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Item Variants and Randomization in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

Some items can also be transformed through external means, such as being cooked, coated, rusted, or upgraded by NPC services (one of the main uses for gold). Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items. Brogue’s trippy colors come from impactful terrain features like water, lava, and gases.

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That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Radiator Blog

Here my walking mechanic borrows some sensibility from Death Stranding, where terrain can seriously slow down the player's speed, so a skilled player should micro-optimize their route a little and avoid water / hills / obstacles. In this situation, the NPC knows what you're here for and he wants it too, even if you kinda hate each other.

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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

The map models are rich and varied in terms of items, buildings, and terrain changes, which offsets outdated graphics performance. Despite the game’s powerful use of top-down view, the live cutscenes of Lost Ark are full of bugs. Fortunately, the art design of the game performs well. The grand scene). The well-rounded siege).