Roguelike

Named after Rogue, a dungeon crawler from 1980, this style is built on two hard rules: the dungeon is random every run, and death erases everything. Every run is a fresh puzzle, and every step is a decision.

The rules

• Every run generates a fresh, random dungeon.
• One life. Death restarts you from nothing: that is permadeath.
• Often turn-based: the world only moves when you move.
• Knowing HOW to play is the only thing you keep between runs.

Games like this: Rogue, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, the "Mystery Dungeon" games.

Lessons that build this style

• 01 Top-Down Movement
• 05 Enemy Follows Player
• 08 Collect Coins and Items
• 09 Health and Damage
• 12 Win and Lose Screen
• 13 Multiple Levels
• 14 Make Your Own Signal
• 15 Main Menu
• 16 Sound Effects
• 17 Background Music
• 18 Simple Animation
• 19 Camera Follow
• 21 How Sprites Work
• 22 The Animation Player
• 23 Walking Behind Things
• 28 Roguelike the sample