Minecraft? What's Minecraft?

Posted by Astryl on June 15, 2011, 3:57 p.m.

So, two days ago I was wandering through the wilderness of the Drakalor chain, muttering some incantations to myself, when I stumbled upon a pack of wild jackals. As I was being torn apart, I remembered that Blazing Potion I had in my pocket, as well as the Light potion. Like any curious Alchemist, I mixed the two.

Two seconds later I realized I, and every one of the jackals, had been blown to pieces in a major conflagration.

Now, if you aren't lost yet, I'm talking about ADOM, my latest gaming addiction. Minecraft pales in comparison IMO.

Of course, this is what I'd say about Dwarf Fortress too.

How about another tale?

Once again, I was wandering around minding my own business (This time as a Drakish Fighter, in a dungeon). I had just encountered an Ogre and dispatched him with ease. Pleased with my accomplishment I walked up to a nearby door. It was locked. So feeling overconfident I kicked it down, only to realize to my dismay a few seconds later that some mischievous magician had rigged the door. My armor, weapons and body were shredded apart by a magical explosion. Local newspapers sport the headline "Mighty adventurer defeated by a door!".

So, anyway, I've been coding a Roguelike library in SFML, been working on HYDRA (Which is still practically finished, but I'm still taking my time), tinkered with GM and almost completed another fangame.

So, anything going on that's NOT Minecraft? (Besides the comp mentioned in the newsfeed. I'm entering it).

Comments

death 13 years, 5 months ago

truth be told, i've never played a game with ASCII graphics… someday i might =P

Moikle 13 years, 5 months ago

i played nethack :) but i got confused :(

Cesque 13 years, 5 months ago

Quote:
i played nethack :) but i got confused :(

This article should help you.

Moikle 13 years, 5 months ago

:P

mesenberg 13 years, 5 months ago

i used to have a game (looong time ago) called castle of the wind. this kinda reminds me of this, but castle of the wind had much nicer graphics haha

Astryl 13 years, 5 months ago

Nethack is confusing :P

That's the first Roguelike I played, and I gave up after a day or two. Another good one is Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, a visual remake of the Roguelike 'Crawl' (It has bitmap art for those less inclined to play ASCII games)

Still, while other games may have better graphics, ADOM has better gameplay, considering that the game is practically all gameplay, no graphics.

Also, what other game allows you to play the glockenspiel while fighting off hordes of Female Goblin Rockthrowers? (The Glockenspiel was cursed D:)

Juju 13 years, 5 months ago

I dislike Rogue-likes because they're unfairly hard. They are games for gamers. Which is a shame because I love proc-gen but I don't have the necessary obsessive compulsive disorder.

Alert Games 13 years, 5 months ago

Yeah what is minecraft?

All im getting is page not found, and a refused connection. :o

Kamira 13 years, 5 months ago

Well, that IS 64D's primary function.

Moikle 13 years, 5 months ago

the primary function is to defeat the evil power which will reveal itself once the grandmaster has bought all the chinpokomon