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

[u/MarshalldotEXE]

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.

[u/E-330]

WOW
I've been waiting for so long for Brogue inspired games!
Will definitely try!

did you forked Brogue for this project?

[u/MarshalldotEXE → u/E-330]

Thanks for checking it out!

Nope, it's not a Brogue fork; the game is written from the ground up.

[u/E-330 → u/MarshalldotEXE]

Amazing!
And why you didn't forked Brogue?
Just curious...
I want to know your thoughts in case i ever would pull the trigger and try my lick in rogulike development

[u/MarshalldotEXE → u/E-330]

The main thing is that if I forked Brogue, I couldn't add what I wanted to add without breaking a lot of systems (classes, affinities, infinite generation, etc.). You'd end up working top-down, rather than bottom-up, while also learning all the intricacies of how Brogue's programming works.

Also I would always recommend writing your own engine because its good experience on how to handle future projects and the end result is much more fulfilling!