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ParaseusWhat intrigues me particularly about Triangle Wizard is the aesthetics. For a start, it's a Rogue-like, with randomly-generated levels and a variety of character and class types, and spells or abilities triggered by alpha key presses. It uses the mouse, though; left-click to trigger the selected spell/action, and right-click to move to the moused-over location. But it's also a realtime game, with monsters acting continuously (although via fairly predictable AI), to the point that hammering on the mouse button at critical moments is essential. Diablo-esque, in a way.
The third aesthetic choice that's interesting is that the graphics are reminiscent of old-school vector graphics games. Your wizard (though there are a variety of character classes, they're all magic users) is a triangle, walls are straight lines, and while monsters are represented by Rogue-like alpha characters, they're rendered in an unusual font, in somewhat phantasmagoric colors. The one place where 'modern' graphical effects are used is when spells are cast.
I haven't gotten below the 10th level, so I don't know whether it has the weird depth and complexity of games like NetHack, and, of course, old-school Rogue-like devotees may balk at the realtime nature of the game. Yet so far it's held my interest.
The developer says:
"The come contains almost 400 monsters, almost 100 unique creatures (randomly generated champion monsters not counted), 90 traps and 80 magic spells (e.g. Solar Flare, Animate Dead and Spellmantle). If you ever played Diablo, NetHack or Age of Wonders you will probably meet some old famous characters from those games."
...which sounds promising.
Age of Wonders 4 EVA
Procedural content is going to change everything, out of the box.
It's an interesting game
I like the graphics, especially the spell casting. I only wish he put sound. That would have been a nice touch. But otherwise it's pretty good. I like the tutorial for it as well.