Module 1 · A single run
- Define how a run starts and ends
- Choose the risk the player accepts
- Set the reward for continuing
- Write why two runs should differ
COURSE
Roguelike Design Workshop
€101.00
Design runs that feel different without a hundred hand-built levels. Study risk, rewards, and the decision to continue.
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Design runs that feel different without a hundred hand-built levels. Study risk, rewards, and the decision to continue. Across about 10 hours you will define how a run starts and ends, list the pieces you will recombine, make a loss understandable, and play three runs and note the outliers.
Intermediate · 10 hours · Design
Curriculum
Module 2 · Variety
- List the pieces you will recombine
- Limit the pool so combinations stay fair
- Add one choice that changes the next room
- Remove a reward that makes a run trivial
Module 3 · Failure
- Make a loss understandable
- Show what the player keeps between runs
- Time a full run
- Check that a new player can finish one attempt
Module 4 · Tuning
- Play three runs and note the outliers
- Change one drop rate or cost
- Write the rule you will not randomize
- Save the notes with the build
