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[–] any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What is a rougelike? Does it differ from a roguelike?
I'm only being somewhat facetious fwiw, because I've seen this (presumably?) typo so often that I'm beginning to think there's actually another genre I'm not aware of.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There's roguelikes and roguelites but they get conflated. The definition is kinda subjective but it's basically any game that shares characteristics with the game Rogue. Permadeath, random generation, simultaneous turn-based, tile-based movement and maybe a couple more. Roguelites are anything that uses these concepts but doesn't stick so much to the formula. At least that's my definition and nobody agrees.

[–] any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, right, I'm well aware of the differences between those two, I'm simply wondering about rougelikes, not roguelikes or roguelites.
It's either a pervasive typo, or it might be a third disctinction I'm no aware of - I'm leaning towards the former, but have seen it too frequently to fully dismiss it.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's just a typo. Head into a TTRPG community and be prepared to see rogue mispelled as rouge a lot.