Request for votes: 'Ascii Dreams Roguelike of the Year 2009'.
Andrew Doull
To vote go to http://roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com
How did the roguelikes qualify?
The list was taken from the roguelike releases announced on the Rogue
Basin news section between January 1st and December 19th 2009 and from
the list of Actively Developing Roguelikes maintained by Jeff Lait.
There are a record 99 entries this year - up from 75 the previous
year.
What about 'x'?
Make sure you announced your roguelike on Rogue Basin for next year.
In particular, NetHack didn't make it in, again. One of the previous
winners also didn't make it in, much to my surprise. Although another
roguelike developed by the same guys did, if you want to vote by
proxy.
What about the 7 day roguelikes?
I decided to exclude any 7 day roguelikes that weren't announced
separately. However, most of them were on Jeff Lait's list.
What's the prize?
Pride. And a sexy logo - if you want one. You can see the winning 2007
logo on the Dwarf Fortress links page. The Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
crowd didn't seem to need one. Logo designs for this year are welcome.
Having a competition is a dumb idea/offensive/stupid when you can't
police the results.
Yep. Doesn't stop it being fun. You can vote for multiple different
roguelikes. The idea here is that you will be encouraged to go out and
download a roguelike that other people consider interesting, not that
there is any kind of real competition element involved.
Andrew