HyperRogue: A puzzle roguelike in a non-Euclidean world
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HN comment orderHyperRogue is specifically hyperbolic (and very cool! See also RogueVis), but of course there are a number of non-Euclidean roguelikes. One of my favourites is Smart Kobold [1], which really amazed me at the time, particularly as it was made in just 7 days for the 7DRL! It's so called because pathing through a non-Euclidean map is very difficult for a human but trivial for a computer or a kobold. The map looks 2D, but is made out of small…
There’s another game being developed in a semi-3D hyperbolic geometry called Hyperbolica. The dev makes some fantastic videos [1]. [1] https://youtu.be/yY9GAyJtuJ0
Like Hunt the Wumpus on steroids (or LSD)! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus >There are twenty rooms, each connecting to three others, arranged like the vertices of a dodecahedron or the faces of an icosahedron (which are identical in layout). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Yob The author of Hunt the Wumpus, Gregory Yob, aka Hara Ra, aka Gregory H. Coresun, passed away in 2005, and had his head frozen at Alcor's Scottsdale cryonic neuropreservation facility, where he now resides among the great…
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- 415
- Total comments
- 123
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-30 | HyperRogue – a non-Euclidean roguelikeFirst breakout | bane | 125 | 38 |
| 2021-02-09 | HyperRogue: A puzzle roguelike in a non-Euclidean world | lnyan | 142 | 34 |
| 2022-07-06 | HyperRogue | memorable | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-10-30 | HyperRogue: The Non-Euclidean Roguelike | surprisetalk | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-11-02 | HyperRogue – A non-Euclidean roguelikeBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | stared | 144 | 51 |