tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.comments2024-03-08T19:47:41.485+11:00Ascii DreamsAndrew Doullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11099404183952971291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2918125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-60738865282376144952019-04-23T05:17:22.668+10:002019-04-23T05:17:22.668+10:00More!More!Mikolajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280729045107273819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-44673342199332701222017-05-29T17:56:22.469+10:002017-05-29T17:56:22.469+10:00Hi Andrew, are you going to update UnBrogue in sho...Hi Andrew, are you going to update UnBrogue in shorter time? If yes, I would suggest you to add fullscreen to OS X build and to remove bugs with saving and possibly add seeding.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />UnBrogue player from Slovakia<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02943985731987023378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-90981161630259396992017-01-31T23:52:15.746+11:002017-01-31T23:52:15.746+11:00Wow, what a happening---great to see Unangband rol...Wow, what a happening---great to see Unangband roll on to hopefully greater times still in 2017 and beyond!Brian Jeffearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444299963610329817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-52300596951382742532017-01-31T23:03:12.810+11:002017-01-31T23:03:12.810+11:00Awesome to have a new edition, sad to hear you'...Awesome to have a new edition, sad to hear you're not going to be the active maintainer. Keep your blog posts coming tho! I enjoy reading your insights.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073500934649617302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-41540801549733980682016-06-08T18:50:30.570+10:002016-06-08T18:50:30.570+10:00This is absolutely pure insanity. The fact that yo...This is absolutely pure insanity. The fact that you've taken what these politically correct, brainless fools have to say into account is a joke. Tumblr, is and continues to be a hivemind, an echochamber for those with extreme thoughts to voice them and be reinforced by others. If you really quit cause of this you've lost any idea of how to look at things with realism. I don't know how you got in with these people or started taking them seriously, but you need to evaluate this much more closely.<br /><br /> There's a comment up on this page telling you that you should give the game over to people less "privileged". This sort of talk is a way to justify an abusive spectrum of talk. It's politics being inserted with personal idealism, a world where you should feel bad for being who you are. There is and never will be anything wrong with being a white male. And there is nothing wrong with being a black female or a mexican male or any combo you can think of. What's started to happen is a group of far left people have decided that you should pay, should feel bad about who you are. This sort of thinking is shameful and ultimately a form of racism and sexism in its own right. Do you really think shaming someone for their color for their gender is anything but a form of sexism or racism? Take a look at the agendas at play here.<br /><br /> You've been co opted by people who don't have your well being on their mind with this and I've honestly lost a great deal of respect for you. Be an independent thinker, don't just grab onto what someone with a tumblr says. I've been following your work for years and this is all very alarming. You should never have to apologize for being yourself. For doing the things you want to do. The only reason that this idealism gets pushed is because people are afraid to stand up and take a stand against them. Your rights end where my feelings begin? Sorry, not how it works. You're literally giving in to the demands of bigoted foolish people. <br /><br /> People like the one who wrote that awful article will sit there and claim any sort of babble they can to support their agenda, their idealism. That we should all be a nameless sexless whole, that being who you are is the biggest crime you could commit. But no, this isn't acceptable. The idea that people are asking for censorship at all in art is abhorrent,even worse when it's based on some bigoted idea that you can't do something cause you're a white male. It's time to stand up for yourself. It's time to think clearly. <br /><br /> Keeping company with the types of fools who shame you for being yourself is a poor poor idea. You also aren't understanding the fact that this sort of "politically driven" person dosen't even make up 10 percent of gamers. So you risk the criticism of someone with a tumblr? Is there really a big concern? The article literally tries to imply that a casual bigot-ism is fine as long as the person is white and male. Think about that, does that really make sense? How do you think these same people would react if I where to say write an article with a clickbait style title like "black males playing videogames leads them to prison later in life". It's as though you've never been on the internet if you don't know what clickbait or insanity is but let me point it out for you. Let this be a moment of sanity. <br /><br /> You are guilty of nothing but caving to the pragmatic idealism of someone far removed from reality. Wake up, look around, no matter what these people say is obviously happening the sun doesn't stop setting and white males aren't blowing up buildings left and right cause of all that time they spent gaming. I'm rarely if ever motivated to make a response to someones blog online, but the way you're acting absolutely bothers me. Be a man, be yourself, be proud of it. Don't be afraid to make a game cause some maniac has an agenda and access to a keyboard to spout it from. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681279362049937868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-81072124707563527862016-06-01T10:09:34.731+10:002016-06-01T10:09:34.731+10:00Kikito: My intentions are not to become less rogue...Kikito: My intentions are not to become less roguelikey, they are to do what I find interesting. And they appear to be pulling me in this direction, so here I am.<br /><br />Hunterz: I don't think there's been a single episode where a number hasn't come up. It's just some of them are e.g. the machine's number, or the whole team's numbers, are more directly related to the master plot. The direction to keep the numbers important came from CBS, but I don't think they ever truly went away.Andrew Doullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099404183952971291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-66843092477544771692016-05-31T03:56:07.284+10:002016-05-31T03:56:07.284+10:00My wife and I have been watching PoI from the begi...My wife and I have been watching PoI from the beginning. My wife has mostly lost interest in it since the jarring shift from a police procedural / Quantum Leap vibe to the AI-vs-AI thing. I initially found the AI-vs-AI story to be a cool approach to modernizing some of the classic cyberpunk ideas, but I think they lost some of the show's soul by jumping into it with both feet. I think the writers/producers realized this too late, as they're now trying to work in some of the "investigating numbers" stuff again as the show comes to a close due to being canceled. <br /><br />It's painfully obvious that the network wants to dump the show ASAP, as they're airing episodes erratically and at a rate of 2+ per week. I don't think there'd be any sane way to keep up with it without a DVR.HunterZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049065099652976143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-23675168958512317272016-05-31T01:00:14.749+10:002016-05-31T01:00:14.749+10:00Oh, so it was you!
I was thinking "Haha- And...Oh, so it was you!<br /><br />I was thinking "Haha- Andrew Doull, this guy's name is the same as the Ascii Dream's guy"!<br /><br />One of my coworkers calls POI "The Computer Magic Show". But I will give it a try.<br /><br />... Right after I finish The Americans (it is so good).<br /><br />As a member of your audience, your intentions of becoming less "rogelikey" and more "game designer" somehow had gone over my head. You may want to consider (re?)stating so in a future podcast. I wouldn't mind if you made it more Game Design-y, if that motivates you to produce more stuff. Probably the game design bits are the parts I like the most.<br /><br />I hope I hear you talking about your games in Three Moves Ahead some time in the future. In the meantime, please know that I do enjoy your Roguelike Radio episodes quite a lot.<br /><br />Regards from Spain!kikitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268036925187262614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-31474054899350935782016-05-08T02:38:32.974+10:002016-05-08T02:38:32.974+10:00Dude, think all you want, what you need is a solut...Dude, think all you want, what you need is a solution, something that makes you feel that your having an impact and/or trying to change things.<br /><br />Thats not the first time I have heard of harassment like that, but its the first time I've heard it in desktop gaming, why would it not be, its everywhere else.<br /><br />I'll give you these as a starting point.<br /><br />1) Page 1 contains a "letter of concern" with a signing space at the bottom (has various uses). Any game should start with that proof of acknowledgement before the DM does anything else.<br /><br />2) any publicly organised gaming session requires a "seminar of awareness" before players, DM's or staff start any games, which then start with #1<br /><br />No matter what you do, or dont do, in how you manage your reaction to how you feel about these issues, someone is not going to like it, and you will be blind-sided by some you would not think could or would.<br /><br />Dont let "them" stop you (or force you), awareness is the key, eventually things do change, but dont expect that to happen overnight, or without pain.<br /><br />Food for thought at least..<br /><br />Paul<br />paulwratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368366391648508913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-79620604859246304962016-05-07T02:52:11.866+10:002016-05-07T02:52:11.866+10:00I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling down...I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling down. It's a very empathetic response though and I'm proud that you are asking yourself how you can make the gaming community better. My voice is just another from a white man, so, it wouldn't really be my place to offer direct advice.<br /><br />But I don't want you to be discouraged. You clearly care aboot your players and I think that will show through no matter what. You are an individual and your artistic vision is important, even if you are in the majority of demographics. Your existence is not oppressive. And as long as you keep questioning yourself, you will successfully minimize your oppressive actions.<br /><br />So it sucks, but it isn't all bad. You're hurting, which is bad. But you're hurting because you're a good person. It's a good thing to have an emotional response to suffering. An incredibly good thing.FinetalPieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065066057239295101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-4080755774775075662016-04-14T05:03:17.217+10:002016-04-14T05:03:17.217+10:00Le sigh.... Please don't quit over this. As ...Le sigh.... Please don't quit over this. As a straight white male gamer, who is happily married and a victim of abuse myself, I found the article completely ridiculous. I don't want to offend, or accuse the author of fabricating those horrible events. I have never heard, said, witnessed any such kind of act in my 40 some odd years in the gaming culture. Sure there are bad apples in every bunch, but stereotypes exist for a reason... and stereotypically gamers are introverted, or at least socially awkward. It's another case of being bullied for having a penis... also any privilege I might have for being a straight white male is completely negated by the fact that I'm horribly poor, have terrible looking teeth, and hair to my 350 lb ass.. (and somehow am happily married to a more beautiful woman than any I've ever known). If I had to venture a guess... the author was making sure she got reblogged in the most horrible of ways... by using other peoples sympathy for victims to gain notoriety amongst her peers... if people like that avoid people like me.. I can only assume my gaming sessions will be more enjoyable. Good luck everyone.. and lets hope we don't all fall victims to such slander...BenTokinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04791102269985550348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-11546483102132489702016-04-09T00:45:35.092+10:002016-04-09T00:45:35.092+10:00Hi Loiusa,
I think you need to be a bit clearer i...Hi Loiusa,<br /><br />I think you need to be a bit clearer in what you're offering because I don't understand your offer. Feel free to drop me an email at andrewdoull@gmail.com.Andrew Doullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099404183952971291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-42270180067428040472016-04-07T22:36:47.335+10:002016-04-07T22:36:47.335+10:00I think it's really great that you've take...I think it's really great that you've taken this step. But a real shame to let your work go to waste. How about I put you in contact with some folk who are not privileged but are really passionate gamers and maybe you can work out a way forward that's creative and hopefully safer?Louisa Leontiadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090923618683351588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-90734153355984444622016-04-05T17:15:11.423+10:002016-04-05T17:15:11.423+10:00Attempting to vilify a race and gender "strai...Attempting to vilify a race and gender "straight white male problem" and calling harassment and sexual assault "terrorism" doesn't do anyone any favours. <br /><br />And why would you stop developing an rpg because there are bad people who play rpgs? Anyone creative needs to accept that some people who connect with their product are going to be people they don't like, or don't release your creation to the public.<br /><br />graspeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417948406807282590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-51001602584170354402016-03-13T23:46:36.444+11:002016-03-13T23:46:36.444+11:00If we're going to see non-roguelike posts here...If we're going to see non-roguelike posts here, let then all be like this one. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04057660851214140487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-58166908963194161872016-01-27T11:33:47.441+11:002016-01-27T11:33:47.441+11:00Hi Pete - long time no hear!
The source on git is...Hi Pete - long time no hear!<br /><br />The source on git is for some far future version of Unangband which has wandered off the reservation and got lost in the weeds of a massive refactor of items.<br /><br />The versions I'm releasing are based on the .zipped source code releases I do every time I do a binary release (Windows, OS/X). The diffs between the last two versions are not huge.<br /><br />Sorry to be a pain.<br /><br />AndrewAndrew Doullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099404183952971291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-83502365359230582182016-01-27T10:53:04.527+11:002016-01-27T10:53:04.527+11:00Hi "UnAndrew"--I see you had a release o...Hi "UnAndrew"--I see you had a release of UnAngband a couple months back, but it's not reflected on GitHub. Have you moved your work somewhere else? The reason I am asking is because Jeff (NPPAngband) is trying to do a Qt port, but I don't think it is looking good. I'd like to recommend he look at yours, except I see the public repository is years out of date. I suspect he'd welcome your comments at oook.Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-66487483772315862332015-11-09T16:31:24.540+11:002015-11-09T16:31:24.540+11:00
Thats interesting...<br />Thats interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-59442491706652343812015-09-02T21:39:18.687+10:002015-09-02T21:39:18.687+10:00Use the links in the side bar. I've fixed the ...Use the links in the side bar. I've fixed the welcome section of the blog to remove the direct references to the site which used to host Unangband.Andrew Doullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099404183952971291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-77505211295503465542015-09-01T22:12:29.405+10:002015-09-01T22:12:29.405+10:00"I highly recommend you download the latest v..."I highly recommend you download the latest version of Unangband and start playing."<br /><br />This latest version link seems to be broken. I got a 404 from http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=331Soyweiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530201773972687532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-84836748665686270092015-08-24T21:59:50.734+10:002015-08-24T21:59:50.734+10:00Great to see this finally made it!Great to see this finally made it!Brian Jeffearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444299963610329817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-57829265738941647602015-08-10T22:52:33.436+10:002015-08-10T22:52:33.436+10:00I don't think the book is just intended for a ...I don't think the book is just intended for a roguelike audience. I just don't think it necessarily works for a different audience - although I think it has the potential to.<br /><br />IMHO One Week Dungeons is the better book, and worked well as an albeit slightly schizophrenic coda to Dungeon Hacks. It will, as Darren points out, have a much smaller audience.Andrew Doullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099404183952971291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-26118680291125876082015-08-10T22:37:47.876+10:002015-08-10T22:37:47.876+10:00Giving that you brought Glenn Wichman onto the sho...Giving that you brought Glenn Wichman onto the show, I wonder what people you didn't try to contact for Roguelike Radio.<br /><br />You're probably not yet old enough so you don't know that the older you get the more likely you are gonna bore people with your old stories. Getting the chance to do it in a podcast, very few will want to miss that. :-)<br /><br />I'm not sure if the book is intended only for roguelike fans. Andrew suggested on Twitter that it is at least for computer gaming people. As it goes back in time to the stone age of computer gaming when there wasn't that many games to start with, this would be sensible.<br /><br />Categorizing is sometimes very misleading. I played lots of free games at the end of the 80s and the early 90s and many roguelikes as well (I don't think I knew that term at the time) and if you had asked me, I would have lumped them together with other games with random elements (like Civilisation or M.U.L.E). Permadeath and ASCII weren't a defining trait of those games.Patric Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10662544004699126794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-55516148842951195702015-08-10T20:38:47.788+10:002015-08-10T20:38:47.788+10:00"it is not a cross-over work that will explai..."it is not a cross-over work that will explain the genre's deep appeal to the outsider, and I am perhaps unfairly judging it on this criteria"<br /><br />I think this is a fair point to make, though perhaps unfair to judge the whole book on. The audience seems to quite clearly be roguelike fans, much like many of the games in our genre have a clear audience. Certain things have niche appeal, and could never dive into the depths they do without that niche focus.<br /><br />I do think it's a shame the 7DRL stories were extracted out, especially since they're a niche within a niche and could have better served their purpose as part of a bigger book.<br /><br />Overall I was impressed with a lot of the stories written. The author managed to reach people I would never even consider chasing for Roguelike Radio, and got some really nice stories out of them.Darren Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792164422274663420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208890564265615027.post-77639060320571698472015-07-11T22:07:37.834+10:002015-07-11T22:07:37.834+10:00Wow you are going pretty deep man. I've moved ...Wow you are going pretty deep man. I've moved on from roguelikes quite a bit, gone back to card games and computer strategy.<br /><br />We going to see you back in the rogueworld sometimes? Surely we will. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866329313708655247noreply@blogger.com