🛠️ Rokz: a browser port of a 1990 ASCII dungeon crawler
Summary
Rokz is a dependency-free browser port of the 1990 ASCII dungeon crawler episode Lost Adventures of Kroz, written in TypeScript. It replicates the original gameplay, hidden features, and audio-based game clock.
Why it’s interesting
It faithfully ports an old Turbo Pascal dungeon crawler to the browser with no dependencies while reproducing original quirks like sound-based timing.
Target user
Retro gamers and fans of classic text-mode dungeon crawlers
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 1
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Summary
Rokz is a dependency-free browser port of the 1990 ASCII dungeon crawler episode Lost Adventures of Kroz, written in TypeScript. It replicates the original gameplay, hidden features, and audio-based game clock.
Why it’s interesting
It faithfully ports an old Turbo Pascal dungeon crawler to the browser with no dependencies while reproducing original quirks like sound-based timing.
Target user
Retro gamers and fans of classic text-mode dungeon crawlers
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 1
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN