Hello adventurer! Welcome to Mogue, a Brogue-like realtime dungeon crawler built in Luanti. You're on a quest to retrieve the Crystal of Yendor, rumored to be somewhere in depth 12 of the dungeons. Bring it back up to the surface, place it on the pedestal and your name will forever be remembered. Along the way, try to collect as much gold as possible to show off to future explorers of the dungeon. But beware! The dungeon and its inhabitants do not take kindly to intruders. There will be traps you must avoid and monsters to sneak around, to fight, or to run away from. If you die on your quest, you will lose any items you find, your stats will reset, and you'll need to start again at the top. The dungeon itself will change its shape, and you will need to explore it anew. But do not despair, as you explore the dungeon, there will be many chests containing items to help you on your way to retrieve the fabled crystal.
See the in game help for more details on how to play!
Tense, Fast, Easy to start, Difficult to master
Great job! As a roguelike fan, I loved how fast this game drops you into the action. The upgrade items are super cool, and the tight spaces honestly gave me anxiety — I kept thinking enemies were going to jump me at any second (in a fun way!).
It’s brutal — I died fast — but that just made each run more fun.
Feels like a roguelike
I have casually played some Nethack, DCSS and Brogue. Mogue does feel like a roguelike. They succeeded in transposing the turn-based, 2D world of original roguelikes into the realtime, 3D world of Luanti. From Brogue specifically, it retained the "coffee-break rogulike" aspect, one can do a quick, casual run just like one would with Extra Ordinance in a different genre.
The text in the description really should be in-game (maybe shorten it and put in a "help" tab?) to make it more accessible for players not familiar to the genre and its terminology.
Nothing like me
But you get a thums up for effort :)