J.A. Machete
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J.A. Machete
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Gothrockin' weirdo. Love traditional roguelikes (ascii), StonerDoomhead. Rockabilly/Surf too. Will be on my laptop most of the time, playing my own Variant.
ZMAngband 0.7F ME
https://jose-machete.itch.io/zmangband07me (Angband -> ZAngband Variant)
#ZMangband #traditionalroguelike #Variant ...would be to get traps (or similar) attached to doors. I have been meddling with it and the code doesnt complain but I still have a long rough road to make that functional. More and more ideas still in the cauldron!
November 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#ZMangband #traditionalroguelike #Variant ...leveling up (kinda more in line with Compos/Poschen) gives the characters a growing up feeling that,sorry but,old ZAng lacked.
I have managed to make locked/stuck doors to alert monsters around when forced/kicked in, and as per now, my goal (hard but)...
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
cd Dungeon_level_2/

...dang. Sounds fckn awesome.
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
...I have even accomplished the rogueliker dad's dream: turning my 9 y.o. in to another avid ascii D**mRL lover! He likes my Variant too, and that feels like a potion of blessing. But yea, where can I paypal you my humble help?
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Awe, sounds good. I can chip in with my grain of sand :) if only to collaborate, at least. But for me, old rogueliker ascii-die-hard, if AliensRL can achieve a similar development as D**MRL, I will be on Cloud 9. I do play both of them often. DRL in ascii console has a sweet spot in my heart, and...
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hello! So, where do we sign the petition for AliensRL being the vessel of that high energized vibes?

Glad to find you here, reddit just drains my HP... Following you through the ages and media platforms \m/_
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And it does look nice indeed :) along with Diabaig and Delve, quite the addition to 2025's list. My own addition is just yet another ZAng variant, second division stuff compared to yours. Yet I feel sometimes part of the movement :) #ASCIIdreams
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Please, besides reddit's, post it on @roguetemple.bsky.social where the die-hard Roguelike asciiheads lurk free. Also, mastodon has a nice fanbase (and btw quite nice) for our niche genre. Congrats again :)
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Any plans on adding anything else to it in a future? I was crossing fingers you would put a gentle push forward with more content while keeping the game's spirit, if you see what I'm saying.
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by J.A. Machete
The only smiley face I will accept in a filename is the ones from the extended MS-DOS ASCII.
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm so glad I left the applefanboyhood behind. And I had a Mac 2014. Laptops I have had none tho
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
...but it ain't a cult!
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hello! Sorry for the delayed report, today i've been able to give the game a proper try. Love the og Rogue feeling, simplicity, visually is bliss. Reminds me of Mr Biskup 's Grog, which is saying something. Good replayability, ofc, as i was fully expecting. Congrats.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reposted by J.A. Machete
People in 1993 wanted to group discussions about Rogue, NetHack, Angband, etc. in one place. The unifying property was that the "interface" i.e. the way you interact in the game (the way you move and fight). They called it "roguelike" because Rogue was the first game that influenced others.
January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Come to Linux, break those micro$$$oft chains!
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Cada acusación es una admisión implícita...
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Anyone who thinks a girl at 12 can be considered a woman, has a couple wrongly wired braincells.
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM