
07: Death in Roguelikes with Kawa
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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The Randomness of Dungeon Mants
I definitely like the idea of integrating the randomness into the concept of why this is happening over and over again I think that it can be used as a really interesting tool in storytelling tell it. splunky also gives you one little line about how you died like you were eaten by a man trap or you like frosted death or whatever but sometimes they reveal your death to you and you don't know quite what they mean but it's sort of interesting and you want to figure it out next time. There's a scene where I just died because he threw me against the wall but I'd bounce off the wall perfectly back into his hands so he just keeps on throwing me each time taking one heart
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