Sil-Q 1.5.1 beta release
We're back.
Sil-Q is once again gearing up for a new release. While this release is mostly a bugfix release with relatively minor gameplay impacts, it introduces new fonts suitable for larger monitors and makes a number of graphical enhancements.
For those who are new to Sil / Sil-Q, it is a roguelike forked from Angband that focuses on:
- fidelity to Tolkien
- tactical gameplay, with sophisticated combat and stealth systems
- a shorter, more intense experience
It does not have classes. Characters are built up as the player chooses synergising skills. Both seeing and killing enemies gets you experience, but diminishing returns from repeated encounters with the same enemies make grinding an unhelpful strategy.
The release (with link to changelog) is at https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q/releases/tag/v1.5.1-beta1, Windows binaries are at https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q/releases/download/v1.5.1-beta1/Sil-Q-v1.5.1-beta1-windows-64.zip .
Thanks go out in particular to miguno, who has stepped up and taken on the challenge of fixing the myriad of little bugs and loose ends that were still hanging round this antique codebase, and as always to u/micr0chasm for his sterling work on the graphics and u/backwardsEric for his work to improve the experience on Mac.