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Item Variants and Randomization in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

Moria’s descendant Angband also included ego items ( over 100 properties), but expanded the concept of randomized items even further by adding the option to activate “Randomly Generated Artifacts,” abbreviated “randarts.” Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items.

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That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Radiator Blog

Here my walking mechanic borrows some sensibility from Death Stranding, where terrain can seriously slow down the player's speed, so a skilled player should micro-optimize their route a little and avoid water / hills / obstacles. Balancing the weight of each system was difficult. It already feels so fraught to me.

Pixel 52