Some text-based games to play at work?
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Nethack, maybe?
That used to be my slacking off game at my first real job. I'd ssh into my computer at home and sneakily play Nethack whenever I got bored. Either that or browse websites with Links.
This was around 2007 and way outside my comfort zone as far as computers were concerned. I felt like such a hacker at the time
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Not really text-based but https://crawl.develz.org/
This got me through so many shifts working in a call center. Could download PuTTY and run it from my user folder without admin permissions and then connect to one of the servers.
Been awhile since I played, but I remember my first ascension was Draconian Skald. I think the rules have changed quite a bit, but I used to love Troll Monk of Cheibriados, too. Stoneskin + Stoneform and a shield of reflection absolutely WRECKED the Elven Halls. For every step I'd take the elves would get like 4-5 turns and fire off a volley of arrows. I'd take practically no damage and a large portion of them would get reflected back and kill the elves themselves. Literally just waltzing through the place. Slow is life.
Transmuter used to be a lot of fun, too, but they changed it significantly over the years. I remember playing as a Felid one time and I died while in spider form. Because Felids get several lives, I reincarnated on the same level, ran back to my corpse and condensed it into a poison potion to chuck back at enemies.
I find it to be one of the simpler roguelikes to learn, but it takes awhile to master and there are some very cool interactions once you get the vibe.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
ifdb.org is good for this! i'd recommend Counterfeit Monkey or Lost Pig.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
Nethack is a command line classic
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Dwarf fortress classic
keep hearing about this game, what makes it so special?
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
This one! It's called Evolve
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I would recommend Universal Paperclips to anyone who enjoyed A Dark Room.
I second this. The background and philosophy behind it, the questions you ask yourself, the thinking it makes are really worth.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
If you're up for a browser based game, Kingdom of Loathing can be really fun.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
wrote last edited by [email protected]not what you're asking for, but it's worth a little fun goofing around with 'Perchance' dungeons and dragons AI.
I got married to a rock.
(it's not that good otherwise, doesn't compare to actual people :/)
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MUD’s are poised to make a comeback.
As an aside, how is your thumbnail animated? First I’ve seen that.
It's a GIF. You can try it.
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keep hearing about this game, what makes it so special?
It's depth is absolutely outrageous, I would recommend the recent 4 part documentary about the making of.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
bitburner!
(a programming-based incremental RPG where you write JavaScript scripts to automate gameplay, hack servers, learn skills, and progress in a cyberpunk world. free on steam or in your browser)
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If you're up for a browser based game, Kingdom of Loathing can be really fun.
Fuck yeah. Glad to see them gaining popularity
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bitburner!
(a programming-based incremental RPG where you write JavaScript scripts to automate gameplay, hack servers, learn skills, and progress in a cyberpunk world. free on steam or in your browser)
Good game
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
Legend of the green dragon
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corruption of championswrote last edited by [email protected]Woah hey now
Not even gonna mention the sequel?
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Woah hey now
Not even gonna mention the sequel?
Honestly, I prefer the original to the sequels.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
i almost ascended NetHack at work playing over Telnet on nethack.alt.org
