Missing Scrolls

I recently died playing Angband. Had been playing the character for a long time. Got complacent. That resulted in a death. So it was time to roll the dice again. This time around, I chose a human warrior. Got lucky with a unique weapon early on in the game.

This new character found some boots of speed too. I made sure I had something to prevent blindness. And I wore two items of resistance. Then I headed down deep. I cleared out a level. Had a lot of stuff I needed to sell up in town. Tried to read my scroll of recall. Ooops. I have no scrolls.

I knew I was running low on the scrolls. Happened twice in a row that I could not buy any in town. I guess the little I had must have burned up when I was not paying too close of attention. Now I needed to walk all the way up into town.

Conserved my food. Scummed the stairs. If I saw a way up, I would climb up. Otherwise just went up and down the stairs to see what random things would get generated. Any items that would help me detect the stairs were picked up. Two thirds of the way up, I found a scroll of word of recall. I decided not to use it. I came this far. Might as well walk all the way up.

World of Warcraft

I recently started watching the Sword Art Online anime. It is about player who enter an MMO and get stuck in there online. It is really good. I am still on season one. This got me thinking that I want to get into an MMO. At least I should try one out. Why not World of Warcraft?

Yes I am a bit late to the game. Ten to twelve years late for WoW. But better late than never. Okay. I found I needed to create a Battle net account. Done. I figure I would try the free version of WoW to start. Aha. They have a downloadable version. But it is 30Gb large? Wut?

I let the download go over night. Somehow it stalled. So now I am still trying to download this massive thing. I guess there must be a ton of graphics, sounds, and cut scenes in this download. After waiting so long to get the program, it had damn well better be good.

There are some advantages coming late to the scene. Maybe I could buy a high level character on of my friends is getting rid of. I could also join up with a guild that some friends may be in. Or I could just start like a newbie. That might be more fun. Let's see how this goes.

Monster Supremecy is Hard

7DRL entry Monster Supremecy has a bit of a role reversal. You are a monster who wants to see the light of day. You got to fight the other monsters, and climb up out of the dungeon.

I found the game a bit hard. The second or third monster I fight usually kills me. I try to arrange the battles so that I fight one monster at a time. My HP just go down to zero.

Is there any potion I can drink to replenish my health? How come my health just doesn't regenerate? Aside from that, the game was okay. Monster bitmap graphics were okay. Dungeon looked good.

Playing the Seven Day Band

Okay. Initially I played the Seven Day Band thinking it had something to do with a rock band. Nope. It had a lot to do with Angband. LOL.

This game is very Roguelike, with a unique twist that you answer questions to help customize the game. Most of the questions seem to be about enemies. The choices you make get stored in a text file. Then the game uses that data to control behavior.

One other thing that seemed unique was that when monsters were killed and dropped gold, a yellow rectangle would fall down the screen and land at the bottom. Hmmm. I wonder if that is anything more than a gold count down there?

Getting Booty

I played Booty Seekers. At first I did not know what to expect with that title. Turns out it is the pirate sort of booty. Graphics were really good in this one.

Initially I got raided by ninjas. I had a choice to fight or flee. I fought. Wrong choice. They robbed me. Luckily I hunted down another ship and got my revenge.

How do people make great games like this in only seven days? I want to know so I can do the same. This one may not be entirely Roguelike, but it is turn based, and has a hex grid. Good times I tell you.