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First ascent with 2.5.0
  • I was asked, why keep a spear the entire game?

    This was an odd run for me. The first weapon I received was a great axe. It is too large to be a value. I had almost no armor the entire game, until the imp. I obtained the ring of tenacity and the vampiric spear early on. Typically , I take my first upgrade scroll and turn it into enchantment stones and apply the stones to my bow. Throughout the game I mainly rely upon my bow as my primary weapon and don't give much concern to a melee weapon. I later picked up the ring of furor. I augmented my bow for greater damage at the cost of speed. Using the ring I was able to offset and even greatly improve upon my attack speed. It is very rare that I get the chalice artifact. After looking over my inventory early on and realizing I was going to be challenged for armor and weapons, I noticed that between the 2 rings and the vampiric spear and the chalice of blood, by applying my upgrade scrolls I could achieve almost immortality. The rings prevented me from dying easily, which allowed me to fill the chalice and the chalice regenerated my health and if I should take enough damage, by using my other ring in combination with the spear, I could stab at my enemy's nearly 6 times as often as they could attack me and gain health back from them.

    So, yes, I kept the spear.

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    First ascent with 2.5.0
  • Oh, I have. Just the way that one went was so bizarre. The comment is meant more as humor.

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    Spent 20 minutes trying to catch these fuckers
  • Wand of fire works well.

    Mixing potions of Paralysis and Toxic holds and poisons them.

    A stone of Aggression to make them attack each other.

    It's tough when they don't come to the door.

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  • Huntress made it on the first run. I really like the new Upgrade system.

    One creepy thing... killed a Monk rushing at me just as he was passing a chest. His remains ended up inside. So wrong. I had to open that chest once I found the key. You don't want to know how bad it smelled inside.

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    Gladiator ascended. No obvious bugs. I like the remade menu. Balance is decent.

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    Zeki tablet running Android 4.4
  • If only I had a dollar for every good working app that Google has broken for no reason whatsoever other than the force people to upgrade I'd be a multi-millionaire.

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  • !

    I just had to test the newest SPD 2.5.0b3 on the oldest Android device I have, and I am proud to say that it works great!

    My old Zeki nearly went into the trash this month as nearly all support for 4x has ceased. Then I discovered XPlayer, a 3rd party app designed to run MKV movies in h265 format. Along with WiFi FTP I am able to stream quality movies on this old tablet.

    Better still, I can now play one of the best roguelikes ever on it! Thank you 00-Evan for not writing off older hardware.

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    Strategies for On Diet?
  • Bland fruit with a green seed. I agree with making meat pies. The Chalice transmuted from Boots or another artifact avoiding risk of death. Brewing random seeds may provide extra health potions. Wand of Growth in the gardens.

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    Tips for 9-chal dwarf king as assassin?
  • potion of paralysis followed by potion of poison on the summoning altars behind the throne, bee's on the altars before the throne, and once the king's invulnerability fails a stone of aggression at the king, then let his own minions kill him... this approach has worked very well for any class or challenge... a wand of blast can help this method by pushing minions back into the deadly fog should they get through

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    Too much Plate Armor... (Shattered Pixel Dungeon)
  • I've had games where I never found Plate. I have beaten the game in Chain for lack of better armour.

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    Archive of Pixel Dungeon's
  • It's nice of you to imply that I'm breaking the law by sharing those files. However, to answer your question, no, I do not have the source codes for all of those games. Most of those games were written by other people and those source codes are available on GitHub. In addition, 00-Evan personally requested that I make those available to the public. Of course, if it's going to be an issue, I will simply shut down that G drive and not share those files with anybody any further. Personally, I find it peculiar that the archive has been available for a year now and nobody has had an issue with it including the lead developers of the games. As for my own Pixel Dungeon mods, of course I have the codes for that. While you're implying threats of legal dispute, you may as well go over to the older archives and complain to those people as well such as Domino wood and Fandom and 00-Evan's own PD archive. I'm sure that the PD community will really appreciate it. I have over 5GB of PD apk's, and a source is typically 10x the output size, which means about 60GB of source code. If YOU want to pay Google for over 65GB of storage and the additional bandwidth as well as copy it all from GitHub, let me know, otherwise, stop trolling.

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    Archive of Pixel Dungeon's
  • I am sorry, however I do not have any rock solid answers for you. It is possible that the games you referred to belong in a different category. The Russian game could be one of Watabou's early releases although I doubt it, even though he being Russian started pixel dungeon. Chances are if it is a pixel dungeon game that I have somehow missed, NYRDS likely created it as they are hardcore Russian pixel dungeon programmers. They created the remix pixel dungeon series. You can check this link for some additional details and maybe find what you are seeking. https://lemmy.world/post/10401791. As to the Chinese inspired version of pixel dungeon, Ming usually releases those games. However, I have listed most of those so it seems unlikely I would have missed such an important one, although it is not impossible. I suspect that you may be mistaking the game. Check out this link for pixel Journey to the West and see if that is perhaps the game you are actually seeking. https://store.steampowered.com/app/697160/Pixel_To_The_West/ if you do not find the games in that list, please let me know and I will see if I can locate other possibilities. If a pixel dungeon game version was released that I am missing, I very much would like to acquire it as well.

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    Archive of Pixel Dungeon's
  • I do not know of a means to to that at this time. I live in a very remote area with no internet coverage and very poor phone coverage. That means I have neither the stable connection or bandwidth required for torrent. Therefore, I can not host files on my own. Torrent requires a software to act as a server and GDrive does not support torrent. If somebody else wants to host the files and provide a torrent they are welcome to do so. I am open to suggestions.

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    The Rat King was summoned by a distortion trap
  • Crazy. May be a bug wherein a flag hasn't been properly set. If it is intentional, I've never seen it happen myself.

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  • drive.google.com Pixel_Dungeon's – Google Drive

    Pixel Dungeon archive for Android.

    I have recently updated the GD archive of PD's as my friends site is no longer availble.

    Added or updated:

    CloverPD-v2.4.2.2-Android.apk

    Community SPD v1.0.apk

    DHAlpha's SPD v2.4.0 Mod.apk

    Experienced Pixel Dungeon Redone v2.18.2.apk

    ismvru's Easier SPD v2.4.2m1.apk

    Pixel Towers v0.0.3.apk

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon v2.4.2 gold mod.apk

    TweakedPD-v2.4.2.0-Android.apk

    More than 300 versions of PD.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v243hncvyAGpPtxR7VSgg1E-n4tajdPd

    Please do not download the entire archive or Google will suspend the account and nobody will be able to get anything. Just grab what you need. I stronly urge other PD archivers to add these to their collections and share them. About 75% of these PD's are available from the author's site or Github and I ask you download from those places first.

    Although my archive has been posted and available for nearly a year, even after Fandom's recent overhaul they include only a fraction of what is available.

    Also, if anyone can contact Dominowood, I'm sure he would like to fill in his missing files, most if not all of which are available in my archive.

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    Another game named Pixel Dungeon?
  • There are in fact over 300 versions/mods (not including all the different revisions of each) of the original Pixel Dungeon, Pixel Dungeons for various OS's, and serveral games that use the same title although they have no relationship to this Pixel Dungeon. When Doyla/Watabou released the source code for Pixel Dungeon to the public, there was no copyright, registration, or trademark involved, just a GPL. I recently brought this version you mention to the attention of this community. As it is not a working game as yet, or not available to the public for testing, not much can be said. The game has some elements of Pixel Dungeon 3D and other games. In fairness, it is not being presented as Shattered Pixel Dungeon, and it may be that the PD source was used. It may also be a clone. A PD fan inspired original game. Without further details one can only speculate. Reguardless, if they want to use the PD name, there is no legal recourse against it. Fan's of PD could rally to boycott as they have in the past, but to what end or extent? Should we attack all game clones? Should we go after all PD mods? Should the fans of original non-graphical Rogue-likes join in the battle to take down all graphical Rogue-likes. It's a slippery slope to start saying lets take legal action against open source software - you may as well be Micro$soft.

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    any tips to kill phantom piranhas
  • Elastic weapons and Wand of Blast are good for knocking fish about. When you do it to a fly and your potion of healing goes crashing into a pit below, not so good. First time I used the wand was on a gnoll. We were on a bridge. I watched him go spinning into the deapths to his death... me following right behind. Chains are excellent for pulling fish out, agreed. Also, for those without a means to range attack or pull/blast, while it won't kill them, a potion of invisibilty can get you past them.

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    any tips to kill phantom piranhas
  • Depends upon class and inventory. Use ranged weapons - bow, whip, spear. Don't use bombs. A potion of mind vision is a good way to track where they have teleported. Once dead, get the meat as it is very powerful.

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    Pixel Dungeon VR
  • I didn't know as there are so many PD branches and this game is not yet available for testing/playing. I also agree with the other poster that it appears to be real time play and not turn based, which is not in keeping with a Rogue-like. I saw the presentation doing a routine PD search and just thought it looked nice, especially with multi player coop support.

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  • There is a rather interesting effort to create a multiplayer 3D version of Pixel Dungeon that reminds me of a mix between Shattered and Gauntlet. It isn't ready just yet and because it will be on Steam it is guarenteed to be massively bloated, so hopefully it will get ported to Android.

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    [DEV] The first pre-release for Community Pixel Dungeon has been released!
  • A bit Tolkein, but a ring that allows up to 9 other rings be worn, however, the more rings one has, the more curses the one ring applies. Also, if a Remove Curse is used on the one ring, it will destroy a random ring.

    Also, could we get a listing of the 20 features so that we don't request something already added?

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    That's new.
  • Well said. Thank you.

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    That's new.
  • Wonderful. An intelectual response. You are not wrong in your assertion.

    I applied the one most common factor. There was no intent to ignore nor dismiss the rest with a singular focus.

    I have merely raised the most prominent question as posted by others.

    The term pride can be applied to ones work, family, country. In this however, Pride combined with Rainbow is about LBGT (and however many other letters of the alphabet are now being used to describe "Pride").

    This is NOT a debate or even definition to which I care to debate nor should it be debated in this forum as it has been a point of contention for thousands of years and is still not resolved. Rather, the matter is, should it be a part of an game that is played internationally, lumped with religion, et cetera? I know of several people who refused to play simply due to the inclusion of an Anch in the game. A pity really as the items are not portrayed in a truly religious sense. Would more people play if all religious items were removed? Likely yes. Would it be in keeping with the Rogue-like history? Absolutely not. People haven't argued largely over the choice of holiday foods, then again, some have. A rainbow potion supporting "Pride" however is neigther holiday nor a holiday food, it is a political statement of support. That is where the controvery lies, not in the subject of Pride.

    No, ignoring fear and hate mongering does not make it go away. But do we really want to address "Pride" in this game, where not only will the matter not go away, as this thread clearly demonstrates, it adds fuel to the fire.

    True, developers can opt to change things, and many do just that. I however like SPD moreso than any other PD.

    Don't get me wrong, I'll still play. It is merely a concern raised, a Pandora's box if you will, to be addressed. How it is addressed is up to the developer. He may change it, or, leave it.

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    That's new.
  • **Trolling remarks like this will not be addressed.

    As this is a highly controversial matter, and I am not the first to broach it, and deleting this post would not address it, I have invited Even-00 to examine this thread and make a decision. **

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  • I don't know that the words "fucking" and "assholes" belongs in a homosexual topic 😜

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  • After 4 days on one of my best runs ever, I came so close to a perfect score on a 9 Challenge. Almost want to cry 😢

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    Although I prefer to use the Huntress, for my first run through the new v2.4.1 I took the Fighter/Gladiator the entire way in a single run.

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    Huntress, 3 challenge, Wand of Regrowth +9.

    Scrolls of Recharging.

    I have not only grown the elusive Golden Lotus in a garden, I managed to grow 4 at once!

    Died fighting Yog with harder boses and not destroying spawners, but good run with Flaming Bow, Gauntlet of Fire, and Brimstone Armour.

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    A brief evolution of Rogue. Thousands of sites exist on the topic, so I won't go into a lot of repeat here, but I thought you might enjoy a quick gaming history lesson.

    Tolkein (Lord of the Rings and many other books), inspired the game Moria. Zeb, Cook, and Gygax, creators of Dungeons & Dragons, inspired the game Rogue. Tolkein, from Europe, and Gygax (mainly credited for D&D), from America, detested one another.

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is based upon Pixel Dungeon. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon

    Pixel Dungeon is based upon BRogue.

    https://pixel-dungeon.en.uptodown.com/android

    BRogue is based on Angband. https://github.com/bilgincoskun/brogue-android-port/releases/

    Angband is based on Moria and Larn and Nethack. Moria is Tolkein's world, Nethack is D&D'ish, and Larn took a whole different theme. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rephial.xyangband

    This version includes several Roguelikes in one, including Sil-Q, the Android port of Moria.

    The Android port of Larn (dLarn) is available at - https://download.appsonwindows.com/b/dLarn_free-v3.3-appsonwindows.com.apk?a=azJIZDl2QyttREIxend4L0tyblQwdz09&b=ZmlJL1paUmowSkdDY25XVy9SbGRlTDdreDhhWFc5WWk5NWJORXNrSWN5L1hOamFkWUZsZ21UVVVhSDlwWWtPa2hiT0VIZmQrQ2drTHZoSXJlZ3p4cjNnVlhvWDFSNnNocU1qM0xwcEVKcFk9&c=VkZzUkZ5QjlwQmxrOFJmSWNqR1EvZ3A5MDlSN3I3ZHk4WDFTZ1ZEVnFmQT0&d=4bf63e00

    Moria is based on Rogue. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rufe.moria

    "Roguelike Classic" is the only APK I know to include direct ports of Moria, Larn, and Rogue to Android. Sadly, it uses .SO libraries that are no longer supported since Android 11. Mines of Moria does not hold very true to the original Dungeons of Moria. uMoria is not available for Android. Finally, I found Sil. This is an Android port of Moria that holds very true to Tolkein's work, but it is for x86 hardware only. Fortunately, Sil was redone as Sil-Q (silk), and is included in the above Angband apk.

    The original UNIX version of Rogue (1978-1980) will not run on modern devices, and the only 2 known Android ports of the 1984-1985 DOS version stopped working at Android 11. The DOS version can be run in an emulator such as MagicDOSBox on Android. The versions up to 1984 were primarily text based, or, if one had a computer powerful enough they could select an ANSI or ASCII sudo graphics mode. It can also be played online. One must register an account before playing. https://rlgallery.org:8080/

    A modern Android port can be found in Dungeon Crawl. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crawlmb&hl=en

    In 2015, one of the largest roundups of Roguelikes took place and more than 700 versions were archived. https://archive.org/details/RoguelikeMegaCollection2015

    The anual 7 Day Roguelike Challenge adds about 10 new games each year.

    About the same time, Pixel Dungeon was bursting onto the scene for Android and not even mentioned in that archive at the time.

    A decade later, and there is now well over 300 version's of Pixel Dungeon! That makes for over a thousand roguelikes.

    Dial-up Multi User Dungeon's (MUD's), network roguelikes such as Diablo, and MMORPG's such as World of Warcraft are also evolution's of the original Rogue.

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    Although Nethack wasn't a part of PD, it has been a major influence on all Roguelikes. As I mentioned it, I am posting the Android version.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbd.NetHack

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