Miroslavroguelike.rs·Apr 18, 2024Designing My Next Big ThingI keep thinking about design and where to go next a lot. Especially if I'm busy developing something else (as I currently am), roguelike design is seemingly always on my mind, churning something that I actively have to sit down, frown at, and evaluat...35 readsroguelike
Miroslavroguelike.rs·Apr 5, 2024Introducing SvarogIn the beginning, there was nothing except a slumbering god. He slept and dreamt, seemingly into infinity, but he woke six times before, every dream a world unto itself -- our world, his seventh dream; his blind sight, our field-of-view algorithm. So...186 readssvarog
Miroslavroguelike.rs·Mar 19, 2024The 7DRL Time Management KitThis post probably resonates for many jams and a lot of other things, and the wisdom behind it is extracted mostly from my long history of failed wins (we don't say losses in this article) at Magic: the Gathering drafts. It's not that I don't learn i...47 reads7drl
Miroslavroguelike.rs·Mar 19, 2024Svarog Design Talk #1: PillarsSvarog is a library I'm working on. It's meant to be anyone's dream library for when engaging with roguelikes. Svarog, originally, is the deity in whose dreams the whole of reality dwells and resolves, so it was only fitting. It's lofty goals, ones t...47 readssvarog
Miroslavroguelike.rs·Mar 15, 2024HELLTH: A 7DRL Design StoryThis year was the 20th anniversary of the Seven Day Roguelike (7DRL) challenge where, quite understandably, you have seven days to make a roguelike game! What exactly is a roguelike? It's hard to define as it's been many things over the years, but in...42 readshellth
Miroslavroguelike.rs·Mar 13, 2024To Design Between Souls and RoguesI keep thinking about roguelikes and soulslikes a lot. The -likes suffix isn't even to blame, it's just two genres I enjoy a lot, and for a while, I went with the explanation that the latter of the two was just a branch from the prior, a sort of rogu...soulslike
Miroslavroguelike.rs·Mar 12, 2024Seven Lessons from 7DRL 2024Another year, another Seven Day Roguelike challenge is upon us! This year was the 20th time it happened, and I submitted my first finished game (yes, it has a boss level and everything), and I'm really tired and really happy. There are many things th...37 reads7drl
