[Stream] 2020 7DRLs Played by Dev Request - Day 1/2

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Published on March 18, 2020 11:35:51 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuaDNS61tA

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Cogmind (2015)

Duration: 4:53:50

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The 2020 7DRL Challenge has come to a close, and this year I'm doing something a bit different: playing 7DRLs by our r/RoguelikeDev members on request. Today's first batch was a lot of fun! A good number of the devs also showed up to watch and sometimes share info about their 7DRL or development.

Today's games:
* 00:04:00 - Runelite (https://jaysgame.itch.io/runelite): A 7DRL with a puzzlish slant where you're mixing runes to cast spells. Was a little easy overall and needed to be more dense, but the concept is solid, reminiscent of Magicka. Also cute art :)
* 01:16:45 - Chicken Scratch (https://redxaxder.itch.io/7drl2020): A score-based Broughlike on a single small map where you have to decipher the symbols and mechanics while interacting with the changing farmland around you.
* 01:43:13 - With Hooves of Fire (https://chao.itch.io/with-hooves-of-fire): My favorite so far with its great ASCII aesthetics, momentum-based horseback riding, lancing, archery... Good writing, too, and extra immersion bonus with its sfx :D - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
* 02:44:27 - A Delver and Her Dog (https://mental-inaction.itch.io/a-delver-and-her-dog-rl): About a girl (who does all the item interaction but can't fight) and her dog (who does all the fighting but clearly can't open doors or mine crystals :P). Looks great, but needed some UI polish--especially to be sped up, as it was a bit too slow (the only game we didn't actually finish).
* 03:31:52 - Mechrl (https://jzhang113.itch.io/mechrl): Basically Battletech the roguelike--go on missions, destroy mechs, get parts, build and repair own mech... Unfortunately it was a lot to bite off for a 7DRL, and with a scope like that it doesn't really stand up as a great game in its current state. Some very interesting ideas in there, though, like huge multitile robots moving around which you actually build from multitile parts, and it should be getting some updates later.
* 04:12:35 - Cardinal Gun Prospector (https://st33d.itch.io/cgp): A tightly-designed puzzle RL in which you attach various guns to each side of your square-shaped droid and try to dig up resources to survive without getting overwhelmed by robots and other creatures. Quite well done.

(Note, sorry but it was a bit of a rough start getting back into streaming something other than Cogmind since it's been a while since I did that :P)

Day 2: https://youtu.be/Hm1nPNPW5_s

Originally streamed via Twitch (200317): http://www.twitch.tv/kyzrati/

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