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Roguelike programmers needed

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Sun Sep 18 13:47:01 EDT 2005 
Robert Kern wrote:
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> Google is your friend.
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True, that.... :-)

But what the heck. The average roguelike is a hack 'n' slash computer
game based on tabletop roleplaying games, most often Dungeons and
Dragons. The graphics in most roguelikes have stayed the same since the
70's (i.e. ASCII text) when the grand-daddy of all roguelikes, Rogue,
was born. Most roguelikes are completely open-source.

The most popular roguelikes are Angband (
http://thangorodrim.angband.org ) and Nethack ( http://www.nethack.org
). There are literally dozens of others--some variants, some
original--but listing them here would take too much time.

Don't be fooled by their apparent simplicity! What most roguelikes lack
in graphics they make up for in game play. These suckers are addictive.
You have been warned!
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