Rogue Emoji

#rogueemoji is an #emoji  😮 #roguelike ⚔️ made for #7drl 🗓️2020 About

When you notice 🤔 some emoji are missing from your phone 📱, you enlist the help of Emo 😀 to track down the emoji king 🤴 and figure out what's up!

Controls

• WASD to move 🏃
• Arrow keys for attacks ⚔️
• E to interact with objects 👋
• P to pass a turn 🕐
• M to enable/disable enchantments 🌟

Note on graphics

This game uses platform-rendered emojis 💻, meaning that visuals will vary depending on where it's played 😲. While developed on Windows, it's also been checked on Mac 🍎 for completeness and playability. If you're on Linux 🐧 or Chrome OS, godspeed 🎖️. 

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This project was made in 7 days for #7drl 2020. From the start I had two goals:

1) Make a roguelike

2) Use only emoji for the graphics.

While reflecting on what I enjoy the most about roguelikes and rogue-lites, I wanted to see if I could create enough interlocking systems to create interesting emergent gameplay. While I didn't get around to everything I wanted, like armor pickups and extending the enchantment mechanics to enemies (e.g. a Fire Bear), I'm pretty happy with what I was able to put together as a "complete" game.

The great thing about using emoji for graphics is that it provides instant inspiration for additional weapons, enchantments, enemies, gameplay systems... my hope is to work on a follow-up that can incorporate more of these elements, and look forward to any feedback of things players would be interested in seeing.

Thanks for playing!

- Aaron Z. Best

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