This page is dedicated to my roguelike games. If you don't know what a roguelike game is read on. All my games are created using my DemiseRL engine, using OpenGL, SDL and the freetype library. Roguelikes can take many years to create so please be patient but also be aware that things can be hastened by feedback. Software on this page can be used free of charge.
What is a Roguelike?
Downloads: Source Code. This is the first version of my port of rogue to Windows. There was an old DOS version floating around, but I couldn't find a native.
Roguelike. To put it simply, a roguelike is a game the resembles the game rogue. The game is generally a dungeon exploration game where each level is randomly generated and populated each time you play. Generally you take your character, usually represented by a '@' character in ASCII games, down to the bottom of the dungeon, complete some task and ascend to glory. Game play is turn-based and strategic in nature.
7DRL: Many of my games started there life off as a Seven Day Roguelike. This is a roguelike that was developed over the period of 168 hours. The idea is to create a fully working game with in a short period, as many roguelikes take years to be 'complete'. Sometimes having liked what I produce I set about expanding the concepts found in these games but the overall game play of the original release was kept.
My Games
I have been developing roguelikes games on and off since 2005. Below are some of my releases.
All my games are written for windows, however my code is based on platform independent libraries so if you want a game for another platform and you have time to compile it, go for it and let me know the results. Any non-windows binaries will be made available for download as soon as possible.
SewerJacks - The blood bowl roguelike
About: Originally this was my entry into the 2007 annual seven-day roguelike contest. However this game has under gone some further development. SewerJacks mechanics are based on Game Workshop's Blood Bowl. Take you failed blood bowl player down into the sewer and take up the only job available to him, a sewer jack. In blood bowl fashion you can team up with fellow computer controlled players to take on some nasties. Skills and races are based on those available in Blood Bowl. Do you have what it takes to be a sewer jack?
Screen Shots:
Interface: ASCII and graphical tiles.
Homepage: Here
Current Version 0.8.8a
Windows Binary: available at homepage.
Current Source: available at homepage.
Magic Fountain 7DRL
About: Another 7DRL, this one for the 2013 Seven Day Roguelike competition. Drawing inspiration from Art vs Science, Gorillaz, Warhammer, + more.
Homepage: Google Code
Interface: ASCII
Current Version: -
Windows Binary: Here
Waaaghammer 7DRL
About: Another 7DRL, this one for the 2012 Seven Day Roguelike competition. Warhammer 40k inspired. You get to play an orc, who strives to progress in orcish society. Orcs with guns, need I say more. Waaaaaagh!
Homepage: Google Code
Interface: ASCII
Current Version: 006
Windows Binary: Here
Waaaghammer 7DRL
About: Another 7DRL, this one for the 2012 Seven Day Roguelike competition. Warhammer 40k inspired. You get to play an orc, who strives to progress in orcish society. Orcs with guns, need I say more. Waaaaaagh!
Homepage: Google Code
Interface: ASCII
Current Version: 006
Windows Binary: Here
Inversion Of Control 7DRL
Homepage: Google Code
Screen Shots: Ascii_1Tile_1
Interface: ASCII and tiles
Current Version: 006
Windows Binary: Here
Troll Slayer 7DRL
About: This was my entry into the 2010 annual Seven day roguelike contest. Here you take a psychopathic dwarf down into the depths of the ruins of a dwarf stronghold and seek a glorious death to atone for past sins. Very few dwarf Slayers fail at this. Such is their way..
Homepage: Google Code
Screen Shots: Tiles1Interface: ASCII and tiles
Current Version: 004
Windows Binary: Here
Current Source: Here
Star Craft: Rogue Mercenaries -7DRL
About: This was my entry into the 2008 annual Seven day roguelike contest. Its a game built around Blizzard's Star Craft world, featuring the Zerg and Terrans. You play a Terran mercenary captain that has been given a series of missions to complete before you can retire. You can team up will fellow Terrans to help you accomplish the different mission objectives you face. Most units use actual stats from the Star Craft.
Homepage: Google Code
Screen Shots:
Interface: ASCII
Current Version: 005
Windows Binary: Here
Current Source: Currently Closed Source, code on request.
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
About: A roguelike based on the Fighting Fantasy book by Ian Livingstone and Steven Jackson. Descend deep into the mountain to acquire fame and fortune and defeat the evil warlock within, Zagor.
Screen Shots: 1,2,3
Interface: ASCII
Source Code Film
Homepage: Here
Current Version: Jun 27 2014, 0.2
Windows Binary: Here
Current Source: Here
Warlocks Mountain
About: A roguelike based on the Fighting Fantasy book by Ian Livingstone and Steven Jackson. Descend deep into the mountain to acquire fame and fortune and defeat the evil warlock within, Zagor. Mechanics are based on Dungeon and Dragons rather that the Fighting Fantasy.
Screen Shots:
Interface: ASCII and graphical tiles.
Homepage: None
Current Version: May 01 2008, 0.3.2a
Windows Binary: Here
Current Source: Currently Closed Source, code on request.
Other - Demos and alpha releases
DemiseRL: Orc Hunt. Lets hunt some orc. Kill 20 orcs to win the game. Win32 Binary. My first ever release, after 3 weeks of coding this is the result, note that it has a few bugs.
The Night the Rogue Maid Went Down. Possibly the only roguelike set on an off shore oil rig.
Links
corremns Blog - My current game development and ramblings.
Temple of the Roguelike - Info about what is happening in the roguelike world, includes forums.
RogueBasin - a roguelike wiki containing game info, articles and much more.
TIGSource - The Independent Games Source
Contact
What you don't know about game developers, we want feedback. The more feedback the more games are developed. So if you play a game and thought it had promise send a email the developers way. We crave notice.
Email: My contact details included in the game downloads. I will respond to all emails that get past my spam filter. If I don't respond its because I missed it. Try again. Send bug reports, abuse or abuse my way. Also you can find me at my blog.
Discussion of Corremn's games can be made at the following newsgroups rec.games.roguelike.development or rec.games.roguelike.misc. Put the specific game or question in the title of the post.
For a more modern forum, discussions can be made at the Temple of the Roguelike forums.
For those devs who would prefer tiles over ASCII, it's nice to have a premade tileset for prototyping or even to use for a full game. So another resource our sidebar could use is an aggregated list of available free or inexpensive roguelike tilesets.
I'll start off with the obvious core list:Edit: Removed, see compiled list below.
Please suggest any additional tilesets you're familiar with, or discuss/comment on any of the ones already listed above. New ones will be added to the OP for reference.
Roguelike Rpg Free
**Tilesets below are free except and use some form of fairly permissive license, except where noted. Follow the links for details.*
Oryx Design Lab ($20-$45): Multiple complete sets of sci-fi and fantasy sprites. Many sizes available.
DawnLike: Huge fantasy tileset based on the DawnBringer 16-color palette. 16x16.
Arachne: 8-color and 1-bit fantasy sets. 8x8.
Scroll-o-Sprites: Small set of 1-bit fantasy sprites. 16x16.
Angband: Full-color fantasy set. 16x16. (license)
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup: Huge fantasy set. 32x32. (A small subset of the tiles may not be public domain/CC0--for those that are check here.)
RL Tiles / Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup (older, but with easier preview): Fantasy set. 32x32, some 64x64.
RL Tiles / NetHack (Source Forge link):Fantasy set. 32x32. (More here, but license restrictive/unclear)
SLASH'EM (available with the source): Fantasy/NetHack tiles. 16x16, 32x32, 64x64. (License restrictive/unclear.)
David Gervais: Mostly Angband tiles (fantasy). 32x32.
Loveable Rogue: Small multicolor fantasy set. 16x16.
Squidi.net: Small fantasy set. 16x16.
Kenney: Medium-sized 'cute' roguelike/RPG tiles. 16x16.
Roguelike Fantasy Game Art Kit ($16.99): Huge set of creatures, items and more. 96x96 and larger.
Pixel Level ($5.00+): Dozens of themed dungeon tilesets. 32x32.
7Soul ($4.80+): JRPG-ish tiles. 16x16.
Tangar: 1-bit TomeNET fantasy set. Many sizes.
Explore OpenGameArt's Roguelike tag for some other nice sets.
Roguelikes Free
Miscellaneous tile-related resources:
Dwarf Fortress Tileset Repository: Mostly ASCII text and other CP437 glyphs, though some bitmaps also contain sprites.
Oldschool PC Font Resource: An amazing complete reference of old PC system/hardware fonts.
You may find others over at the relevant Rogue Basin page, though there is a lot of overlap with the above list, which I also used to update that page in some cases.