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DoomRL is a roguelike (think NetHack, ADOM), a genre of RPGs in which the world and characters are represented by ASCII characters.

DoomRL by Kornel Kisielewicz is a roguelike set in the world of Id Software’s DOOM.

It evokes the same dreary atmosphere of DOOM. The weapons and their characteristic firing and reloading sounds have also been implemented and balanced nicely in DoomRL, so they feel the same as in DOOM.

Everything (except the map design) have been translated to the roguelike format, even the blood splats and barrels of acid. Additional to DoomRL are the RPG characteristics of course, and as you gain enough experience you can upgrade traits which increases your combat ability.

Being a tactical rougelike, you don’t have to worry about inventory management (only number of slots , no weight issues), getting hungry, quests, pages of keybindings to remember, etc. All you need is to remember to grab better weapons and more armor and ammo like playing an FPS and you’re set to play.

Some screenshots:

Kornel has also created two other roguelikes, Berserk! (playable and currently under development) and Diablo (playable but incomplete, currently not in development). Will write more on them after playing further.