Rogue Emoji
#rogueemoji is an #emoji ๐ฎ #roguelike โ๏ธ made for #7drl ๐๏ธ2020
About
When you notice ๐ค some emoji are missing from your phone ๐ฑ, you enlist the help of Emo ๐ to track down the emoji king ๐คด and figure out what's up!
Controls
- WASD to move ๐
- Arrow keys for attacks โ๏ธ
- E to interact with objects ๐
- P to pass a turn ๐
- M to enable/disable enchantments ๐
Note on graphics
This game uses platform-rendered emojis ๐ป, meaning that visuals will vary depending on where it's played ๐ฒ. While developed on Windows, it's also been checked on Mac ๐ for completeness and playability. If you're on Linux ๐ง or Chrome OS, godspeed ๐๏ธ.
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Creator's note
This project was made in 7 days for #7drl 2020. From the start I had two goals:
1) Make a roguelike
2) Use only emoji for the graphics.
While reflecting on what I enjoy the most about roguelikes and rogue-lites, I wanted to see if I could create enough interlocking systems to create interesting emergent gameplay. While I didn't get around to everything I wanted, like armor pickups and extending the enchantment mechanics to enemies (e.g. a Fire Bear), I'm pretty happy with what I was able to put together as a "complete" game.
The great thing about using emoji for graphics is that it provides instant inspiration for additional weapons, enchantments, enemies, gameplay systems... my hope is to work on a follow-up that can incorporate more of these elements, and look forward to any feedback of things players would be interested in seeing.
Thanks for playing!
- Aaron Z. Best
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Comments
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Cool idea. I don't know why more rougelikes don't use the full unicode characters. I just wish it kept my scores as a compensation for permadeath.
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It's cool to do it in 7 days! It's a fun game ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐คฉ๐
This is awesome!
Interesting proof of concept that emojis can represent the world map. Maybe it's a way to make modern teens play classical roguelikes like ADOM :P
Also big plus for the idea of phone as message log.
This was a really fun game! And awesome that you made it in only 7 days!
Very fun idea! I think I found a bug though. I'm in a boss room with a throwable weapon but I can't throw it after it collides with a candle.
Thank you for the catch! Should be fixed now.