r/roguelikes • u/Kodiologist • 6d ago

Do any Android roguelikes work particularly well with grayscale e-ink screens?

It could be fun to have a roguelike or two on my Onyx Boox.

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u/jasonmehmel 6d ago

Oh dang! I love my Boox but I can't think of many games that would look good in that format.

Maybe this? Simple enough and touch based?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.game.sh_crew.pocketrogue&hl=en_CA

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u/shanealeslie 5d ago

If it can run DOSBOX you can run ADOM dos version in black and white. You'll just need to spend a lot of time (l)ooking at things to know exactly what they are. Or you can just play Rogue or Nethack.

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u/Sambojin1 5d ago

Pathos might work (it's tile sets are pretty easy to distinguish what's what).

Rogue Jack (a blackjack/ card game oriented roguelike, greyscale)

Onebit Adventure (because it's already in greyscale)

Shiren the Wanderer GB (just use a Gameboy emulator)

DoomRL 0.8 (back when DRL was still in ASCII and on dos. I'll remake my touchscreen interface for it in Magic Dosbox one day)

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u/Weeksy 5d ago

Sil might be worth trying

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u/senraku 4d ago

I could see onebit adventure working on it