I recently had a request to release the Chronophase source code, which, after many years, still seems to hold up reasonably well!
For the brave of heart, this is what the source code for a 4-day roguelike challenge looks like: https://github.com/Nolithius/chronophase.
Is four days enough to develop a roguelike? Yes, there is proof. Is it enough time to test it thoroughly and ensure that it is bug free? Unlikely! In any case, Chronophase was released at the 4-day mark with 3 known bugs, all of which I’ve just now corrected.
Fresh out of the oven, my first entry into an nDRL challenge (a 4DRL, no less), Chronophase!
These last four days have been really intense. Tough choices could not be awarded the luxury of a night’s sleep, as I normally prefer; they had to be resolved within the minute. It really gets down to the core of what game design and development is all about.
I have officially entered into the 4DRL (4-day roguelike) challenge as of yesterday, with a space-based roguelike, Chronophase. I have been kicking around the idea for a space-based roguelike for a while, and what better time to tackle it than a 4-day-cut-the-fat-and-focus-on-what’s-important challenge?