2008 Roguelike Soundtrack Contest Entries, and Interview with Mingos
The 2008 Roguelike Soundtrack Contest entries have been published! Check out the contest homepage and vote for your favorite! They were 15 valiant bards entering the dreadful labyrinth of the 2008...
View ArticleInterview with Jeff Lait
Jeff Lait is one of the longest standing figures in the roguelike development universe, for years he has been contributing useful ideas and information to r.g.r.d and developing his own game, POWDER,...
View ArticleMini-Inverview with Topi Ylinen
Peleron’s Brilliant Rebirth (or PBR) is a pseudo-roguelike CRPG by Topi Ylinen. With the project just recently becoming publicly active again, I shot Mr. Ylinen an email with a few general questions...
View ArticleInterview with Thomas Biskup, creator of Adom, part the one
Mr. Thomas Biskup, founder of Quinscape and outstanding developer from the middle ages of roguelike development (the nineties), the creator of ADoM and the dreamer behind JADE, is a tough one to...
View ArticleInterview with Slashie!
So, I’d been meaning to interview our faithful leader and the founder of the Rogue Temple and Roguebasin; Slashie (Santiago Zapata). Well, I finally got around to it. I’d like to greatly thank Slashie...
View ArticleInterview with Thomas Biskup, part 2
See part 1 here Thomas Biskup, developer of ADoM and JADE, has been away from the roguelike development scene for a while. He asked out sources of information to get up to date, and we recommend ASCII...
View ArticleJeff Lait Interviewed again
The Renegade Roguedev I think becoming unhealthily obsessed with something is a healthy behaviour for a teenager. Usually it runs its course in a year or two, leaving the person wiser, like in larval...
View ArticleInterview with Brasilian pixel artist Cecilia Favo de Mel
Roguelike games’ developers often concentrate on the gameplay, depth and innovative mechanics leaving something to be desired in visual aspects. This is not to say user interfaces are not improving....
View ArticleNew Interview with Glenn Wichman
Last weekend I had a chance to share a trip to the Colombian Coffee Area with Glenn Wichman, one of the creators of the original Rogue (along with Michael Toy and Ken Arnold) and a veteran of the video...
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