July 17, 2020, 01:50
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Roguelike Celebration
Since 2016 the Roguelike Celebration has been held in approximately October each year at the Github offices in San Francisco. This year it will be a virtual event, which means it's actually feasible for me to attend it.
So I'm thinking I should present in some way - but what? My current thought is a really brief historical intro to Angband followed by a Q+A session. Anyone else care to offer an opinion?
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July 17, 2020, 03:34
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I think that would be nice. I would also mention a little of Angband's design philosophy which is somewhat unique in the roguelike world.
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July 17, 2020, 14:41
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I think design 'philosophy' is a red herring, but angband has some design characteristics.
Non-persistent levels, the town, infinite resources, monsters that can one-shot you, these are the things that separate angband from other roguelikes in terms of gameplay. The ultimate result is that you have permission to dive. |
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July 22, 2020, 02:25
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Hasn't a history of Angband has already been presented there? Doesn't mean it can't be done again, and I'm sure it would be different given your perspective.
I feel like you could talk quite a bit about your role and the decisions you made as maintainer in 4.0-4.2 etc. How do you update something that people are drawn to as a classic? |
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July 22, 2020, 02:41
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Unfortunately this has all become academic, as I missed the deadline...
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June 5, 2021, 21:45
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It's academic no more (sorry for the necro, is that still frowned upon?).
I'm Danny, one of the volunteer organizers w/ Roguelike Celebration, and Vanilla Angband came up when we were ideating on who to approach for talks. We'd love if you submitted a talk especially one along the lines of what's been discussed in this thread. This year's is online again, and the CFP is out. If you need any more info or have questions, feel free to ping me. Thanks |
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June 6, 2021, 02:55
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Cool, I'll be in touch.
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June 6, 2021, 05:11
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excellent!
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September 5, 2021, 04:23
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That's awesome
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