roguelike

== English == === Alternative forms === Rogue-like, rogue-like, Roguelike === Etymology === From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) +‎ -like. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/ === Noun === roguelike (plural roguelikes) (video games) Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay. I “Like-Like” Roguelikes (Because Love Should Never Be So Cruel), 2011 If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating. ==== Coordinate terms ==== hacklike ==== Derived terms ==== roguelike-like rogue-lite ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === roguelike (comparative more roguelike, superlative most roguelike) (video games) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the roguelike genre. === References ===