Basic Rogue

Basic Rogue is a challenging game set on a huge map, where you must uncover an objective and work out how to complete it. Death wipes your save, and finding the fewest-turn route to victory is a separate challenge. You can keep playing after winning, and the win screen records how many turns it took.

Survive and explore

You use melee, shooting and throwing weapons, manage an inventory, and eat and drink to stay alive. Enemies hunt you, shoot you, steal your belongings and kick through doors. Poison and other status effects add further dangers, while hunger and thirst damage grow more intense over time. First aid is less effective when you are starving or parched.

The game includes stats, skills and an equipment upgrade and barter system. At the start, you assign 8 skill points and 8 attribute points; each level-up now grants 2 skill points, and level progression is slower. You can reshape the map to build a house, town or fort. The map is large, and its items and enemies are placed randomly, so each game differs.

Combat and progression

The game includes melee weapons, shooting and throwing weapons, and enemies such as Black Knights. Poison damage changes with your level, and Black Knights have a 20% chance of smashing through walls. Maximum armor is capped at 90%, and the game contains less money in the world.

Tiles and interface

The game includes the Ben Tiles tileset, while the older tilesets remain available as ZIP files in the data folder. You can zoom the map with the [ and ] keys, and use WASD for aiming and movement. Pressing ESC closes menus or opens the quit and restart menu rather than immediately exiting; after death or victory, you can quit or restart. You can also continue playing after a win.

The game has no sound or music. It saves a screenshot when you exit, recording your victory, death or current situation; you can also take a screenshot with the DEL key.