Tanken ∞ Rogue-like Uses Emoji and Kanji for Its Hero
The game applies the developer's infinite music engine to a text-based rogue-like, using emoji and kanji to solve the staticness of text-based games.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
Developer CloseBox announced Tanken ∞, a rogue-like RPG that replaces the traditional alphabet symbols like @ with emoji and kanji. The game uses kanji for enemies at rest and emoji when they notice the player, and it auto-generates a Bach requiem on death for infinite reincarnation.
Tanken ∞ is a rogue-like RPG that uses emoji and kanji instead of the alphabet symbols that date back to Rogue in 1980. The developer, CloseBox, found emoji-based rogue-likes on itch.io and in 7DRL entries, but none combined kanji, hiragana, katakana, and emoji.
In the game, enemies appear as kanji when not alert, such as 鼠, 蝠, 蛇, 狼, 鬼, and 竜, and switch to emoji like 🐀, 🦇, 🐍, 🐺, 👹, and 🐉 when they notice the player. The hero dog alternates between 犬 and 🐕 as it walks. The game also auto-generates a Bach requiem when the player dies, continuing the developer's infinite music engine series.
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- GameBusiness.jp AIで自作した放置型絵文字ローグライク『探犬∞』に一人称視点をつけたらDOOMライクになった（CloseBox）