#roguelike au

[darnellthefirestarter]

Maybe it's time to introduce Roguelike Otis

But if I do I'll have to introduce the villains

[dracomeir]

Thief Pico & Mage Darnell Designs by @darnellthefirestarter I was going to do a background too, but it was ugly af, so yeah.

[cydanite]

I know through osmosis that "non-HC blorbo finding their way onto the server" is a genre of au we have. Here is my offering to those brave crossover warriors 🫡

[silent-scribbs]

I think about this version of them sometimes

[sage-nebula]

I have seen so many people upset that Pearl doesn't know who Agent 4 is, and that Agent 4 wasn't in Side Order, and no one at all mentioning that MARINA knows who Agent 4 is, and that the entire reason why Parallel Canon looks like Agent 4 / Agent 4's palette was in the memverse to begin with is because Marina was impressed by them and had specifically asked them to be head of memverse security. And IMO, it seems like Agent 4 agreed.

(Smollusk also goes on to mention how strong Agent 4 is, so they are canonically very good, which is also probably why Pearl knows them as a "big shot"; even if she has never met them, Marina probably talked them up to her! Or Cuttlefish did, but Pearl probably tuned him out after how he treated Marina in Octo Expansion LMAO.)

I know it's not on the same level as Agent 3 getting to be in Octo Expansion, and I too wish that Side Order had a full campaign instead of roguelike gameplay (because Side Order has taught me I hate roguelikes lmao), but I don't think Agent 4 was completely forgotten and I think a slight AU where they rescue Agent 4 from being Parallel Canon could be a cool fic. :)

[lizard-arlund]

Intro post!

My name is Gabby, pronouns are she/her, and this page is dedicated to my FFXIV oc Ami Arlund.

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Ami is a spunky, tomboy, Au Ra Raen from Nagxia. She's super small, super fast, and pretty strong.

She's an absolute weirdo.

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Some facts about her!

-Her lips are naturally green! 💋

-She's a Lancer, not a Dragoon. 🐲

-She's only 4'9 and weighs about 40 pounds. 🤸‍♀️

-Her teeth are very chipped and crooked. 🦷

-She's pretty damn weird. 🪲

-Her element is wind, she can manipulate it very well. 🍃

-She's blessed by the primal Garuda. 🪽

-While she's small, she has some unrelenting power behind her. 💪

-She smells bad! 🧄

If you want to learn more about her lore, you can find it here:

ami-arlund.carrd.co

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Rules for interaction

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-Her canon is mine, I'm not a lore purist and take some liberties but I do try and keep it as close to the story as I can

-She's extremely important to me, so please don't insult her. I have my boundaries when it comes to negative comments about her, I would appreciate you accepting those boundaries.

-This is a safe space for me to express her, and my love for her. She is my hyper fixation and developing her and watching her grow is my biggest hobby.

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Ami and I are both Ace, I take my boundaries very serious which means:

-No sexual comments about Ami

-No ERP

-Don't be a creep

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Facts about Gabby (Me)

-I am genderfluid, but mainly identify with female pronouns

-I'm an expat from Australia now living in the US!

-I enjoy alot of music but my favorite bands are Cult of Luna, Supertramp, Bell Witch, Holy Fawn, and Violent Soho.

-My favorite type of games are Roguelikes. And my favorite games in order are Risk of Rain 2, Dead Cells, Roboquest, Sifu, and Final Fantasy XIV

-I am Autistic

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy my infodumps and pictures of Ami!

Much love 💚

[hiwelcometothemonstersancturary]

since prototype is not much of a gamer and from the 1930s. what video game does he try out?... for me (and know this game didn't exist yet during in this AU timeline but) Balatro. it's a poker-inspired roguelike deck builder all about creating powerful synergies and winning big. imagine the prototype being like "i used to play cards with my old friends, so be easy for me" and now it's been 20 hours since he pick up the game. Angel been calling for him/found him on his 30s run to 100% the game... help this old man.

You're SO correct actually. Any type of game that uses cards or deck-building is an instant "yes" for Proto! He saw Kickin and Bubba playing Yu-Gi-Oh, and after being taught he just murders all of his adversaries.

I think Prototype prefers watching rather than playing, but he avoids most shooters (except Splatoon, he loves the "kid squid game" (he knows what it's called he just thinks his nickname is better)). He tried playing Portal once but hated GLaDOS so much he quit. If we don't count anything that has cards, however, his favorites would be Pokemon and Harvest Moon (gets into Stardew Valley later), finding them to be very relaxing. Plays Minecraft if the toys annoy him for long enough, but he's always busy protecting them from the monsters.

Prototype is prohibited from touching Uno because he will destroy everyone else.

[bubblyernie]

Hades AU Bastion! Another one of my hades screenshots!! This time it's Bastion, we played a hades-style oneshot, basically a roguelike where we break out of the plane of carceri (tartarus)! 

Lol its a series now i think Here’s the previous drawings (linked here) (and here) (one more)

art tag // commission info

[pretty-pink-seaslug]

GUESS WHO BEAT SIDE ORDER

I FEEL THE POWER‼️‼️‼️‼️

now that I did that, time for me to fangirl even more. *clears throat*

HI YEAH AAAHAHAHAHAHA IM GOING TO FUCKING EXPLODEEEEEE!!!!!!!!1!!!!1!! 💕💖💗💓💓💘💖💖💝💘💕💖💓💓💞💞💕💘💝

MARINA MY BELOVED PEARL MY BELOVED DEDF1SH MY BELOVED-

THE FACT THAT THIS WAS ALL IN A SIMULATION IS SO COOOOOL BECAUSE NOW I DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IT'S AN AU ANYMORE BECAUSE IT LITERALLY IS JUST A THING HAPPENING- MARINA UR SO SMART AND TALENTED AND COOL AND BEAUTIFUL????

ok ok enough caps lock lol here's the part where I'm coherent; this ost goes fucking crazy??????? I still have to look through my jukebox for the song list but good god alMIGHTY the music team put their BALLS into this one.

I'm not sure if I fought all the bosses, I'm praying I didn't yet because man this dlc is just way past cool- but the rotating upside down cylindrical pyramid thing (I FORGOT THE NAME,,) is single handedly the most horrifying thing the splatoon team has ever created. Why does it sound like that.

The bosses I fought are the evil player team, The Horrors (the boss I mentioned above), and the rolling naval mine thing

If there's anymore bosses I hope I get to fight them aaaa I love roguelikes with surprise events

and lastly and DEFINITELY not least: that ending made me all warm and gooey on the inside aggggghghhhghh I love how agent 8 and Marina were the only ones to look at the player, that octoling awareness 💪🏾

also the end news report with off the hook posing in front of a picture of dedf1sh is killing me 💀💀💀, shawty will NOT be seen in person jnviahdsjkvn

edit: OOH OOH I FORGOT TO MENTION!! THE FIRST RUN I BEAT THE FINAL BOSS AND COMPLETED THE GAME WAS MY FIRST TIME USING THE ORDER ROLLER; I AM A ROLLER MAIN WITH A PURPOSE 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 AND I'LL TRY IT WITH THE CHARGER WHEN I UNLOCK THAT TOO--

[darnellthefirestarter]

At least he's trying

[barbieb0y]

with a snap of the fingers.

day 6 already!! we're in the final stretch!!!!

for today, i went with a comfort unasked for yet welcomed ! and a wall of snow keeps us hidden kinda

this one is definitely more elaborate than my previous work ... bc this one's a fantasy au!! ive had this vivid image of paper cut and joe being a mage and a blacksmith respectively and them being kinda neighbors in a village. but it kinda extended to other characters too so you may see them here. also i used my actual name here bc paper cut doesnt sound like it'd fit in a fantasy setting 😭 and also his personality here is kinda inspired by a character named beryl from a game called sword of convallaria! here hes a really skilled mage whos kinda cocky but ultimately still a socially awkward dude who doesnt go out much. lol

if i have time, i'll expand on this au a little more! but for now, aside from what i said above, this au has sonetto as the "main character" or the hero who keeps coming back to the village from dungeon raiding (bc i cant see vertin doing it despite her technically being the protag in re99). kinda like dungeon meshi (<- read like 5 chapters of dunmeshi)

i love roguelikes so the idea of the hero reviving after dying in an always shuffling and changing dungeon appeals to me. so that happens to sonetto in this au

SORRY FOR THE WORD VOMIT i just enjoyed writing this a lot. anyways

Safar hates to admit it but he is very much snowed in.

Usually he wouldn’t mind the blizzard causing it - hell, sometimes he’d celebrate - but he needed to go out to get some potions from Sotheby across the village. It’s just misfortune after misfortune for him this winter season.

He can only mumble complaints under his breath as he instructs various (previously) inanimate objects to tidy up the place. It’s a rare occasion as he can be… quite the disorganized individual, despite having the convenience of magic literally at his fingertips. Though the process itself isn’t as magical, ironically enough.

Everything comes to a stop when he hears a banging on the door. His complaints double as he stomps over to the door. He quickly casts a translation spell, just to throw a warning to whatever monster threatens to break into his house.

“Get the hell out, you freaks! Do not piss me off!”

Instead of growling and howling, he is instead met with some coughs. Very humane coughs (or at least, humanoid). His temper subsides slightly at the possibility that annoying winter monsters finally got the hint after many, many years.

“I have no idea what you’re saying but it’s me, Joe! Y’know, the blacksmith next door?”

The big, tough guy next door? The sole source of all the sound pollution that made Safar soundproof his walls? Well, at least it’s a human. They’re supposed to be good at reasoning with other humans. At least, the mage hopes so.

Even then, it’s strange that the blacksmith is out there during a literal blizzard. Like it or not, the mage has to let the tough guy in, lest he dies out there. The snow-drenched blacksmith stumbles in, which helps with the mage’s attempt to open and close that front door as quickly as humanly possible.

“What the hell are you doing here?”

The host spouts the moment he slams the front door. It’s a genuine question asked sort of out of concern but the mage has to admit he didn’t want any kind of visitor, monster or not. Thankfully, his little inanimate servants managed to clean up the place in time for the unexpected visitor.

“I was on my way home but then the snow got super heavy and well. Your place is nearer and my balls are freezing.”

Safar can’t argue with that. He can interrogate where he was from once they settle down. And so the mage surrenders to his fate with a sigh, making his way towards his shelves flowing with ingredients of many varieties. Making the blacksmith feel right at home will be a piece of cake.

“I do not want to hear about your freezing balls. Sit down over there, I’ll make some tea. Or are you more of a coffee guy?”

Out of habit, the mage starts throwing out everything he’s not looking for. Joe is oblivious to this despite all the noise he’s making and simply enjoys himself on the very comfortable couch, right beside a very cozy fire.

“I’m fine with anything.”

The blacksmith begins to lay down on the couch. Safar knows well that Joe has the luxury of being a guest and it’s common courtesy for him to treat the guest well but he can’t help but think for someone so big and tough-looking, he sure as hell seems content to not put those muscles to use.

Well, whatever! He’s a mage for Pete’s sake! He has the convenience of using supernatural powers to aid him in his daily activities! And moving things around with magic is child’s play for the best mage in this village!

He proves this point by snapping his fingers, which drops a whole tea set (with cookies on the side) on the coffee table in front of Joe. The guest jumps from the sudden movement, though the self-pouring kettle remains unfazed.

“And anything you will get.”

The host smugly proclaims as he struts towards his guest. With another snap of his fingers, lanterns illuminate the living room. He looks around the room, pondering if there’s anything else that needs some finger-snapping. Ultimately, his gaze lands on the fireplace. He sneaks a glance at Joe.

“Is the fire warm enough?”

Increasing the heat of the fireplace requires more effort than just finger-snapping but the extent of it just consists of the inconvenience of having to grab an extra ingredient from his stuffed shelves. Yet Joe only smiles at the host, as warm as the flames that lick the smooth stone.

“Yeah. The perfect temperature actually.”

Safar’s smug smile turns into a genuine one. He has to admit – the guy’s energy is contagious. Having his mood lifted up slightly prompts him to join his guest near the fireplace as he quite literally lifts himself up off the floor, hovering in midair in a cross-legged sitting position. Joe pretends to not be impressed but the mage can tell he’s stealing glances.

It’s easy for the mage to forget certain tricks up his robe’s sleeves are unthinkable for other people, especially for a regular human such as Joe. Some think the mage can be a little too boastful for his own good but Joe isn’t part of that crowd - he deserves to be boastful. He’s the most skilled mage in the village! That much can be seen with the huge certificate that’s pinned up right above the fireplace. The words “BEST MAGE IN CHARLESTON VILLAGE” in the mayor’s crude handwriting swell with pride.

“...Reminds me of my forge back home.”

The blacksmith comments on the warmth of the fireplace, but it also alludes to the fact that he has a certificate in his workshop too - except it says “BEST (AND ONLY) BLACKSMITH IN CHARLESTON VILLAGE”. He always chooses to ignore the words in the parentheses.

Joe lets his eyes wander around the small establishment. It’s a simple little house, the only doors there being the front door and the bathroom door. Everything else is open-ended and connected, with only some half-walls partitioning specific rooms. The place is both tidy and messy. He doesn’t even have to try to feel right at home. Maybe he already is.

…Or not, because Safar is basically a stranger to him.

“Oh yeah, where were you going before the storm hit anyway? I thought you didn't go out of your smithy?”

Right when he thought to start up a conversation, the mage had that handled. Even the blacksmith himself forgot he was out and about still when the storm hit. He racks his brain at the interrogation.

“Sonetto just finished another dungeon run and managed to bring back some good metals for me to mess with and uh… I got excited.”

Safar can never understand Sonetto’s insistence on making her way down that cursed dungeon. But he supposes that strong sense of justice is the reason why she’s The Hero. Bestowed with powers of reincarnation, she’s basically immortal. He can’t help but feel a bit bad for her though.

He never understood why so many yearn for eternal life. Initially he believed that those people merely have an innate desire to be remembered forever which then translates into desire for immortality. Yet he doubts Sonetto is one of these people, despite being The Hero. She’s… really just a good person at heart.

The mage tries to illustrate the image of both Sonetto and Joe in the same room. Hm. A little too full of sunshine for his liking. But no doubt it’d be a delightful room to be in all the same.

“Probably should’ve stayed put then, dude. There’s a reason why people say patience is a virtue.”

The mage comments as a cup of tea makes its way towards him. He downs all of it in one gulp.

“Don’t remind me. I’m impatient as hell.”

The host has to give it to him, he is self-aware at the very least. Safar laughs at his response, Joe pouting at the former’s reaction. The mage then offers a sincere smile. “I get it. Why do you think I use magic for everything?”

He has to admit it too. The mage can be a very prideful person in front of others but behind that closed door, he yearns for a lazy life just as any tired person does.

“Lucky. All I got are these awesome muscles.”

Joe flexes his left arm, bicep bulging boastfully. The mage finds himself entranced by the display. It’s a reminder of his preferences for people to stare at. His gaze is a little too shameless.

“Like what you see, don’tcha?”

Blood rushes to Safar’s face almost immediately at his comment. He would respond but he knows the words that’d leave his lips will stutter. So instead he turns towards the fireplace, attempting to be enchanted by the flames’ dance instead.

“...This is nice. We never really had the time to get to know each other.”

To his relief, Joe changes the topic just as quickly as he was to tease Safar. The latter says nothing for a while.

“Yeah.”

Joe was definitely an uninvited guest but Safar would be lying if he says that his presence is not comforting. And for the time being, the blizzard outside will keep them hidden from the outside world for a little while. More than enough time to forge a friendship.

And it’ll be easy as snapping your magical fingers.

[deusvervewrites]

Question for next non-snippet ask game: have you played Hades, and do you think you could do a crossover or inspired au with it?

I have not. While I probably could do something with it anyway, I feel like Hades would suffer from not being a roguelike because Supergiant built that structure into the narrative

[rowanisawriter]

Hades Trojan War AU??

thanks babe!!!!!! i can make this work lol

send me an AU idea and i’ll make it work!

1) first of all i would make this a time travel thing, but keep it in line with the time loop/roguelike aspect of the game. zag emerges from the underworld at the greek camp and sees a young achilles raging and preparing to go after hector, right before the weird battle the gods wage at the trojan gates near the end of the iliad, as a god zag would be fun and sexy in that god battle

2) zag takes achilles’s side of course and puts himself on the greek side but also against the trojan god allies ares, aphrodite, apollo who try to thwart him as he and achilles/greeks approach the gates

3) thanatos plays support and gets into a fight with ares i just want him to fight ares how cool would that be

4) every time zag dies he has to fight back up from the underworld but ares/aphrodite/apollo give him curses instead of boons to slow his progress so he can stay off the field

5) river god fight 👁️👁️

[wormbraind]

Ideas for your Undersiders boarding school AU, maybe?

Armsmaster as Mr. Wallis - the computer science teacher (he also takes care of most IT problems) that's always trying to catchem doing something illegal and get them expelled (fired in Rachel's case). He gets fired after the Undersiders find out that he put cameras everywhere (in an effort to catch them), even in their dorm rooms or the school toilets - don't know.

Headmistress Piggot

Hannah the American history teacher, she has eidetic memory and a special interest in weapons (she can name you the name, model and date of any gun you show her), maybe she also established a MMA club

Theresa Richter - CEO of Dragon cyber security (medium sized cyber security firm that helps the school with their network security). First met Colin while setting up the school's servers and WiFi network systems.

Battery and Assault - two PE teachers? And Rory Christner the rising baseball star that had to become a PE teachers assistant after he got caught doping.

Dauntless the arts and crafts teacher and amature video game designer? . Colin is very salty that Shawn's roguelike won last year's game jam, while his metroidvenia game got second place.

Amy Dallon - normal student at the school with an O- blood type. The hospital of the small town near the school lost their whole supply of O- blood last year, so she goes as often as she can to donate.

Thomas Calvert trying to become the headmaster so that he can approve the contract with a specific construction company (that he secretly owns) for very expensive upgrades to the school's campus

ily anon...

vicky and amy could be going there together. i assume vicky would be on the basketball team. she gets into a lot of fights and amy patches her up because she wants to be a doctor.

truly obsessed. if ppl love it this much i can write it

[liliallowed]

okay hear me out...

dusttale au except it's actually intended to be a loop. like it's a feature not a bug.

like I think it's a fun twist to make over!dust a roguelike! like you're a monster trying to climb out of the underground but since monsters can't save or LOAD you only get one shot each run and you can't SAVE.

thing is humans have a keen sense of it too with their determination. the previous human bosses would remember killing you. but for them? you died and the world goes on. though SOMEONE ELSE that has the reset on the surface resets and then you're back by proxy.

you may not be in CONTROL of the save but you can utilize it to your advantage.

[wixelt]

Hermits, Amphibians, and Humans have wildly different perceptions of what a tomato is and how large they can grow

The Hermits find D&D reminiscent of their visit to empires if they had Decked Out under every castle. Marcy starts vibrating so much she begins audibly producing a buzzing noise upon finding out Tango built a roguelike IRL.

Eventually Little Doccy comes up in conversation (assuming they exist in the AU's world)

Tomatoes: Yes, yes they do. For Earth-born humans, tomatoes are this small, vaguely inoffensive fruit that some think is a vegetable for some reason.

For Amphibians, its the pick of a monster-spawn of a plant, & being able to eat anything with tomatoes in it is a power move.

For the Hermits, its - if I'm remembering my Doc lore correctly - a huge plant that spawns a type of slime.

So yeah, very different understandings there when Anne says the word 'tomato. :P

D&Decked Out: Ooooh, Marcy's going to have a great time with Tango when she finds out about Decked Out, let me tell you. She's got the work ethic & enthusiasm to help out with something of that scope as well, should the time ever come.

When she mentions D&D/C&C & all the Hermits begin comparing it to Decked Out - followed by the explanation of what DO is - she nearly faints from excitement.

Regardless, though, Tango makes a point to - at some point after The Hardest Thing - take Marcy out to HC-9 & fire up the old systems at Deepfrost Citadel to show off to her. :D

Doccy: Unless it comes up specifically, I'm going to avoid alluding to Hermit families too much. If I included Doccy, it'd open up a whole can of worms for everyone else. As it stands though, its Schrodinger's Lore, meaning they may or may not exist.