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The main theme somehow popped into my head recently and I retried the game.

This time, I tried an geologist with egyptian magic, fighting unarmed. (other favorites are the werediggle curse, Mathemagic and necronomiconomics. )
It's been a while since I last played and I don't think I ever got far.

I also discovered a bunch of new things which I've never seen on my playthroughs before (new updates, or maybe just bad luck in the past) Pocket dimensions and Secret wizard dimensions that can only be accessed by finding their names (and remembering them!)

Everything feels silly like drinking beer to restore mana, using an ingot press to make omelettes from diggle eggs, drinking from fountains with mystery liquids, vandalising statues of the dungeon lord to level up.

But at the same time it's very easy to adjust the game to suit your taste.
The difficulty level is adjustable, Permadeath is an option, plus there is an option for slower floors with the same amount of experience (to reduce grinding if you have less time to play) + Modding support.

Overall a great small title that I enjoyed playing again after so many years.

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[–] ElectricMachman@geostationary.orbiting.observer 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

There might be a new expansion coming. (I say "might" because I don't think there's any info on it, other than a vague teaser site: https://dredmor.com/ )

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 1 points 11 hours ago

huh, how about that.

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Dredmoor is a diamond in the rough. Was always bummed that we didn't get to see other efforts from that studio.

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 4 points 22 hours ago

Apparently they made 1 other game called Clockwork Empires. Never tried it though, and from the looks of the steam reviews, it might not be worth it to try.

[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it's a great game and there are tons of build variety in it

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 1 points 15 hours ago

I was thinking to play a unarmed, beserking, big game hunting were-diggle next. With a side hobby as paranormal investigator to protect against magic.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I really liked DoD, as well as their humor and the way they designed their skills. I am really sad nobody followed a similar format, and that they original developer shat the bed.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'll be honest and say I've never played Dungeons of Dredmor (though it's on my wishlist now after this thread), but the description of it that I'm reading here reads almost spot on like a description of Dungeonmans, which I do know and love very much. I'll give that a recommendation for you to check out.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I went to check the trailer and it didn't look anything like DoD, it looked like every other fantasy Roguelike ever

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

The trailer doesn't really do it justice I don't think. But that's fair.

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 4 points 1 day ago

Sad to hear. It was fun little game. I really liked the balance they struck between making things silly and still interesting to play. The game is also filled with references to other media and games. They also added a lot of quality of life things, like filtered crafting and autolooting, while not convieniencing away all the fun.

[–] Norn@lemmy.zip 7 points 23 hours ago

I really like the setting and art. The skill tree is silly (in a great way) and decently balanced. The greatest flaw is the game forcing you to wait for animations when moving around making the game way too slow for when you’re familiar (and bored) with the early floors. I would love to see more games like it but it does need more polish imo.

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I loved this game back in the day but I really wish someone would make a sequel with its issues fixed. Also from what I understand the game still has lots of bugs including occasional crashing and saves being corrupted, which is a real shame.

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 1 points 22 hours ago

It was pretty fun. I don't remember having too many issues, but I suppose that's not the experience of everybody. (Especially since the studio ended up closing.)

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, that game is great. I hardly ever play it anymore, I can't remember the last time I booted it up, yet for some reason it has been allowed to take up hard drive space for many, many years now.

[–] graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I remember loving it, might've been my first roguelike. I should boot it up again..