Dungeon hacks : how NetHack, Angband, and other rougelikes changed the course of video games /: how NetHack, Angband, and other rougelikes changed the course of video games. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David L. Craddock.
• Authors: Craddock, David L
• Contents: About This Book. Introduction: Rodney and Friends. Acknowledgments. About the Author. 1 The BAM-Like: Exploring Beneath Apple Manor. 2 Procedural Dungeons of Doom: Building Rogue, Part 1. 3 Rodney and the Free Market: Building Rogue, Part 2. 4 There and Back Again: Retrieving the Sword of Fargoal. 5 When the Inmates Run the Asylum: Hack -ing at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. 6 It Takes a Village: Raising NetHack. 7 None Shall Pass: Braving the Mines of Moria. 8 Neapolitan Roguelike: The Many Flavors of Angband. 9 Wish You Were Here! Questing for Postcards in Ancient Domains of Mystery. 10 The Future of Play. Rogue’s Gallery. Bonus Round: Reading, Writing, and Programming—An Interview with Brian Harvey. Bonus Round: Work and @Play—An Interview with John Harris. Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 794.8; Video games -- Technological innovations; Video games -- History; Video games industry -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000425703; 9781000425673; 9781003196716
• Related ISBNs: 9781032052403; 9781032051543
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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