Roguelike vs roguelite: what's the difference?
Where the two labels came from, the one difference that matters, and why everyone uses them loosely.
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Learn the genre.
Find your footing, explore the subgenres, and understand what makes a run worth repeating.
The four things every roguelite needs (and the ones it doesn't)
What actually makes a game a roguelite, and which famous conventions are optional.
Read the guideWhere to start: a roguelite for every kind of player
Highly ranked picks for newcomers, action fans, thinkers, groups and purists.
Read the guideFor designers: the 12 building blocks of a roguelite
A working vocabulary for roguelite design, and how famous games set each dial.
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