eryn/erynwells.me
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues 8 Pull requests 1 Projects Releases Packages Activity Actions

Update Nethack partials, shortcodes, and page to properly handle ascensions 😁

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Eryn Wells 2023-01-24 08:53:58 -08:00
parent d1df92aa03
commit 42a71c1ac3
7 changed files with 59 additions and 36 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

40
content/nethack/index.md
View file

@ -1,36 +1,30 @@
---
title: "Nethack"
description: In which I play way too much of a silly command line Rogue-like game.
description: In which I play way too much of a silly command line Roguelike game.
date: 2022-04-13T08:43:46-07:00
---
Every so often I get hooked on [this game][nethack]. It's a command line
Roguelike adventure game with rules based on Dungeons & Dragons. You play a
character on a mission for their deity to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor from an
evil Wizard and bring it back to the surface. The game gives you very little to
go on when you start, and it teaches you almost nothing except the basic
controls. Famously, almost every item you encounter or action you can take can
go wrong in some catastrophic way and cause
{{< abbr title="Yet Another Stupid Death" >}}YASD{{</ abbr >}}.
The more you play, the more you learn, and the more you begin to understand the
risks and consequences.
[Roguelike][rl] adventure game with rules based on Dungeons & Dragons. As far as
I know, it is the oldest computer game in ongoing development.
In short: it's very hard, you die a lot, and it's quite easy to lose hours
delving deeper and deeper into the Dungeons of Doom, dying, and starting again.
It's also really fun.
You play a character on a mission to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, held in the
deepest level of Gehennom by the evil god Moloch, and ascend to demigodhood by
offering it to your deity. You are taught nothing and given no training, and
worse: almost every monster, item, and dungeon feature can kill you if you
aren't careful. The more you play, the more you learn, and the more you begin to
understand the risks and consequences.
Here's my best game so far:
In short: it's very hard, you die a lot, and it's easy to lose hours delving
deeper and deeper into the Dungeons of Doom, dying, and starting again. It's
tons of fun.
{{< nethack/best_game >}}
Since I started keeping records, I've played {{< nethack/n >}} games, and
ascended {{< nethack/ascensions >}} of them.
## A Game Log
Here are my top 10 best games:
The game logs every play-through, along with a bunch of data about your
character and how you did.
Herein is a chronological accounting of my last ten descents into the Dungeons
of Doom.
{{< nethack/logfile >}}
{{< nethack/topn 10 >}}
[nethack]: https://www.nethack.org
[rl]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike