Low Res Zaga-33

I made one pass through 7DRL Zaga-33. This game is a full screen game, which I like. The graphics are low resolution. But they work. The alien enemies seems to have somewhat random movement. Per guidance from the instructions, I tried to avoid them at all costs.

The screen has a red door which takes you to the next level. I only made it to the second level before being killed. Looks like the new level had different monsters. Even though the graphics were low res, the monster movement seemed smooth.

When I did get killed, there was a cool screen transition back to the main screen. Nice touch. There is no goal in this game other than getting as deep in the dungeon as possible.

Sword in Hand

I downloaded and played the 7DRL Sword in Hand today. The first thing I noticed was that the game had a massive amount of files. Many of them were HTML. There were also a lot of map files. Whew. This must be a huge game.

The game takes over your whole screen. That is nice. I don't like it when I have to resize a window, or worse when it does not fit on my screen. I ran into a number of non-player characters in the game that seemed to be busy with their own duties.

I was a little disappointed that I found a lot of items, but the game told me I had no interest in them. Because I personally have a lot of interest in some plate mail laying around the house. However in this game you are a sword. So I can imagine that a sword does not use armor.

One thing I found confusing was when I entered the room with the kings. All I seemed able to do was play back some low-resolution animation of a war. Maybe I need to spend some more time with this game to change that outcome.