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News: April 23, 2024: Dwarf Fortress 50.13 has been released.
News: February 4, 2021: Dwarf Fortress Talk #28 has been posted.
News: November 21, 2018: A new Threetoe story has been posted.
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Barkley 2 is an open world action roleplaying game with heavy emphasis on exploration, choice, character development and discovery. It combines the focus on strong characters and narrative of Eastern RPGs with the non-linearity and openness of Western RPGs, drawing on the best ideas from titles like Realms of Arkania, Fallout, Dark Souls, Romancing SaGa, Dark Sun, Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall and Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. It is a game that combines core roleplaying ideas like character creation and development, quests and choices and consequences with fast-paced, action oriented combat (think Soldat meets Zelda) and Tales of Game's unique and erotic sense of humor. In short: this ain't your grandpa's rollenspiel.
Some of the things Barkley 2 features:
Things Change Over Time - People, places and quests change over time; the things you experience might be completely different from what your friends experience because you did them at different times. The official Big Idea behind Barkley 2 is that everyone will have a different game - things changing over time is the backbone of this idea.
Large, Open World - The Necron 7 is a large, open environment with dozens of areas to explore. There are things to find in every corner and secrets everywhere - this is a game all about exploration.
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Fast-paced Action RPG Combat - Barkley 2 has mouse-aimed shooting gameplay that takes inspiration from action games like Crimsonland and Soldat, but also RPGs like Dark Souls and Gothic. Stats, classes and an incredibly deep character creation system give you complete control over your character; we want to make Barkley 2 a game that is not only funny, but fun to play.
Randomized Gun's System - Gun's are randomized through a complex system similar to Diablo's or Borderland's, offering millions of possibilities. Shotgun's that shoot ooze, machine gun rocket launchers and gravity rifles are just the tip of the iceberg of our gun's system. Even more than this, you can fuse gun's together in a system similar to demon fusing from the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. The weapon combinations are nearly unlimited.
DwarfNET - Connect with fellow dwarfs and dwarf enthusiasts on the in-game DwarfNET message board. Jack your cranial USB into the data matrix and search for clues or chat with tech-savvy dwarfs about vidcons, layups and the latest jock news through the amazing power of bio-cybernetic technology.
...and more?
Townseed is a strategy/simulation RPG where you take the role of a survivor of a shipwreck on a terrifying unexplored land. Your goal is to gather resources, build, attract other survivors, and turn this inhospitable place into a home, where people can be safe and happy.
Townseed was born out of my enjoyment of sandbox games like Minecraft and Terraria. I've always loved the "Play around, do what you want" approach to games, but at the same time, I felt like that play style left a gap, a sense of purpose. Build a house, or a castle, sure, but what about when you move on to your next project? Or what about when you've already attracted all of the predetermined NPCs to sell you things?
In Townseed, building has a purpose. Every space you create can become someone's home, someone's livelihood, and the happier and better accomodated your people are, the more they contribute to your growing town. Although you control a single survivor, in many ways, your Town is the true hero of the story.
Townseed has been in development since August 2011.
Necklace of the Eye (NotEye in short) is an frontend to modify the output of console and libtcod roguelikes. (That is, roguelikes which use one of two most popular methods to draw the stuff: system console (aka terminal or curses) or libtcod. Does not work with those which create their own ASCII displays.) It currently has, among others, the following features:
- Tested under MS Windows and Linux
- Show the game using ASCII, tile, isometric perspective, mini-tile, or First Person Perspective (FPP) display; fullscreen or windowed; and with a choice of font
- Display the roguelike just like it would be displayed in DOS, using the correct font, colors, and full screen (note: if you need only this feature, you might also use the simpler utility cons2tcod)
- Move your character using mouse
- A menu from which you can choose one of several games to play
- Take screenshots in several formats: BMP (image), HTML (for webpages), and phpBB (used by many kinds of online forums)
- Streaming: you can make a recording of your game and then play it (recordings can be annotated with messages and you can control speed), you can also host a server where clients can connect to and watch your game, share comments about it (with you and other clients) and even control your character if you wish
Sound effects based on messages from the game- Change the control scheme, for example you can make it easier to play a 8-directional roguelike on a laptop by using Shift/Ctrl+Left/Right arrows for diagonal movements, allow VI keys, or allow arrow movement for roguelikes which support only VI keys by default
- Lua scripting, allowing lots of flexibility in adapting NotEye to new roguelikes (see this for a short and yet incomplete guide about NotEye scripting), giving additional features to the game (e.g., automatic creation of characters), or even creating new roguelikes in NotEye
How long can you survive the post-apocalyptic wastelands of NEO Scavenger? In the near-future, supernatural activity and human warfare have fragmented mankind into pockets of civilization struggling to survive in wild and dangerous lands. You awaken alone in an abandoned facility with no food nor water, and only a hospital gown and some mysterious items as clues to your identity.
NEO Scavenger is a flash-based browser game, where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter. And with each passing minute, the pit in your stomach grows, your dehydration worsens, your muscles tire, and your body temperature drops in the cold autumn air. Choose your starting abilities carefully, because they and your wit are the only tools you have in the apocalypse!
What would you do if you were starting over on a new planet? How would you build your shelter? What would you hunt? What crops would you cultivate? Would you be victorious over torrential storms or let forces of nature sweep over you? Would you domesticate wild animals or let them roam through your land? Would you look for others to build your civilization with?
In First Earth you create your own civilization. Starting on Earth without any humans in sight, you make the critical decisions that will dictate how you live and whether your survival is a perilous struggle or a victory over nature. You control your advancement and where you take your civilization. Should you wish to advance with others, you can seek them out. You start as a caveman in rags, but can advance through the ages to create what only you can imagine. The choices are yours. Your path is unknown; how will you walk it?
Proud to announce we're going to be developing for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android! In addition to Steam codes, we will also be offering DRM free versions. And for all our lovely friends overseas, we'll be localizing the text in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Thanks for the support!
I'm building a game/tool named CraftStudio. It features block-based 3D modelling, a voxel map editor and (optionally visual) scripting. And it's all real-time: you can make a game (or movie) just like you would play Minecraft, with a bunch of buddies. Setup a project, invite your friends and start building awesome stuff!
Hey there!
Just thought I'd let you guys know I've started a crowd-funding campaign in order to complete CraftStudio and have Thomas Frick, an artist friend, join me in making the first full game with it. Would you guys consider contributing a few bucks? Thanks!
If you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them!
Also I'm very excited, someone has started a game project with CraftStudio and posted some pretty cool screenshots!
Whiskey Planet is a brutally realistic, gritty and heavily-stylized post-apocolyptic survival sim game. The world is based on 5 factions vying for position in a turf war over small towns in Northern England. Players assume the role of a single survivor and must struggle against both the world itself and the other players to survive. This is a realistic simulation though, we dare you to make it more than 2 weeks without getting chewed up and spat out! Honestly, this game is 1/2 fun, 1/2 true simulation, so while it is VERY accessible to everyone, it is NOT an easy game to win... in fact it might be impossible.
Players create their own story by hunting for food/shelter and either fighting or befriending (and strategizing with) other players. The world is a harsh place after it has ended, so you will need to be smart in order to keep your health high enough to stay alive.
So you've played a survival sim, you are a master of collecting supplies to stay fed? Then join in on the larger strategy game. Whiskey Planet is made up of a number of towns that 5 different factions are fighting for rule over. Your actions gain you 'clout' and you can excercise that clout in order to claim parts of the map in the name of your faction. What are the different factions? Read on...
Inspired by both the open-source Infiniminer and the wildly popular Minecraft, Blockade Runner aims to have players constructing spacecraft – complete with electronics systems, engines, crew stations, weapons batteries, and more – in a zero-g environment, then using them to explore the universe, either peacefully or struggling against fellow players. The game will also include a fluid algorithm for liquids as well as gasses, so if an enemy weapon happens to breach your ship’s hull, you’d better seal the hole quickly before all your air escapes into the vacuum of space.
Time will tell if Blockade Runner will soar to its full potential, but I’ll certainly be following the development closely.
Nearly all actions in the game can be sped up by holding down a second controller button, dubbed by Volition as the "awesome button"; for example, when carjacking, holding down this button will cause the player-character to missile-kick the driver out of the seat in short order
