Roguelike Radio ep 166: Jupiter Hell Classic, with Kornel Kisielewicz

Darren interviews Kornel Kisielewicz about his upcoming game Jupiter Hell Classic.

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Synopsis & Useful Links

• A recap of Kornel's development history and the birth of Jupiter Hell.
• The "success" of Jupiter Hell, relative to most indie releases, and how it has introduced people to the traditional roguelike genre.
• The development of Jupiter Hell Classic, a total conversion of DoomRL, keeping the old gameplay with JH theming.
• Backporting technical improvements in JHC to DoomRL
• The traditional of near-unobtainable achievements in roguelikes.
• Live development on Twitch, and how it keeps Kornel "honest" in his productivity.
• Working with old code as a form of archaeology (and in Pascal!)
• Modernisations in Jupiter Hell Classic, both technically and in game design, and handling long-term community member objections to changes.
• The audience for old school games with crunchy mechanics.
• Kornel's desire to revive all of the old ChaosForge games (BerserkRL, AliensRL, BerserkRL).
• Continuing development plans for Jupiter Hell.
• Jupiter Hell Classic is coming to early access on 13th August - follow it on the Jupiter Hell Classic Steam page - wishlists and positive reviews appreciated! You can also join the ChaosForge Discord for all the latest updates.