Roguelikes on smartphones!

manveruppd · 25 Apr 2011 at 15:37

Just a general thread for people to post their favourite roguelike games for iOS/Android/BB/Windows/whathaveyou!

Personally I've been dungeoncrawling away on Nethack during my 6 years on Windows Mobile (was using an HTC Universal with a GREAT keyboard, so it was perfect for it), in fact I much preferred playing on my phone than on my computer!

Since my move to Android I've yet to find a game that's a suitable replacement because of the keyboard situation. I've tried several but either they're terrible or the control schemes are. I'm looking forward to seeing what others are playing!

manveruppd · 26 Apr 2011 at 22:22

Get out of my thread!!!

manveruppd · 27 Apr 2011 at 00:23

I didn't think it was possible to geek ANYONE out on these forums!

Anyway, Nethack has 50k downloads on Appbrain alone so what do you guys know?

Roguelikes would be perfect for touchscreen phones if they sorted out the interface!

manveruppd · 28 Apr 2011 at 06:47

Yeah you guys keep mocking, I don't care, it just keeps the thread at the top of the forum long enough for some people of taste and distinction (ie. roguelike fans) to come along and see it!

manveruppd · 29 Apr 2011 at 03:11

NuclearWinter said:
Unfortunately without a keyboard you aren't going to find a roguelike that's equivalent in complexity to the best PC ones. Right now you'd have to settle for a toned done experience geared towards gaming on a phone.

Yeah, that's what I've found too. I played the Android ports of Nethack but they're a pain to operate even with my Desire Z's hardware keyboard. They remapped the movement keys to JYKUMN rather than the number keys and it takes some getting used to. Plus the fact that my hardware keyboard doesn't have an alt or ctrl key, so I need to use the onscreen keyboard for most things (making for a really tiny display left to show the dungeon!!) and even then it takes a lot of touchscreen taps to get to anything...