Category Archives: Tangaria blog

Quote: Originally Posted by Nick  *Sigh* I’m sorry about that post. It was Monday morning, I was feeling kind of grumpy, and you popped up accusing someone else of being counterproductive and it just all got a bit much. No problem, no harm … Continue reading →

Quote: Originally Posted by takkaria  I find it hard to believe that you make this suggestion with a straight face. The most popular – by what measure? Famous – maybe in that everyone has heard of Dungeons and Dragons – but … Continue reading →

There is a dramma at Angband oook forums. Nick (current Angband maintainer) are threatening to ban me for… disagreement with him 🙂 Great community managment, Nick! Quote: Originally Posted by Nick  OK. Enough. Enough of what..? Enough of discussion and freedom … Continue reading →

a) it’s my last word (like before execution) – my last message about this topic. b) this thread got in it a lot of interesting opinions, but it lacks of proper analysis and facts (except Takkaria’s answers). I myself want … Continue reading →

Quote: Originally Posted by takkaria  tangar, I understand you think you’re “in the right” here. But there isn’t a right or wrong; we’re talking about aesthetics. This is the kind of thing where there are preferences and not facts. Aesthetics – … Continue reading →

Quote: Originally Posted by Nick  In particular, tangar, I don’t think you actually play Vanilla Angband very much. It seems to me that you’re treating it a bit like your childhood home – you don’t want it to change, but you … Continue reading →

It was interesting to read the feedback Oo I donno why some other folk with whom I discussed this matters in Discord are silent.. I suppose there could be two reasons: 1) people who do not like what’s going on … Continue reading →

There were loads of new awesome stuff came in Angband: new ID, traps, curses, new light effects etc. All this enhancement of the gameplay made Angband a bit different, but the better game overall. I know some guys (eg in … Continue reading →

Just a tiny example of customization which is already possible within current system: name:& Flask~ of Whisky graphics:,:y type:food properties:0:5:100 alloc:40:0 to 50 effect:NOURISH dice:500 effect:TIMED_INC:CONFUSED dice:8+1d8 effect:TIMED_INC:BOLD dice:30+1d20 effect:RESTORE_STAT:CON effect:RESTORE_STAT:STR effect:DRAIN_STAT:INT dice:1 effect:DRAIN_STAT:WIS dice:1 effect:RANDOM dice:2 effect:TIMED_INC_NO_RES:PARALYZED dice:11+1d8 effect:TIMED_INC:BLIND … Continue reading →

In general, game balance is more important than realism. Of course it’s great to make stuff to make sense.. But if there is a choice between following precise realworld medieval experience and making game less balanced – hell to realism. This is … Continue reading →

Comment to ook discussion: could Angband be considered as ‘game engine’? I played for years in TomeNET which is based at very old version of MAngband (which is based at ancient version of Angband), and it didn’t had ‘game engine’ … Continue reading →

There is an interesting discussion @ oook about water. My 0.02$: I like this idea. TomeNET got pretty cool water system and even ‘swimming’ skill. They got: – aquatic monsters which can spawn only at ‘water’ tiles; they can pursue … Continue reading →

Right now @ oook forums there is a big discussion considering upcomming races/classes changes. As I’m working at new races design for ‘Tangaria‘, thought about this matters too, so my 0.02 $ Firstly I wanna note that I’m really enjoying … Continue reading →

Let’s remember Frodo who went to Mordor from Lothlorien. He got limited supplies and he should be causious with them. It was fun 😀 There is a big discussion @ oook considering food in Angband. I wanna share some my … Continue reading →

In next update I’m thinking to switch server back to wilderness mode (with adjusting Angband dungeon in Hobbiton). I so love dungeon-city (it’s reminds me about Moria..), but it would be fun to give players more freedom – someone wish … Continue reading →