u/MarshalldotEXE

TARN is a traditional roguelike game inspired by Brogue which expands on its ideas in many ways, including but not limited to:

A classic 26 depth quest into the dungeon!
An infinitely-generated world seperated by level boundaries and balanced by an accumulating regional difficulty mechanic.
A class system with affinity trees that unlock special talents. (Or you can play as the Deprived, which doesn't offer any!)
Environmental biomes, monsters, and items, half of which are from Brogue and half of which are entirely new!
Hints when hovering over monsters and item, like hit chance, damage, and other special effects.
Dynamic lighting and stealth.
Play with mouse, keyboard, or both!

Main page: https://marshalldotexe.github.io/tarn/index.html

Download page: https://marshalldotexe.github.io/tarn/downloads/index.html

About 3.5 months ago, I released the first public build of TARN with positive remarks. Since then, a lot of constructive feedback and bug reports have helped shape the game into a fun yet punishing experience -- this build in particular focuses a lot on game balance and enemy/ally AI. The main page links to a new Discord server and Ko-fi page if you want a dedicated community for discussion or supporting the game. It also has an updated gameplay manual included at the bottom of the page.

Welcome to TARN, a roguelike game inspired by Brogue, which expands on the ideas set in the latter in may ways, including but not limited to:

Even more dungeon levels beyond the North, West, South, and East borders of each dungeon level, traversable between multiple stairs connecting each depth
A class system with experience, leveling, and affinity trees (or you can play as the Deprived, which has none and provides the most similar experience to Brogue)
New environments, biomes, monsters, and items, even beyond the final floor
Decision-making! Do you explore more of the safer floors or succumb to the rising regional difficulty?
Hints when hovering over terrain or monsters, like chance to hit or number of hits to kill
Dynamic lighting and stealth
Play with mouse, keyboard, or both!

Recently I've shared the game with a small group of friends, but now that the game is ~95% complete and winnable, I think it's ready for the server to see. Please share feedback and your unfortunate demises!

Java is required to run the game, although later down the development line I may also release .exe builds that have Java bundled with them for convenience.

EDIT: 4/27/2026 -- new version

See main page for download: https://marshalldotexe.github.io/tarn.html

TARN, the Brogue-inspired traditional roguelike, updates once again!