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Don't you know the Dewey Decimal system? This week is Vellum: the third-person literary hack-and-slash roguelite with more puns to shake a Mont Blanc at!

Come for the wild gameplay decisions, stay for the increasingly unhinged references to Finnegan's Wake.

https://grogpod.zone/2025-07-02-vellum/

#Vellum #roguelike #podcast #gaming #steam #steamdeck #indiedev #indiegame #books

Vellum

The pen is mightier than the sword! This week we crack open that new book smell with a first edition copy of Vellum: the third-person literary hack-and-slash game. We navigate the maze-like stacks, pet some colorful wolf friends, and talk about how many puns is TOO many for understanding a...

GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast

Grogpod Roguelike Podcast 3d ago

Great 30 min review of the classic game NetHack

https://youtu.be/fD4iVonPFl8

#nethack #roguelike #gaming #dnd #indiedev #indiegame #opensource #procgen #ascii

My Favorite D&D Game

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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 26

@Sqlgene arghhh so many! The deck is an amazing interface that allows so much flexibility even with old 90s games thanks to the trackpads.

Short list for best rogues on the deck:
* Slay the Spire
* Dead Cells
* Luck be a Landlord
* Caves of Qud
* Slice & Dice

Basically anything with low hardware requirements and native gamepad support runs amazingly well.

I also have a running list of older traditional roguelikes and their compatability that may be of interest: https://github.com/ScottBurger/going_rogue_podcast/wiki/Traditional-Roguelikes-for-the-Steam-Deck

Traditional Roguelikes for the Steam Deck

Github repo for the Going Rogue Gaming Podcast at grogpod.zone - ScottBurger/going_rogue_podcast

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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 26

Soon….

#steam #sale #steamdeck #gaming #indiegame #indiedev

Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 23

Caves of Qud never ceases to deliver on legendary creature names

#CavesOfQud #roguelike #gaming #procgen #indiedev #indiegame #steam #steamdeck

Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 20

Ever wondered what it's like to be that pro at Smash Brothers who would dunk on all the neighborhood kids? Spiritfall is your answer!

An excellent mashup of action-platforming, charming art, toe-tapping tunes, and roguelite design - build some spell synergies from saintly spirits to stop the spread of The Blight!

Wavedashing has never been this easy!

https://grogpod.zone/2025-06-20-spiritfall/

#Spiritfall #roguelike #podcast #gaming #steamdeck #steam #nintendoswitch #xbox #playstation #roguelite #smashbros

Spiritfall

Dat ain’t Falco! This week we wavedash into Spiritfall: the platformer beat-em-up with strong influence from the Super Smash Brothers series as well as Hades. The Blight has taken over the lands and your mysterious animal gods have tasked you, the Omenforged, to beat them back. With an array of...

GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast

Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 19

Deep cut from Roblox lol

#NetHack #roguelike #roblox #gaming #retrocomputing

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Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 17

Traveling through Vienna this week and happened to take the metro right past @hcigroup in Rennweg - home of the student developers of the free to play roguelike deckbuilder Forty-Five!

Not every day that I happen to zip past the hometown of European devs we’ve covered on the podcast!

#fortyfive #wien #vienna #travel #podcast #indiedev #indiegame #gaming #roguelike

Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 14

Tim Chase Jun 14

one of the things I love about #roguelike games is how differently each play-through pans out.

One time your character is a tank, covered in high-grade armor and bristling with powerful weapons; or you're a super-wizard. You demolish every enemy on the level and stride up victoriously to claim the winning prize.

Other times you're on fire, pursued by dragons and ogres, and down to your last bar of health as you snatch the winning prize with your last ounce of energy to win the game.

Grogpod Roguelike Podcast Jun 13

James Baillie Jun 7

I wrote a song! It's a fan-song for the puzzle game Blue Prince. Thoughts welcome, whether or not you know the game (I guess potentialy very mild plot hints if you haven't played but might want to, but it's written fairly obliquely):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxfnFIbqgY

#Songwriting #MastoMusic #BluePrince #Gaming

Queen of Violets

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