DoomRL 0.9.9.6 released!

This is one huge release for DoomRL, this time including a graphics pack and a full screen mode.  I am really having a lot of fun with this release.  So if you'be been waiting to give this one a try, or even been avoiding it, now is the time to give this one a go.

Doom the Roguelike

Tales of Maj'Eyal beta 38 released!

Tales of Maj'Eyal, the Roguelike of the Year, just released it's latest beta entitled "A new beginning".

Release highlights:

• A whole new UI!

• Shortened some long zones

• New aritifacts/npcs/lore

• A slew of bugfixes & improvements to many parts of the game

• Addons cofiguration screen

• Reworked ammo

Ninja IDE

Default theme, btw :)

For those of you looking for a good Python IDE, but not willing to shell out the cash for the full version of Wing IDE, I am going to have to recommend Ninja IDE.  It has tons of great features, including auto-completion and plugin support.  It's open source, so it doesn't cost you anything to download and use it, and it has a really cool logo :)

Ninja IDE

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.10 released!

The latest version of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is out and I have been playing a lot of it with a Human Assassin and a Deep Elf Necromancer and really enjoying myself.  This is probably the best roguelike out there right now, and it's free, so if you haven't tried this one yet, get it now.

Deep Elf Necromancer

This release is a major release so it has tons of bug fixes and many major changes, which are listed here.

Dwarf Fortress 0.34.02 released!

Almost a full year in the making, the latest release of Dwarf Fortress is upon us.  With many new features, mostly to the Adventure mode, this is one very exciting new release.  And now we wait for the new Lazy Newb Pack :)

Download and changelog over at Bay12Games.

New Cities in Adventure Mode

Update: Lazy Newb Pack v10.1 is out, get it now here.

Making Games with Python and Pygame

Al Sweigart has released his new book, "Making Games with Python and Pygame" under the Creative Commons License and that means you can download it for free.  You can check out his website here, which has a link to the html version..

Or just click on the pic to download the book in PDF format..

Dungeons and Dragons Online

When I was a kid, I loved getting the Gold Box games from TSR.  I remember being excited about Hillsfar, because I could ride a horse in a video game.  Those games were great.  Then along came Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment...some of the best games ever.  Then came Neverwinter Nights.  Wow.  I was in love.  (Speaking of which, over at Impulse/Gamestop, you can buy a digital copy of the DnD Anthology  and have all these games, including sequels and expansion packs, forever).

Hillsfar

So in 2006, when Dungeons and Dragons Online first came out, I picked it up right away.  No hesitation.  I absolutely loved it.  It wasn't perfect.  Many things were missing, as per most MMOs when they first come out, but it had the foundations laid in place.  I switched jobs and moved far from home, and my PC got left behind, then died during cargo transit.  I bought a laptop which didn't have a graphics card capable of running the game, and thus my DDO adventures came to an end.

Time went on and for a variety of reasons, I forgot about the game.  Until recently when the expansion pack, Menace of the Underdark, was announced.  I decided to get back into the game, which was now free-to-play. Due to being a subscriber way back when, I started off with a premium account. I found that my level 7 Rogue was still there, waiting for me to pick up where I left off.

Dungeons and Dragons Online

It took me a bit to get my bearings, but I quickly got back into the swing of things.  But now there is a lot more to digest.  New classes, races, crafting, quests, challenges, high resolution version, etc.  So much great new content being added on a regular basis, and a huge expansion coming this summer.  It's going to be a huge year for this game, and I am happy I got back into it at the time I did.  So happy in fact, that even though I had a premium account, I went ahead and sprung for 1 year of VIP status for an even $100.

If you happen to play, come see Abu Musaab on the Sarlona server and we can kill some hobgoblins together. Happy questing!