The original Rogue level algorithm picks a width for each room between 4 and 25, and a height between 4 and 7.

Ignoring "gone" rooms, that gives 22^9 * 4^9 possibilities with only a 32-bit seed. So some combinations of rooms must be impossible! How does the subspace of rooms produced by the limited seed space compare with the theoretical distribution if rnd() was really random?

Weekend project, maybe? I have been thinking ever since #RoguelikeCelebration about how small RNG seeds (or poor PRNG algorithms) limit the expressive range of PCG in ways that might be unexpected.

the video for my #RoguelikeCelebration talk on #uxn just went up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qogCwa12jEg

#RoguelikeCelebration's two days of talks are viewable on their Youtube channel. You can see my talk on #MysteryDungeon here within the archive of Saturday's programming, the link is timecoded to jump to just before my presentation: https://www.youtube.com/live/oRaILJ_1nqs&t=22238

realized it looks like i never did an introduction post.
*long breath*
hi. i'm a physicist by training but creatively attracted to stories: less in their telling and more in enabling their emergence, with other people or through code. also, roguelikes. i have one #LDJam (1)
and one short story (2) to my name, but carry 30 years of prototypes and experiments and drafts (3). i've been rediscovering myself since july 2022, and while a lot has happened, and i'm getting better but not quite ready yet. thank you for dropping by. also, #RoguelikeCelebration is the bestest.

1) obligatory "i'll revisit this one day" -- https://gureito.itch.io/shieldmaiden-ludum36
2) my story "Echo's Rubedo" is part of the anthology "The Machines That Make Us" https://tychebooks.com/machines-that-make-us
3) some of them are available in here https://journal.gureito.info/

Math! Math! Math! #roguelikecelebration

In honor of #RoguelikeCelebration which is currently going down I made a broughlike -- it plays in the browser, works on mobile and the enemy logic is…not great. I learned a bit more about flood fills, and am pretty pleased with this for a weekend project.

https://smallandnearlysilent.com/broughlike/

https://smallandnearlysilent.com/broughlike/about.html

gave my #RoguelikeCelebration talk tonight and it went well!

here are my slides: http://plastic-idolatry.com/erik/media/uxn-permacomputing-and-roguelikes.pdf

(slides were generated using the adelie ROM so the PDF was created using screenshots. i will try to create a more accessible, text-based PDF soon.)

#RoguelikeCelebration continues to roll along. It really is a quiet little marvel, and every year there are several interesting, even important, talks there, even to people who don't know or care about roguelike games.

Watching the #RoguelikeCelebration talks while working on today’s #SidewalkFriends sketch.

#RoguelikeCelebration is underway! You can get tickets here: https://www.roguelike.club/

Roguelike Celebration 2024 going on NOW, and most of the day and tomorrow. There is a livestream on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRaILJ_1nqs Come take a peek at whatever is happening right now, or check the schedule at https://www.roguelike.club/event2024.html and pick what you want to see. My presentation starts at 8pm Eastern.

Roguelike Celebration is happening this weekend! This virtual event is a 2-day conference on #roguelike games. I've been attending it for years and I'm always impressed about the talks that come up. Really cool insight into art, randomness, narrative design, and slime mold. Follow @roguelike_con for more info and buy your tickets here https://www.roguelike.club/ #RoguelikeCelebration #GameDev

I have learned that, this year, the #Steam event for #RoguelikeCelebration doesn't rate its front page, which is awful. So I'm going to link to it here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/roguelikecelebration2024. Please boost and spread it around to anyone interested in things that are #roguelike and #roguelite! And visit roguelike.club for information on, and tickets for, this year's event, which begins tomorrow!

reminder that i'm giving a lightning talk about uxn and roguelikes at #RoguelikeCelebration this sunday

Our call for presenters is closing on July 14-- that's just a couple more days! Get your ideas in before time runs out!

https://www.roguelike.club/cfp.html

The dates for the Roguelike Celebration for 2024 have just been announced - it will be October 19th and 20th this year.

@roguelike_con is now accepting submissions for proposals until June 30th to present at the event - see guidelines and submission form here (and you can email them from there too with any questions): https://www.roguelike.club/cfp.html

My #RoguelikeCelebration talk, "Scoped-Down Design: Making a Tiny Roguelike", is now up on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S6uRMCdvNs

I also posted a thread with some supplemental material here: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@ericb/111280276933533106

I had an amazing time taking in everything at the conference this year. Thanks to @roguelike_con for having me, and to the organizers, volunteers, and speakers for putting on such a great event.

Swag bag from @roguelike_con is here!