Ascension Run Roguelikes Podcast

Nov 23 2021 51
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Conversations about roguelikes. Covering roguelike news, strategies, gameplay experiences, developer interviews, and more. Hosted by Tone of the tonehack Twitch and YouTube channels, known for his educational roguelike content and skilled gameplay. Focused on traditional roguelikes, the classic turn-based permadeath games like NetHack and Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup.

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004 Roguelike Celebration 2021 feat. Alexei Pepers & Travis Moy

Nov 23 2021 96 mins  
Tone is joined by Roguelike Celebration organizers Alexei Pepers and Travis Moy to discuss the recent Roguelike Celebration 2021 event! They talk about the event itself and their experiences transitioning from a live event to an online conference, the unique online social space where the conference takes place, the organizer and volunteer experience, and they also discuss several o

003 Rift Wizard w/ developer Dylan White

Sep 12 2021 120 mins  
Tone is joined by Rift Wizard developer Dylan White to discuss the game and its recent release. Rift Wizard is a traditional roguelike where you play as a wizard with access to a huge selection of spells to customize your build. They discuss Dylan‘s background, Rift Wizard‘s core mechanics, player agency, designing spells in roguelikes, the Early Access experience, and more! Fu

002 Tactics for Days feat. mtf | Cogmind, Jupiter Hell, and more!

Aug 29 2021 170 mins  
Tone is joined by roguelikes discord admin mtf as they use their recent experiences playing Cogmind and Jupiter Hell as a lens to inspect and discuss a number of roguelike- and gaming-related topics! Topics include difficulty options in games, popular meta strategies, using consumables and resources, playing to win vs. for fun, crafting mechanics, multiplayer roguelikes, transferra

001 NetHack Speedrunning w/ luxidream; + Jupiter Hell, DCSS, Dominion

Aug 13 2021 192 mins  
Tone is joined by NetHack speedrun world-record-holder luxidream, who recently speedran the game for thousands of people at the ESA Summer 2021 marathon. They discuss speedrunning in NetHack and roguelikes, the new Jupiter Hell release, the deckbuilding card game Dominion and how it relates to roguelikes, the new DCSS patch, and more. Full episode shownotes at:https://tonehack.net/