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well, ultimately that was the case- but how that happened... is not that simple :)

As I was working on making this downloadable, this got entangled into a bigger conversation for a related project.

But....

right, but this isn't a contest, it's a challenge to create a complete game.

Honestly, I don't remember where that decision came from, since the peer ratings over itchio are a relative new component to the challenge, compared to the review committee which has some long standing rules (and even includes a simple average rating). 

I know that the spirit of the challenge has always been that rankings are only there to help with discoverability, not to provide an evaluation of "who won the challenge".

> I came in 8th place for innovation in the 2026 7DRL game jam, 26th place in polish, and 29th place in fun.

Personally I think this is much more interesting and really tells a lot more about your game than an overall rating, provides a wider ground for conversation and self-improvement.

We left out the overall average on purpose since the different criteria are measuring pretty different things, and combining them into one score would mean making up weights. We’d rather show how each game did in its own way instead of boiling everything down to a single number.

I wish we could do the same for the "official" jurors reviews too, but that's a years-long custom hard to change.

I think it would make more sense to use HD textures for the world?

Thank you! I've since added a Popup message so people don't miss it :) 

Thank you!

Thank you! note that there was a bug in the original submission with made strong monsters surface much quicker than anticipated :D hence the  deadly Dragons.

Changing one mod per level would have been interesting but I think it's too much power for the player, might include that in a future version.

Thank you! there was a bug in the original submission with made strong monsters surface much quicker than anticipated :D 

Yes, just keep a separate build :)

Yes, you can submit the game page now, and then upload your official submission later within the timeframe.

probably one of the most meaningful games I've created... deserves some polish.

no probs :)

no matter how many giant red messages we put

This is OK, just state where you started from - the goal is to create a new game so if you can scrape a basic engine out of that incomplete roguelike, that's fine.

it's all in the challenge's rationale:
7DRL Challenges are NOT about being a fast coder, but rather proving you can release a finished, playable roguelike to the world. 

I believe this is still a challenge today, even if you use AI tools. 

Yes!

Fixed for 0.4.9, thanks!

Always great to hear about people enjoying the game <3

Thank you! :)

hmm. It seems you are getting the mobile ui by mistake, instead of the desktop one.

Are you using the browser, or the downloadable version? If on browser, what browser, OS, and screen resolution?

Furthermore

Done for 0.4.7

Thank you!

I keep dreaming being able to maintain both at the same time, but it requires a lot of work :/

Everything underlying should be ready to support both, but the ascii ui, right now, is just super outdated compared to the tiles one. I'll have to make it catch up some day.

Get well soon, glad to see you could have some gamedev to pass the time! :)

:D

Gracias Mr. Machete!

only possible because of your work in JSRL!

Yup, a first person turn based dungeon crawler would fit within the guidelines of this jam.

Hello all!

For clarity sake, I just updated the last criteria for the traditional roguelike elements:

Hopefully it shouldn't affect the "eligibility" of any entry, but please let me know if you have any question about it for your already in development entry :)

Please add a screenshot to your game page. Thank you! :)

This should actually read: the goal is to produce a complete game within the jam, however, if you develop post-jam versions of your game, please keep a link to the original version for reference.

Maybe this would be easier to explain if we stuck to "a single main character (controlled at any given time)", but not sure if that would be too restrictive.

Bump combat is not mandatory. "non-modal" or "single command set" interaction (as in exploration and combat sharing the same interaction space) isn't part of the traditional roguelike criteria for the jam.

That one's a bit awkward but basically it's to set the games apart from tactics-like games (i.e. you are a "god" commanding many, many units) or puzzle games (like Tetris, Minesweeper?) which someone could make a stretch to say they are traditional roguelikes...

I'm not really sure if it'll survive til the next Fortnight.

3D is fine as long as as gameplay is turn based! also it doesn't have to be medieval fantasy at all.

yup, the theme is "roguelike" as per tradition :)

Oh Gloria inmarcesible! :) saludos desde la feria de las flores!

That looks like a question for Emerald Woods, not Stygian Abyss, maybe? in there, being hungry or sick will damage you, and not resting well will reduce your max health.  Bedroll cannot currently be crafted, you'll need to find them in some abandone place :)

Unfortunately, packing this game as a downloadable isn't as simple...   I want to do it, need to set some time aside.