7DRL
Friday, April 8th, 2011
The Honorable Evaluation Committee, courtesy of Ataraxia Theatre
With forty-six completed 7DRLs this year,
some people wonder how they will have time to play them all!
Fortunately, that is simple…
Just play about about 1.1304347826 a week for the next year.
For those less dedicated, a team of evaluators was assembled to give all the roguelikes a once-over. We graded the roguelikes under six categories using a simple three point scale. We ensured every roguelike was graded by at least two reviewers, and aimed for most to have three reviewers.
After a long week of playing, we present our results!
Check them out here, at Roguetemple’s 7DRL Shrine! http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/2011/
The Honorable Members of the Committee
- @ Jeff Lait, Serf in Zincland
- @ Jice, Marquis of Doryen
- @ Ido Yehieli, Lord of Tametick
- @ Michael Curran, Knight Burzmali
- @ Michal Bielinski, Warrior of Ancient
- @ Darren Grey, Scholar of the roguelike world
- @ Slash, Priest of the Temple of Roguelike
This list is not meant to be an authoritative ranking of the games. If you dive in, you will see different reviewers often disagreed on the rankings.
Instead, it is a way for you to help select which 7DRLs are likely to have things of interest to you.
Specific comments were also written by reviewers. Note that these are criticism for the developer to better improve the game – please do not be unduly offended if they are nitpicky or consist of “I got killed by a ferret on the first screen”.
The categories are, with description of what a 3 means:
- Completeness: Bug free, polished game with no features that feel like they are missing.
- Aesthetics: Good looking, excellent controls and UI.
- Fun: If you try any 7DRLs, try this one.
- Innovation: Brings something fundamentally new to roguelikes.
- Scope: Beyond what you think could have been done in seven days.
- Roguelike: 3 means Roguelike, 2 means Roguelike-like, 1 means Not Roguelike. Each reviewer used their own personal definition here.
Thanks to all the members of the committee for their great efforts, we hope you enjoy it! Thanks to kaw too, for providing the tools to generate the results page.
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
So, we now have a compiled list of all entries.
The Ancient Holy Roman 7DRL Evaluation Committee has already assembled and taken the daunting task of reviewing all successful entries, expect a detailed evaluation soonish!
In the meantime, stay tuned to templeoftheroguelike youtube channel, where we are posting videos of some of the entries.
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
And so it was that 99 brave challengers entered the 2011 seven day roguelike challenge!
Of those, 46 returned alive, claiming to have a finished and playable game… Now it is your turn to judge!
The Newcomers (First 7DRL Challenge)
Experienced (2 7DRL Challenges)
Gentlemen (3-4 Challenges)
Singing, happy drunks (5+ Challenges)
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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
The challenge has started! Many entrants declared start date and game title. Announcement thread is over seventy posts by now but there is still time to proclaim participation until end of March 6th. A success thread for victorious challengers is already created.
Visit http://7drl.org/ weblog to read how development struggle goes or to learn that other authors are also desperately tracking down a bad pointer reference on the 167th hour.
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
The 2011 7DRL Challenge, March 5 to 13
The time has almost come! Gather all your strengths and build a roguelike, be it your first one or your next one.
A good roguelike is an expression of pure gameplay: as a developer you can turn your ideas into games for the people to enjoy, without the constraints of 3d modeling or expensive graphics creation.
Developing a roguelike also allows you to portrait a theme within the limitations of abstract or simple gfx output, but having imagination as a tool to recreate infinite environments and stories
Summon your indie gamedev friends, be they roguedevs or not for this, the annual roguelike development party!
Links of interest:
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
The 2010 7DRL Challenge Medal was designed by Oryx, great roguelike artist, Congratulations to all!
The Newcomers (First 7DRL Challenge) [34]
- Aave
- Andy
- Andy M
- Austin Wilburn
- Barry
- Darren Grey
- Derrick Creamer
- Dto1138
- Flyingofx
- Fobbah
- Geoffrey White
- Heroic Fisticuffs
- Hmp
- Increpare
- Isnok
- James Pendergrast
- Jo
- Kkarios
- Magellan
- Michael Curran
- Millkka Kilkkila
- Mo Collector
- Nathaniel Inman
- Oohara Yuuma
- Pammpi
- Pol
- Purplearcanist
- Qwertyuiopas
- Sock Puppet
- Steev
- Timothy S. Murphy
- Tipa
- Trystan.s
- Win
Experienced (2 Challenges) [10]
- Bryan Strait
- Deej
- Ekolis
- Flend
- Ido
- Kaw
- Konstantin Stupnik
- Legend of Angband
- Sir Lewk
- Vlad Dumitru
Gentleman (3-4 Challenges) [5]
- Corremn
- Timofei Shatrov
- Buub0nik
- Numeron
- Sinoth
Singing, happy drunks (5+ Challenges)
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
With fifty completed 7DRLs this year, some people wonder how they will have time to play them all! Fortunately, that is simple…
Just play one a week for the next year.
For those less dedicated, a team of evaluators was assembled to give all the roguelikes a once-over. We graded the roguelikes under six categories using a simple three point scale. We ensured every roguelike was graded by at least two reviewers, and aimed for most to have three reviewers.
After a long week of playing, we present our results!
Check them out here, at Roguetemple’s 7DRL Shrine! http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/2010/
The Honorable Members of the Committee
- @ Darren Grey
- @ Ido Yehieli
- @ Jeff Lait
- @ Jice
- @ Joseph Larson
- @ Kaw
- @ Michael Curran
- @ Slash
This list is not meant to be an authoritative ranking of the games. If you dive in, you will see different reviewers often disagreed on the rankings.
Instead, it is a way for you to help select which 7DRLs are likely to have things of interest to you.
Specific comments were also written by reviewers. Note that these are criticism for the developer to better improve the game – please do not be unduly offended if they are nitpicky or consist of “I got killed by a ferret on the first screen”.
The categories are, with description of what a 3 means:
- Completeness: Bug free, polished game with no features that feel like they are missing.
- Aesthetics: Good looking, excellent controls and UI.
- Fun: If you try any 7DRLs, try this one.
- Innovation: Brings something fundamentally new to roguelikes.
- Scope: Beyond what you think could have been done in seven days.
- Roguelike: 3 means Roguelike, 2 means Roguelike-like, 1 means Not Roguelike. Each reviewer used their own personal definition here.
Thanks to all the members of the committee for their great efforts, we hope you enjoy it!
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
The results are in, congratulations to all the challengers!
(All but the runaways, that’s it :P)
Challengers: 87
Success: 49
Failure: 18
Runaway: 20
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
The challenge is on with an outstanding number of 77 7DRL Challengers!
You can still announce yours!
Roguetemple presents you all of them, for your viewing pleasure! (All times are GMT-5)
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Fobbah on 03/08/10, 08:59:00
- ‘Pit of Hate’ by Walter Landry on 03/08/10, 02:30:00
- ‘Bane of the Living’ by Derrick Creamer on 03/07/10, 23:59:00
- ‘Troll Slayer ‘ by Corremn on 03/07/10, 23:16:00
- ‘Dungeonslayers RL ‘ by Kyle on 03/07/10, 23:12:00
- ‘Vapourtek Theatre ‘ by sinoth on 03/07/10, 23:01:00
- ‘AarrrRL! ‘ by Todd Page on 03/07/10, 22:39:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by dto1138 on 03/07/10, 22:08:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Matt_S on 03/07/10, 22:03:00
- ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ by James Meickle on 03/07/10, 20:38:00
- ‘ChuRL’ by jonypawks on 03/07/10, 19:51:00
- ‘Robobot’ by Barry on 03/07/10, 19:32:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Allan on 03/07/10, 19:01:00
- ‘Muert: Racial Prison Riot (Rape) Mayhem’ by pol on 03/07/10, 18:16:00
- ‘Fury’ by David A on 03/07/10, 17:51:00
- ‘PrincessRL’ by flend on 03/07/10, 17:36:00
- ‘GUNFIST!’ by jorbrads on 03/07/10, 17:12:00
- ‘RULER’ by Slash on 03/07/10, 16:53:00
- ‘Rogues in the Ascii World of Open Street Map’ by Altefcat on 03/07/10, 15:28:00
- ‘Toby the Trapper’ by Darren Grey on 03/07/10, 15:05:00
- ‘Earl Spork’ by deej on 03/07/10, 14:51:00
- ‘Quest For 7 ‘ by Andy M on 03/07/10, 12:49:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by kaw on 03/07/10, 12:00:00
- ‘CamelRL ‘ by Sherm Pendley on 03/07/10, 11:54:00
- ‘Smart Kobolds ‘ by Jeff Lait on 03/07/10, 09:27:00
- ‘The Legend of Kalamakkara’ by Miikka Kilkkilä on 03/07/10, 07:48:00
- ‘Lunar Shards ‘ by 10Print on 03/07/10, 07:47:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Nassi_setä on 03/07/10, 04:49:00
- ‘A Quest Too Far ‘ by Geoffrey White on 03/07/10, 03:47:00
- ‘Madness ‘ by hmp on 03/07/10, 03:08:00
- ‘A Lively Fisting ‘ by Jaldhar on 03/07/10, 02:21:00
- ‘The Rogue’s Quest ‘ by failrate on 03/06/10, 21:35:00
- ‘MazeBand ‘ by Legend of Angband on 03/06/10, 21:32:00
- ‘Spell and Spear ‘ by Austin Wilburn on 03/06/10, 19:43:00
- ‘¤ ‘ by Nik Coughlin on 03/06/10, 18:54:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by purplearcanist on 03/06/10, 16:43:00
- ‘Chompy! ‘ by edenicholas on 03/06/10, 16:42:00
- ‘Windfall Serenade: Alpine Quest Dragooner ‘ by Devon on 03/06/10, 16:30:00
- ‘GartenRL’ by Required field cannot be left blank on 03/06/10, 16:28:00
- ‘Math: The Roguelike ‘ by kkairos on 03/06/10, 16:11:00
- ‘Jellies in a Jam ‘ by win on 03/06/10, 15:58:00
- ‘Einherjar ‘ by Fenrir on 03/06/10, 15:21:00
- ‘RunRight’ by trystan.s@comcast.net on 03/06/10, 14:14:00
- ‘RavenousRL ‘ by steev on 03/06/10, 13:55:00
- ‘Bidden ‘ by George Oliver on 03/06/10, 12:28:00
- ‘RogueBand Hero ‘ by flyingofx on 03/06/10, 11:58:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Timothy M on 03/06/10, 11:51:00
- ‘Defender of ASCII ‘ by Holyaxe on 03/06/10, 11:04:00
- ‘Laser Spigot ‘ by Andy on 03/06/10, 10:57:00
- ‘Project Purgatorio ‘ by Chris Wentzel on 03/06/10, 10:55:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Ryan Szrama on 03/06/10, 10:52:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Konstantin Stupnik on 03/06/10, 10:48:00
- ‘Smash Arena ‘ by Ed Kolis on 03/06/10, 10:19:00
- ‘World of Roguecraft ‘ by Tipa on 03/06/10, 10:19:00
- ‘Panicc ‘ by Grandi on 03/06/10, 09:43:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Qwertyuiopas on 03/06/10, 09:27:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Ilmuri on 03/06/10, 08:31:00
- ‘The Ultimate Ending of the Dead ‘ by Pekka on 03/06/10, 08:19:00
- ‘Simulacrum ‘ by Paranoid Death Fantasy on 03/06/10, 08:15:00
- ‘Backward children ‘ by Thomas Berglund on 03/06/10, 07:49:00
- ‘Shopdoom ‘ by pammpi on 03/06/10, 06:52:00
- ‘Hitmen For Destiny: the game ‘ by Timofei Shatrov on 03/06/10, 06:46:00
- ‘Constellation ‘ by Asceai on 03/06/10, 06:43:00
- ‘SpelunkeRL ‘ by Arwus Decker on 03/06/10, 06:38:00
- ‘Go!’ by Sock Puppet on 03/06/10, 06:35:00
- ‘Generic fantasy thingy ‘ by magellan on 03/06/10, 05:23:00
- ‘Divine battle is about to start! ‘ by aave on 03/06/10, 04:58:00
- ‘Old school roguelike ‘ by Vlad Dumitru on 03/06/10, 04:37:00
- ‘Underhall ‘ by elig on 03/06/10, 04:29:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by jab on 03/06/10, 03:00:00
- ‘GenEric Zombie Roguelike ‘ by idontexist on 03/06/10, 02:39:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Oohara Yuuma on 03/06/10, 02:35:00
- ‘This’ by zarat on 03/06/10, 00:26:00
- ‘Project “Hitting Things with Sticks” ‘ by Movius C. Longhair on 03/06/10, 00:08:00
- ‘Undisclosed’ by Sir_Lewk on 03/06/10, 00:01:00
- ’7SRL. ‘ by Ben on 03/05/10, 21:45:00
- ‘Domination Empires ‘ by Numeron on 03/05/10, 20:15:00
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
The 2010 7DRL Challenge starts next Saturday March 6!
Knights from all over the land are waving their standards into our kingdom… it’s time to play!
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