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Roguelike is a dungeon crawling RPG. Most of the game is randomized, leading to different items, different enemy locations, trap placement, etc, every time you play. Despite the random factor, it's very possible to salvage a run that's less than ideal by playing smart and being safe.
You don't need a big party to play it, either. It's very possible to complete, even to the extra final boss, with only two people. The main game can be completed with almost every hero when they're alone, provided the player is willing to be patient. That said, I recommend having a group. The game's far more fun with a bunch of people, even if adding too many can make it harder.
Features
- 24 Heroes, all with unique kits. Very few spells are reused and no heroes play anything like any others. Even your meatshields and carries have variety.
- Even within these heroes, players can customize their playstyles based on their team. The Knight can become an impenetrable tank or a durable fighter. The Psychic could be specialized as a heavily defensive support or a fully capable frontline fighter.
- Eight massive areas each with their own sets of enemies, traps, events and bosses. With a different boss and different enemy placement every time, each corner will be a possible deathtrap to even the most experienced of players.
- Extra bosses lie in wait at the end of each area. Players can challenge these bosses for incredible rewards and levels, but each boss is a force entirely on their own and fully capable of wiping a party. However, should they all be defeated, the game will have an additional set of levels including an extra boss whose difficulty far exceeds the rest of the game.
- More than 100 items in the pool of random tools that the players will find. Powerful active items completely turn the tide of battle and passive items mold wimpy explorers into brave dungeon delvers.
- Lore! Lots of lore! Every hero has a backstory, as does every boss, area, item, etc. Should the players complete the game in its entirety, every hero has their own ending!
- Brutal difficulty that challenges every player, even those that know the tricks behind every boss and area. Few ever see the end of the labyrinth...
- NEW! (Version 2.21) Has a soundpack, giving great music while you get eaten alive!
- New! (Version 2.35) The player endings have been re-added. For those that played the old versions, some of you missed it and their removal was to make room for something else that...didn't work out. Long and short is that they're back.
Some other things to know...
When I say the difficulty is brutal, I mean it. At least, it should be. Some runs will bless your Rogue with cleave, durability, invulnerability and crits. Others will have him praying that he could even get a Small Rock as a weapon. Such is the nature of a game with an entirely random generation of items and bosses. If something goes wrong, don't be upset. Strengthen your resolve and give it another go. Or come back here and tell me I'm a bad mapmaker, as this is also true.
Also there is now a Discord! - https://discord.gg/UjSEcgyFbA
Screenshots and Videos
Big thanks to Vidya Only for playing and recording the game. Note that some information you get in the video may be slightly outdated.
Unfortunately, all of these come from the same game. I'll add more at some point, probably when this version gets updated.
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A screenshot of the Depths, the first area. In this image, you can see several of the early enemies and Beelzebub, the first boss.
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A screenshot of the Overgrowth, the second area. This is the Sinner and Priestess battling the extra boss of this area. This also gives a snippet of the lore from the game, showing the Sword of the Dawn.
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A screenshot of the Piercing Cold, the fifth area. As the party first landed in the area, they were unfortunately met with great resistance from the residents. They pressed on, but met with untimely demise from a boss near the game's end. Such a shame.
Changelog
Fixed a few minor bugs from related to map protection.
Changelog
Updated Hotkeys
Assassin's Assassinate logic changed, but functionally still roughly the same. Cloak of Shadows reworked.
Psychic's Psionic Storm now deals more damage.
Death Knight's healing up, Death Coil CD up early, Life Drain CD down. Runeblade and Dark Armor functionality changed.
Magus Thor's Hammer functionally change, Heatblast CD down
Spellblade Dimension Blade updated, Runic Blade name changed to Essence Reaper. Bug fixed with mana regain.
Priestess' Inspire now gives slightly more armor and actually lasts the appropriate duration.
Shinobi reworked, though still very similar to how he was the previous patch.
Sinner Gluttony actually works the way it's supposed to now.
Guardian's slam damage and cooldown up.
Changelog
Fixed the game crashing via Fire Mages/Aguni.
Shinobi has been completely reworked.
Hotkeys changed for abilities to a more suitable set.
Changelog
Probably the last version unless anything critical comes up.
Hero unique endings and the code to reveal the secret hero have returned.
Changelog
Heroes
Guardian - Less tanky, but a bit more damage to compensate.
Overlord - Damage down, durability down. Should be more reasonable.
Magus - Cooldowns on Fire/Ice spells down. Cooldown on Thor's Hand up. Cast time on innate up.
Spellblade - Damage on Dimensional Blade fixed. For real this time.
Alchemist - Fixed several bugs related to his passive/special.
Sinner - Reworked/Fixed Gluttony (the spell, not the sin).
Items
Mini Hakkero - Tooltip no longer says it has hero restrictions. It hasn't for a long time, but I kept forgetting to update it. Whoops.
Changelog
Spellblade
Dimensional Blade damage output significantly lowered.
Ritualist
Armor shredding abilities lowered, damage aura improved.
Sinner
Completely remade. Make sure to check him out (In a group).
Items
Super Greed's item has been nerfed.
3 new items added.
Other
Randoming a hero will now give a second tarot card.
Mycaruba now patrols the fire area once again.
Heroes
Small buffs - Dragon Lord, Shinobi, Psychic
Small nerfs - Guardian, Overlord
Huntress has been remade. She is now an agility carry that specializes rapidly clearing groups of enemies.
Sinner is now an Intelligence hero. This is a very temporary change and he is due for a remake next patch.
Others
The Cathedral has been completely remade into a more boss rush. This prevents players from waiting for every cooldown before fighting. The extra space of the Cathedral will be used for other things in coming versions.
Character endings have been removed for now.
Changelog
Heroes
These heroes have been partially reworked (mostly same abilities, some QoL changes) - Archer, Dragon Lord, Ghoul, Overlord, Psychic, Spellblade
These heroes have been mostly reworked (Thematically the same but mostly different in terms of kit) - Shinobi, Slayer
These heroes due for full reworks - Sinner, Huntress
(Check out the comments for more details and insight on these reworks)
Alchemist - Base attack speed nerf. Hitting that lategame, not that alchemist picking wretches will care.
Guardian - Taunt/slam cooldown increased, Protector heals for slightly less. The Guardian is overperforming a tad, but not too much.
Magus - Int gain down, damage down. Magus is op, but I'd rather not gut him. Just going to touch him down some for now and see where that takes it.
Enemies
Slight number changes to enemies found in the Darkness. Large enemy patch is on the way, but for now, staying as is.
No boss changes. Much like enemies, significant changes are on the way...but not yet.
Bugfixes
Cleaned some code, removed some memory leaks.
Fixed a bug where randoming the Magus would not give his spellbook.
General
Ultra Greed mode added
Fixed some pathing issues
Heroes
Magus - Full Rework
The Magus was in a strange place balance-wise, being both horribly over powered and hilariously weak. His rework is going to leave him in a better place to play as and with.
Ghoul - Buffs Buffed
The Ghoul's buffs often felt stiff, especially endgame. They are now far more usable and user friendly.
Sinner - Lust Reworked
Again. Lust has been remade as a damage dealing debuff.
Various heroes have had abilities remade into one point abilities that cost more than 1 lumber to learn. This is because levels in those abilities offered very little, now they can be one-point wonders as everyone needs them.
Items
Cleave ranges down
Fixed several item tooltips
Changelog
General
Updated a bunch of icons
Observers no longer can spawn heroes
Fixed multiple issues with the randoming system
Plugged some more leaks
Soundpack is finished! Look below for more details.
Heroes
Alchemist - Has a better money dump
The Alchemist can now spend money to permanently increase his attack damage.
Berserker - Furor lowers more armor
As it says.
Enemies
Seymour's summons no longer drop items.
Sloth has lower attack range and slows less movement speed.
Tiki's summon has been adjusted in the Cathedral.
Items
Demon Saint's Scroll is now accurate to the tooltip.
Belch Bomb replaced by a new item.
Other
Lunatic difficulty has had some adjustments, mostly around stunlocks.
Observers can now be spawned by any player.
Shopkeep shouldn't get stuck in the trees anymore.
Fixed a major bug with the Ancient.
Changelog
New Features
Multiple difficulties!
Safe area before the game starts, allowing players to spend their points in safety
Players can now random
Wall bosses have been fixed. Wall items also have been fixed. The Unstuck feature will stay in the game until next version just in case it messes up.
General
The event from the Darkness has been removed. It can be linked to numerous crashes, which really sucks for people who make it that far only to dc.
Numerous instances of spaghetti code fixed.
Heroes
Alchemist - Golden Sword reworked
Golden Sword is now Golden Gun. It can be used to exchange gold for attack damage in the very late game. This feels a bit better for an Alchemist than merely emptying those pockets.
Archer - Swift replaced
Swift was an amazing passive in the alpha of the game and the Archer has always been good enough it didn't need replaced. This has changed a bit, so she retains the ability of Swift but now has True Shot.
Assassin - Overall nerfed, Assassinate buffed
This is getting to be a common sight. The Assassin's boss killer is now weaker, but Assassinate is now reliable. Shadow Strikes is also now a one-point wonder.
Berserker - Berserker Fury Remade
Berserker Fury now scales better into lategame but now triggers when damaged rather than when attacking. This reinforces his position as a bruiser rather than a carry whose early game is tanky.
Death Knight - Dark Armor Remade
Dark Armor didn't serve much of a purpose. It now reflects a portion of the damage taken for a small amount of health cost each second.
Guardian - Aura Changed
Aura is now costless but has a longer cooldown. Excellent for when you've had a bit too much pizza to be using it.
Priestess - Mend and Inspire Buffed
Only slightly. The Priestess has always been good, but this will give her some more build paths.
Pugilist - Turtle Spirit Buffed
Fist of the Turtle Spirit is now fused with Meditation. This gives it a bit more idenity and utility.
Ritualist - Fantasy Seal and Spirit Mausoleum weaker early, stronger late
These two abilities really fall off when bosses have hundreds of armor. This change makes both much stronger in the endgame but lowers their early power as a result.
Shaman - Stun times slightly down
Exactly what it says.
Shinobi - High Evasion Cost Change
High Evasion now has a different cost formula. It's too powerful to cost so little.
Slayer - Anihilate and Silver Watch lategame buffed
Both abilities now have *some* effect on heroes, making the Slayer a reasonable choice as a carry rather than a gimmick for waveclear.
Spellblade - Mana Burst nerfed
This ability was way, way too strong. That's about it.
Warlock - Death Coil Buffed
Death Coil now restores its cost when used on a minion, allowing it to be used for free heals on summons.
Enemies
Leoric and Ostarion no longer have Fire Bolt.
Arthas has had his power lowered.
Gluttony doesn't grow to near as extreme of a size.
Fixes
Fixed a few tooltips.
Changelog
General
Defeating extra bosses is now a touch more cinematic.
Enemies
The Puppet Master has been remade. Happy hunting...
Locust Swarm abilities no longer cost mana, preventing abuse of early bosses that rely on it. However, the damage has also been slightly lowered to compensate.
Heroes
Archer - Damage increased
The Archer's physical damage has been slightly increased. Her recent remake has left her weaker than most carries, so this will start to bring her back in line.
Death Knight - At higher levels, Death Coil's cooldown is shorter
Early on, Death Coil provides literal infinite sustain for the Death Knight. Later on his health will be much higher, so it's fine for Death Coil's cooldown to be shorter.
Dragon Lord - Overall Buffed
The Dragon Lord was relatively weak for a tank, especially lategame. His numbers have been moved up some. That's all.
Overlord - Reworked Brave Swings
Brave Swings, much like the Shaman's Ethereal Spirit, now has only one level.
Warlock - Changed Hotkeys, lowered Death Coil's cost
As one person said, while the Warlock's hotkeys are what everyone else's is, the QWE keys work better with control groups. Simple QoL change. Death Coil has also had its mana lowered.
Fixes
Potential abuse of forcing traps to spawn in the Mage's Tower has been fixed.
The Sin spawning system has been changed in the hopes of it being less buggy.
Changed the wording of several tooltips for the sake of clarity.
Parasoul's armor bonus reworked.
Removed Cross Slash from the Warlock's upgrades. I don't know how the hell that ended up there.
Teal Player's wisp couldn't select heroes in one of the taverns. This has been fixed.
The Final Boss' warnings now properly disappear.
The game now properly recognizes when players leave.
Observer abuse will be harder to do.
Agni's Flames can no longer burn himself.
Many other very minor fixes.
Changelog
Balance Changes
General
Speedball has been remade.
Several paths opened in the Inferno and the Piercing Cold.
The Reaper event has been changed.
Enemies
The final boss has received some changes...
Heroes
Assassin - Reduced the base attack speed of the Assassin, changed Death Perception
The Assassin is extremely good at her job of killing heroes. Too good. She's getting touched down in the hopes that she'll be less overpowered at the endgame.
Archer - Replaced Critical Strike with Volley, lowered Aimed Shot cast time
The Archer was previously just a ranged Rogue. That was fine when she was created. There were only 6 heroes, after all. But now, she needs something to make her feel different. This comes in the form of Volley, her new spell.
Overlord - Damage down
The Overlord's damage has been slightly lowered. This will hopefully bring him more in line with other heroes.
Spellblade - New ability, Dimensional Blade CD down
The Spellblade needs some love, plain and simple. Emergency Mana has been removed, seeing as how it was mostly useless.
Others
Loggers now grant experience.
A few model updates/changes.
Invisible units now bestow auras. This only really effects the Assassin and Shinobi.
Pay attention during the endings...you might learn something interesting!
New Loading Screen and Minimap Preview!
Changelog
Balance Changes
Enemies
Gave The Reaper truestrike
Rebalanced the Cathedral. Certain rooms will be easier.
Increased Mad Jack's base stats but removed one of his ressurections.
Lowered the power of Arthas' illusions.
Increased the intensity of Death's Death Knell but increased the downtime.
Heroes
Knight - Reduced power of Iron Wall, Bold Leader and Reinforced Armor
The Knight was outperforming every tank in almost every regard. Seeing as how melee bosses are the most common type, his passive is too strong, as are his passive defensive bonuses.
Guardian - Increased base stat gain, buffed Protector and Unbreakable, adjusted Always Prepared
The Guardian is meant to be the definitive lategame tank but right now he's relatively weak. These changes won't hugely increase his power, but should bring him more in line with other tanks.
Warlock - Slightly increased summon stats
The Warlock currently doesn't scale well enough into lategame. Still, no major changes.
Fixes
Updated the Guardian's icons
Fixed the Warlock's Pact tooltip
Fixed the Truestrike tooltip
Fixed the Excalibur bug
Fixed (maybe) wall bosses.
Not much of a changelog for this version. Obviously there were changes before this one, but since those versions have never been posted here, it's a tad pointless to mention them.
However, there are a few issues with this version that were discovered after it was made.
Bosses and enemies will occasionally get stuck up on walls. This is most common in the third area, though it does happen in a few of the others. You can use the -unstuck command to create a dummy that will move the first unit it attacks off the wall and to its position. I'm not 100% sure how to fix this, but the unstuck command can be used to fix it in almost every situation. You could also use it to cheat and look ahead, but really, what kind of person would do that?
The other issue of note, though this is far less prevalent, is that Excalibur will make the hero who drops it lose 5 damage even if they didn't use the active. I'm currently looking into this and will ideally have it fixed soon.
Credits
Special Thanks:
- Cman2002. Seriously, this guy has tested the game so many times. So. Many. Times. It would be a glitchy mess without him and I could never thank him enough.
- Renamon and Zyrlin. They also tested the map constantly and caught some of the biggest bugs, even though they didn't test as often. Again, I can't thank them enough.
- The rest of my friends that tested the map, Jakemaster64, MrPengyPoo, Guhjah/Vestakia. We've had a lot of fun...probably more suffering, but it came out alright.
- Anyone else who plays the map. Seriously, even if you hate it, thanks for giving it a shot at least.
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Loading Screen - Ryosios on Pixiv
Map Preivew - Zinnkousai3850 on Pixiv
Soundpack
Check out the game's soundpack! This allows it to have music but still be under 8mb for Bnet play. Simply unzip the file and put it in your Warcraft 3 folder. It should look like this (varying on your OS, of course)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\Roguelike\(the mp3 files and credits)"
I make no promises this'll work...but it should. It does for most of my friends, so I reckon it will probably work for most people.
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin_data/vr7n9x/_files/Roguelike.zip
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Could try to random him.
yeah dont like reforged
It should (hopefully) work on that version. I do play the most recent version of Warcraft though not Reforged, but in theory it should work.hi awesome man! can you tell me what w3 version need to use??? i have 1.26 and 1.26
As long as you don't use the reforged editor, it'll work in all versions above 1.24 or sometimes only above 1.28.
