NetHack - Single player dungeon exploration game

Sep 1, 2022 · 1 min read · games rogue-like tui  ·
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NetHack is a single player rogue-like dungeon exploration game.

NetHack is one of the oldest and more elaborated games for the terminal. It belongs to the class of rogue-like games, whose typical characteristic is to be based on the exploration of magical-inspired environment, fighting enemies, while collecting and using objects and artifacts to achieve the final goal. This is the case for NetHack too. In NetHack, the goal is set to find the Amulet of Yendor.

The environment in NetHack is generated randomly, each new game is always different from the past, giving to the game and endless replayability.

The interface has the obvious graphical limitations of the terminal. All the elements are rendered as ASCII characters. While this makes the game quite difficult to understand at the beginning, it is also one of its main features once the player gets used to it.

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