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Dungeon Robber, an old-school flash game that is addictive and awesome.

Started by Archangel Fascist, August 02, 2013, 09:46:37 PM

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Archangel Fascist

August 02, 2013, 09:46:37 PM
Link to the website.

You start off as an adventurer.  You explore dungeons, kill monsters, and collect loot.  You will die a lot.  You level up and retire your adventurer to unlock new goodies.  I could spend all day playing this.  Basic Dungeon Robber is easier (stronger starting characters and can reload saves) while Advanced is hard mode (weaker starting characters and permadeath).  Even the creator says he hasn't gotten past the fifth tier in the Advanced setting.

It's awesome, so give it a spin.

Imp

#1
August 02, 2013, 10:27:28 PM
This should probably go in "Other Games." That said you should sell it with the blurb, which I'll transcribe partially:

QuoteThe very first single-player dungeoncrawl game was not a video game. It was a seriers of charts printed in the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons, back in 1979. By rolling dice according to the instructions, you could generate a dungeon which was illogical, arbitrary, super-lethal, and which often didn't even produce usable results.

THIS GAME USES THOSE CHARTS.

It is pretty fun. :)

MonsterSlayer

#4
August 03, 2013, 01:34:02 AM
Thanks for sharing, I just woke up from an hour and a half crack fueled stupor after clicking your link.

There should be "addiction" warnings like there are for "spoilers".

Kyle Aaron

#5
August 03, 2013, 05:22:23 AM
One of my guys slid down some stairs a few levels down to level 5, met some monsters, snuck past them and got the treasure, made his way back up fleeing from everything he saw, and retired as town mayor :)

The character generation and combat etc rules seem like something that could be written up in a page or two, it'd be interesting to see them.
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August 04, 2013, 12:04:26 AM Last Edit: August 04, 2013, 01:15:48 AM by Doom
Seems like pretty influenced by AD&D, those tables sure look like they're out of the DMG.

Anyone know if there's a way to equip henchman? I know, the game's not intended to be deep, but it's a shame to have to drag around an AC 10 henchie when I've got spare plate laying around.

And, bah, the +1 plate mail is bugged...no bonus to armor, or at least it suddenly doesn't stack with a shield.
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August 04, 2013, 01:39:59 AM
Quote from: Doom;677064Seems like pretty influenced by AD&D, those tables sure look like they're out of the DMG.

Anyone know if there's a way to equip henchman? I know, the game's not intended to be deep, but it's a shame to have to drag around an AC 10 henchie when I've got spare plate laying around.

And, bah, the +1 plate mail is bugged...no bonus to armor, or at least it suddenly doesn't stack with a shield.

Those tables are out of the DMG.  There was someone doing posters of various AD&D DMG "random xyz" charts a while back, that's what the central "exploration" image/animation is, I do believe.
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everloss

#8
August 04, 2013, 12:29:09 PM
My dude retired as a knight. Didn't take that long to get that high cause I found several gems worth thousands of GP, each.

I don't get the point of the 10 ft pole though. It didn't seem to serve any purpose except as a fishing pole when I came across a stream.
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everloss

#9
August 04, 2013, 12:45:24 PM
It was fun to play through once, but the fact that it didn't save means I've lost all interest now.
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Catelf

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August 04, 2013, 01:03:03 PM
Quote from: everloss;677173It was fun to play through once, but the fact that it didn't save means I've lost all interest now.

Didn't save?
As soon as i exit the Dungeon, it saves for me, and the same when i exchange gold for xp in the bank, or re-enters the dungeoun ....

So what do you mean "not save"?
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#11
August 04, 2013, 01:05:51 PM
Quote from: everloss;677173It was fun to play through once, but the fact that it didn't save means I've lost all interest now.

It seems to save by ip address or something. The game remembered my yeoman that I retired the night before. I retired a 2nd-level so now I can hire henchmen. I think I will retire characters after each new tier of abilities open. Hopefully the new abilities make advancing easier.

everloss

#12
August 04, 2013, 01:25:50 PM
I mean that, after I closed my browser, it reset and didn't save my retired character. So the fighter class is not unlocked now.
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Rincewind1

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August 04, 2013, 03:16:11 PM
Quote from: everloss;677173It was fun to play through once, but the fact that it didn't save means I've lost all interest now.

It saved for me, so I think that your cookies are to blame, or lack of thereof.
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#14
August 04, 2013, 10:29:44 PM
Cool game! Thanks for sharing.
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