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24: Going Rogue with Glenn Wichman (Rogue)
24: Going Rogue with Glenn Wichman (Rogue)
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Length:
82 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The co-creator of Rogue - yes, THAT Rogue - chats with us about the creation and legacy of his seminal 1980 game that birthed a genre! We discuss the origins of its key innovations of procedural generation and “consequence permanence,” its surprisingly Chesslike origins, and the secret metagame behind Quicken (shhh!). Rogue Hack Nethack Brogue Curses programming library Diablo ADOM Moria Angband Rogue's instruction manual Glenn’s unused Rogue manual art
Released:
Aug 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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