7DRL 2008: Results!

By: Derek Yu

On: March 18th, 2008

The results of this year’s Seven Day Roguelike Competition are in! There were 23 entrants in total, 9 of whom successfully completed their roguelike.

Some of the games are really interesting and well-executed, like Fatherhood (pictured above), a RL which has you damming up floods while taking care of your three rambunctious children. There’s also Numbers, an educational roguelike where you solve math problems to defeat monsters like the Pithon and the Minussaur.

Thanks to Slashie of Rogue Temple for the info. And be sure to check out his entry, MegamanRL, which I believe is the first side-scrolling platformer roguelike ever made?!

Posted in Competitions, Developers, Roguelikes | Tags: Slash

sinoth

Congrats to everyone who participated! The contest was a lot of fun, and I’m really happy with the turnout. I like Numbers in particular, because it… forces you to solve mathematical equations? I’m not sure how I feel about considering that fun. Oh well, it’s likely many of the people scumming this site also have a strange number fetish, so I don’t feel too bad.
josh g.

Dang, and I seriously just thought of the platformer roguelike idea a week ago.

But clearly I have no excuse since that would’ve been just enough time to implement a 7DR! (I will blame the shmup I am making for hindering my progress)

Congrats and hooray to all the 7DR devs!

p.s. I also have a strange number fetish.
josh g.

Ok I just played MegaManRL … dang that is just what I wanted to see! Plus awesome music! Thanks Slash, this rocks!
http://www.ericmcquiggan.com TeamQuiggan

I love the grammatical mistake in that screen shot, Denouncing the river to Hell might not save your children as effectively as building a blockade to keep the water out.
nullerator

Re: Fatherhood – what a great concept!
http://www.roguetemple.com Slashie

Thanks for the post Derek, and all of you, stay tuned for the 7DRL playing week (starts next monday I think) :)