misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agoWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one stickswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down13
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one stickswww.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down2·edit-26 days agoIt’s an autoshooter isn’t it? Vampire Survivors would be a rogue-like autoshooter. Like Backpack Battles is an autobattler. Edit: As raised in the comments, actually a rogue-lite as VS has meta-progression.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days agoI’ve also heard Autoshooter. Seems as good of a genre name as any.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·6 days agoI don’t know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don’t know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThey call it a rogue-like because there is meta-progression even though you “start over” each run.
minus-square50_centavos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoYep definitely is. I guess OP hasn’t heard of brotato and deep rock survivor either.
It’s an autoshooter isn’t it?
Vampire Survivors would be a rogue-like autoshooter.
Like Backpack Battles is an autobattler.
Edit:
As raised in the comments, actually a rogue-lite as VS has meta-progression.
I’ve also heard Autoshooter. Seems as good of a genre name as any.
I don’t know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don’t know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.
They call it a rogue-like because there is meta-progression even though you “start over” each run.
Yep definitely is. I guess OP hasn’t heard of brotato and deep rock survivor either.