My first win! Also basically my first ever game, or at least the first that went anywhere (I had one or two before this that died almost instantly).
Only three runes and one of the simplest character set ups but I’ll take it. Next game I might try casting a spell.
Hope I got the morgue link right.
https://underhound.eu/crawl/morgue/Kalolof/morgue-Kalolof-20250518-195950.txt
Grats! Many more to come I suppose. It’s rare to win in so few tries. Have you played similar games before?
I really hope for more yeah, although I suspect the more complex builds will be more complex to win with.
I have played a fair bit of other roguelikes yes. But the only ones I have won in, I think, where ToME (Difficulty before randbosses and with setting that gives some extra lives, names are escaping me right now), which was the first roguelike I got properly into. Then also Path of Achra and Rift Wizard 2, two much more recent games and also significantly shorter.
The big difference between those and this is they had a much greater focus on character abilities. Though I suppose with spells and a more involved god this game would go further in that direction too.
This game feels more basal (as in more like rogue) to the point where I was surprised it didn’t have food and that only scrolls and potions needed identifying. Not that I’m complaining, it just feels like a game that would have. Might also be because I came directly from Brogue, a game I was far less successful at.
Brogue is quite a bit harder than DCSS, in my experience (never won Brogue, though I haven’t spent nearly as much time playing). That’s not to say DCSS is easy - first win in 3 games is super impressive! Good job!
You’re correct in thinking the complexity and content is deeper on other builds.
Blaster casters are a lot of fun - aiming for a LVL 8 or LVL 9 pinnacle spell like “Ignition” or “Shatter” is definitely worth the time it takes to learn the system. Hybrid characters are fun too - with those I like to use short/long blades, light armor, and scale DEX and/or INT depending on the tools the dungeon offers. Certain gods give you an entirely different feeling of the game - Wu Jian Council gives you a unique melee style and Yred/Kiku/Beogh/Hep all give you powerful allies, for example. Certain races have very different feels to them as well. Felid and Djinni are two, for example, that are completely different from the other races.
Have fun! Not only is it a great game, the devs keep making it better and better, and there are tons of active players :)
Congrats. It is extremely impressive that it took you so few tries to win. It took me literally years before I won.
Thanks :) Needless to say my win rate has plummeted but some 200% already and continues to free fall D: