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Status of variants?
So, I am returning after an absence of about two years, and is curious about the status of variants.
I am mostly interested in knowing about the following: - Which variants other than vanilla is available fully under GPL? - Which variants are under active development? - Which variants have the best UI? - Which active variants are the most innovative? |
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![]() My impression is S, Fay (new continuation of Ey), NPP, Quick, FA are the most obviously active. Also there's ToME 4, which is a massive rewrite. Quote:
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It is most dormant, but I found someone actively create a full tile set for the denizens of hell, once that is done I will be back to full speed Hellband. For best UI/innovative I havent played enough the recent versions of the other variants to answer. T.
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Two of my recent favorites...
DaJAngband plays a lot like Vanilla (but different). It introduced the ability to hear nearby monsters, based on the characters perception skill. For a character with high perception, it functions like intermittent short range ESP. Morgoth was a pushover??? venture further and beat death itself for an enhanced victory. Very cool, though I think Will just took a step back from active development. Just out of the gates, forked from Ey, try FayAngband for an Ironmanish experience without having to go hard core ironman. Fay removed Word of Recall entirely. Any up staircase takes you back to town, but up stairs are scarce, and since theres not guaranteed to one on any given level, you'd best be prepared to spend a prolonged amount of time in the dungeon. Fail safe escapes seem rare as well though I haven't really made it far enough to reliably comment on that.
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I seems to recall now you mentioned it the last time I was active, so I should have remembered that one. |
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DaJAngband had been in active development until very recently. I may or may not get back to it. Since I never looked at and never really cared what GPL involved, DAJ probably is not under it. |
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