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Special Mode Design: Abominations

Earlier this year I wrote about the hows and whys of alternate modes of play for roguelikes, taking a look at conducts and challenges and other unique ways to enjoy various games, and today I’m back to expand on that with some of the design process behind Cogmind’s latest new mode for Halloween 2019: Abominations! […]

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Special Game Modes in a Roguelike Context

By their nature roguelikes are highly replayable, but can also serve as a great foundation on which to essentially multiply that replayability again and again. Adjust a few variables here, add a little content there, and you can have a very different game, one that some people admittedly might enjoy less, but they don’t have […]

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