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Some text-based games to play at work?

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  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC This user is from outside of this forum
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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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    • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

      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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      Nethack, maybe?

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      • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

        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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        I would recommend Universal Paperclips to anyone who enjoyed A Dark Room.

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        • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

          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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          Like Nethack?

          Or Angband?

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          • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

            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.

            weegee90@lemmy.worldW This user is from outside of this forum
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            Pokete is a text based Pokemon-like

            Star Trek is a text based strategy game

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            • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

              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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              Frogcomposband is my favourite Angband varient. There's a huge amount of classes to pick from, towns with quests and once you get a hang of it, most of the interactions can be done by the number pad.

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                I would recommend Universal Paperclips to anyone who enjoyed A Dark Room.

                tropicaldingdong@lemmy.worldT This user is from outside of this forum
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                ugh...

                man. I spent way way too much time on that cow clicker

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                • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                  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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                  Colossal Cave Adventure

                  Hunt the Wumpus

                  any MUD

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                  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                    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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                    Dunnet is a good hour-long game. Comes with emacs.

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                    • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                      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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                      Not really text-based but https://crawl.develz.org/

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                      • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                        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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                        Anchorhead.
                        https://store.steampowered.com/app/726870/Anchorhead/

                        It's a cosmic horror text-based game that adapts the Cthulhu Mythos. It's fantastic. This is the updated and enhanced Steam version but the original 1998 version is free:

                        https://dwheeler.com/anchorhead/

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                        • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                          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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                          Some similar-ish to A Dark Room:

                          Civ Clicker

                          Candy Box

                          Candy Box 2

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                          • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                            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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                            Dwarf fortress classic

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                            • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                              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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                              MUD’s are poised to make a comeback.

                              As an aside, how is your thumbnail animated? First I’ve seen that.

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                              • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                                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.

                                ivanafterall@lemmy.worldI This user is from outside of this forum
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                                Alter Ego! Underrated text-based DOS classic, now easily playable in your browser:

                                https://www.playalterego.com/index.html

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                                • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                                  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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                                  atc from bsdgames. Also vitetris if that counts.

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                                  • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                                    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.

                                    kinther@lemmy.worldK This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    Aardwolf MUD. Hundreds of people online at peak. Lots of replayability. Some color in your terminal.

                                    https://www.aardwolf.com/

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                                      Nethack, maybe?

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                                      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/

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                                        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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                                        • cm0002@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                                          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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                                          corruption of champions

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