Hi folks! I've been forking and modernizing Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup for Android, and would love more folks to discover my all-time fave classic RPG.
For those not familiar with DCSS, it's a true traditional roguelike that's been played and in active opensource development for the past 30 years, and considered one of the pillars of the true roguelike genre.
And for very good reason: impeccable tactical design and huge gameplay variety! It's at once the hardest and fairest game you'll ever play, taking some players years to get their first win. Yes, there's absolutely a real investment needed, no sugar-coating that 😲, but once you're in, it's more lifetime hobby than game-of-the-moment.
I've tried to make the friendliest ASCII mobile version- free, no ads, offline, customizable UI, etc. but keeping the old school ASCII aesthetic. Other graphical version exist too, you don't have to play mine.
DCSS will continue to outlast most games on the market. In an age where platforms are crowded with AI slop games, I think we see a return to real core gameplay.
