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Old 12-30-2008, 11:49 AM
Yeah, you read that right. It's also freeware. Spelunky is a platform game, but the levels are randomly generated. It's also got a nice old-school La-Mulana vibe. It's also lots of fun!



What really impresses me about this game is that it's got the feel of a rogue-like while playing like a platform game. Every time you die (and you will die a lot), you know the death was your fault. Most every run-through, you learn some new mechanic that will help you the next time. Bit by bit, you get further and further. It also has the random-ness of the encounters of roguelikes - you throw a pot at a spider, it triggers an arrow trap, the arrow shoots the girl you are trying to save....etc.

There's lots of wacky items to find, treasure to search for, and giant boulders to run from. Go at it! (** Now updated to version 0.99, with extra shortcut and other new material!)
 

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Old 12-30-2008, 11:51 AM
This sounds incredibly interesting, but it's blocked form work so I can't play it so now I hate you.*

*I don't hate you.
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Old 12-30-2008, 11:57 AM
sounds very cool, ill try it out in a bit

if people it alot, you should make a post on the indie games thread so it gets saved
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:36 PM
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This sounds incredibly interesting, but it's blocked form work so I can't play it so now I hate you.*

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I can never understand how work places choose which sites to block. Perhaps independent games are close to independent films which are close to pornography?
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:38 PM
Downloading! Can't play until after work, though. Blargh!
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:40 PM
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This sounds incredibly interesting, but it's blocked form work so I can't play it so now I hate you.*

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I can never understand how work places choose which sites to block. Perhaps independent games are close to independent films which are close to pornography?
Likely the filter is screwy. From what I understand of the one at the library, it 'reads' the page, looking for specific words, and if they are found, it blocks the site. Of course, it's broken all to hell, because it's let me see the word 'fuck', but not ... well, I don't know, because they'd've been blocked. Now I have the password, so all is good.

Game looks fun, will try.
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:42 PM
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This sounds incredibly interesting, but it's blocked form work so I can't play it so now I hate you.*

*I don't hate you.
I can never understand how work places choose which sites to block. Perhaps independent games are close to independent films which are close to pornography?
Many use software which is semi-automated for this kind of thing, using a combination of centralized block lists, keyword filtering in URLs, and manual entries.

In any event, i can't get to wherever this game is hosted.
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:47 PM
Really enjoying this so far.

One of the things I hate about Rogue-likes is coming across something and having no idea what to do with it.

So far, I have no idea what to do with the women you find in the cave, nor any idea of what to do with locked chests.

However, falling in a booby trap is fun.

I picked up an Indiana Jones style golden skull and wait for the inevitable crushing boulder. I wait. I wait another second. Then I blow a hole in the ground figuring that will stop it if it comes.

The boulder smashes out of a wall, clears the pit, and utterly destroys me.

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Old 12-30-2008, 12:58 PM
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Really enjoying this so far.

One of the things I hate about Rogue-likes is coming across something and having no idea what to do with it.

So far, I have no idea what to do with the women you find in the cave, nor any idea of what to do with locked chests.
For the women:
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For the chests:
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:00 PM
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So far, I have no idea what to do with the women you find in the cave
Bring her to the level exit door to save her. I think rescuing her either opens up or lowers the cost of the kissing shop.

Edit: Beat'n like a redheaded stepchild.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:00 PM
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Really enjoying this so far.

One of the things I hate about Rogue-likes is coming across something and having no idea what to do with it.

So far, I have no idea what to do with the women you find in the cave, nor any idea of what to do with locked chests.
For the women:
Spoiler:


For the chests:
Spoiler:
*slaps forehead*

I knew that was a stupid question.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:13 PM
Woot! Completed my first shortcut.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:20 PM
I guess it's based on Spelunker by Broderbund, which is one of the hardest, most unforgiving platformers of my youth.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:50 PM
This game is awesome. I still haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet, but I did clear one cave before falling off a cliff and landing on top of a giant spider.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:54 PM
I'd love to play it but it crashes immediately as I try to open it. I don't get anything, just an error message. Oh well.. you guys can iron out the bugs and I'll reap the rewards. MUAHAH
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:55 PM
I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but the creator of Spelunky, Derek Yu, is one of the guys behind Aquaria and Eternal Daughter, both of which are fantastic games.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:56 PM
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I guess it's based on Spelunker by Broderbund, which is one of the hardest, most unforgiving platformers of my youth.
A game whose defining characteristic was "you die a lot" was just begging to be made more rogue-y.
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Old 12-30-2008, 01:58 PM
This looks great, I'll need to download this later and give it a shot.
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:03 PM
The first four levels aren't too bad, difficulty-wise. If there's a difficult jump or enemy you don't want to deal with, you can usually find a way around using the bombs or ropes; this is part of the reason I like the game so much.
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:06 PM
This is pretty awesome.

Very happy it actually lets you reconfigure the keys! Too many indy games don't let you do that and stick you with some unusable or uncomfortable configuration.
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:13 PM
This is like a late Christmas gift. Two great tastes that taste great together!
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:16 PM
YOU GOT ROGUE LIKE IN MY PLATFORMER!
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:20 PM
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YOU GOT ROGUE LIKE IN MY PLATFORMER!
YOU GOT PLATFORMER IN MY ROGUELIKE!
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:34 PM
This here is pretty sweet.
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:44 PM
Shopkeeper is a motherfucker.

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I've died like 30 times in maybe an hour. It's definately a roguelike.
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