the # character is a wall and though > >> looking with : and ^searching for traps with ^ are supported, no long > >> searching is done in this game like in nethack. > >> I haven't figured out how to wear rings yet but I'm working on that. > >> > >> On Wed, 24 Jul 2019, lori duncan wrote: > >> > >>> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:46:30 > >>> From: lori duncan <[email protected]> > >>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] larn discovery > >>> > >>> What game is this, and does it have sound or is it just a mud. > >>> > >>> On 24/07/2019 21:45, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >>>> I was getting killed off early and often so changed game strategy and > >>>> started reading scrolls and books and drinking potions when found. I > >>>> was > >>>> confused for a while from one of those potions, but one of the scrolls > >>>> I > >>>> read asked for a direction so I gave it one. A ray shot out and > >>>> crumbled > >>>> a statue and I got another scroll out of the statue. So apparently > >>>> statues are scroll or book holders and unlike nethack don't have to be > >>>> moved a couple levels to yield their contents. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#120862): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/120862 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32591480/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
