Comments on: Nearly automated RPGs

Nearly automated RPGs

CrunchyFrog — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:28:22 -0800

Like Progress Quest but looking for something you can get a little more involved with? Hours of semi-interactive entertainment are now available! Save, load, and undo with the roguelike game Save Scummer. Level up with Statbuilder, where you must click to win. And try my personal favorite, NPC Quest, which gives you all the excitement of RPG inventory management while automating the boring battles and exploration. (NPC Quest is near the bottom; scroll down.)

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:48:22 -0800

NPC quest is silly, but addictive. Nice work for a 48 hr jobby.

By: yeoz

yeoz — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:43:59 -0800

NPC Quest is fun.

By: yeoz

yeoz — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:59:07 -0800

Lost my save game when it crashed though. :(

By: lowlife

lowlife — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:17:28 -0800

Same here. Seems to crash when my machine locks.

By: Rallon

Rallon — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:48:40 -0800

Definitely enjoying NPC Quest much more than I should.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:00:20 -0800

NPC Quest has this nasty habit of randomly generating one small room with all the monsters in it. The hero seems pathologically incapable of making for the exit when there's a monster near, so if you're not quite overpowered for that level, kiss the game goodbye... Otherwise a lot more entertaining than you'd expect! Goes to show that there's not that much entertainment value in hacking and slashing these days, I submit.

By: yeoz

yeoz — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:06:42 -0800

savescummer is less fun. It lacks the depth that NPC Quest has, because it doesn't appear that I can do very much. Except alter time/rolls, but, that takes too much work... Even hitting left and right to have the game generate new floors to try to prevent a death is tedious. Definitely feels like I have less control over the game,... But, at least I can let savescummer play by itself in the background.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Sat, 12 May 2007 21:16:14 -0800

NPC Quest is strangely compelling. It's no nethack of course but it's good for a change of pace.