Sprite Castle 110: Rogue (Live)

So we're gonna talk about Rogue and we're also gonna talk about Roguelikes.

Roguelikes are games that are derivative from the original game Rogue.

Now there are certain things that are part of the game mechanics of Rogue that Roguelikes have to also have those things to be called a Roguelike.

So in Rogue, first of all, It's procedurally generated, so most people would just say it's randomly generated, but there are rules to the randomness.

But every, for example, the map on every level of Rogue is set up like a tic-tac-toe.

There's nine possible grids, so there could be a room in each one of those things.

So it's random, but not completely random.

It's also, you have turn-based combat.

So every time in Rogue, every time you move, the monsters move.

And it's one and one and one and one.

So when you make a roguelite, usually you incorporate that into it as well.

We also have, this is more important, I think, was resource management.

So everything in Rogue is finite.

So you have like X amount of food.

You have X amount of food.

crossbow bolts, you have all those things.

So as you run out of things, you have to manage the number of things that you're getting.

Oh, I guess it is important, you're a single character.

So when you think about games like Wizardry or Bard's Tale or things that were kind of seem like they're inspired by Rogue, they're not really considered to be Rogue-likes because you have a party of people.

So in Rogue, you just play as one character.

And then finally, the most important thing to know about Rogue is that it features permadeath.

So when you are dead in Rogue, you are dead in Rogue.

There is no resurrection.

There's no getting inventory from that character.

There's no bringing that character back.