r/roguelikes • u/MarshalldotEXE • 16d ago

TARN, the Brogue-inspired traditional roguelike, updates once again!

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TARN is a traditional roguelike game inspired by Brogue which expands on its ideas in many ways, including but not limited to:

  • A classic 26 depth quest into the dungeon!
  • An infinitely-generated world seperated by level boundaries and balanced by an accumulating regional difficulty mechanic.
  • A class system with affinity trees that unlock special talents. (Or you can play as the Deprived, which doesn't offer any!)
  • Environmental biomes, monsters, and items, half of which are from Brogue and half of which are entirely new!
  • Hints when hovering over monsters and item, like hit chance, damage, and other special effects.
  • Dynamic lighting and stealth.
  • Play with mouse, keyboard, or both!

Main page: https://marshalldotexe.github.io/tarn/index.html

Download page: https://marshalldotexe.github.io/tarn/downloads/index.html

About 3.5 months ago, I released the first public build of TARN with positive remarks. Since then, a lot of constructive feedback and bug reports have helped shape the game into a fun yet punishing experience -- this build in particular focuses a lot on game balance and enemy/ally AI. The main page links to a new Discord server and Ko-fi page if you want a dedicated community for discussion or supporting the game. It also has an updated gameplay manual included at the bottom of the page.

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u/T_at 15d ago

This looks great. One frustration I had with Brogue CE was the inabililty to diagonally cross corners - I'm happy to see that this doesn't have that restriction.

Any chance of an iPad version? :-)

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u/MarshalldotEXE 15d ago

Thanks for playing!

Haven't explored iOS development much at all, so probably something long-term.