This book analyses the wave of roguelite games that has appeared over the past decade, putting them in historical context and informing readers about their development out of and relation to the roguelike genre that inspired them.
The book includes discussions of the historical development and significance of roguelites, critical perspectives on topics such as gender, politics, philosophy, analyses of the influence of roguelikes on roguelites, and discussions of design and mechanics.
This book will appeal to those wishing to study and learn more about the roguelites, games studies students and researchers, and game designers interested in this genre.
This book analyzes the wave of roguelite games that have appeared over the past decade, putting them in historical context, informing readers about their development out of and relation to the roguelike genre that inspired them.
1) Introduction: The Rise of the Roguelite. 2) When Darwin Met
Lovecraft: Generating Mystery and Discovery in The Curious Expedition . 3)
What Makes a Good Roguelite?. 4) Roguelites and the Problem of Ludonarrative
Dissonance. 5) Players Will and Characters Deeds: Agency and Legacy. 6) The
Chain of Power: Foucaults Philosophy and Vampire Survivors-like Roguelites.
7) Historicising the Roguelite: The Legacy of Neoliberalism and the Dawn of
Social Media. 8) Edit Wands Always: Experimentation, Modding and Metagaming
in Noita. 9) Simulation Gaps, Failures, and the Potential for Queer Game
Design. 10) Roguelites, Romance, and the Power of Genre-Bending in Boyfriend
Dungeon11) Hades, the Queerness of Roguelites, and the Recursivity of Trauma
. Appendix: Roguelike Research: A Short Introduction and Guide. Glossary.
Index.
James Cartlidge is a post-doctoral researcher with a background in philosophy, specializing in phenomenology, existentialism, post-structuralism, and the philosophy of video games and virtual worlds. He has held fellowships at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava), the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Vienna), the Vita-Salute San-Rafaelle University (Milan), and teaching positions at the Central European University (Vienna), and the Eötvös Lorįnd University (ELTE, Budapest).
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