No Way But Down
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No Way But Down is a roguelike RPG in the style of ADOM, Rogue (duh...), NetHack, Castle of the Winds...and a few other personal favorites.
Control mappings are similar to ADOM and NetHack - to see an in-game listing of controls, hit the ? button.
If you like No Way But Down (or hate it for that matter), please rate it and add a comment with your rating. For more complicated suggestions, please shoot me an e-mail. Additionally, feel free if anything is confusing - or doesn't work correctly - to e-mail me.
Version 0.3.2 - 4/4/2014
* Added colors to most screens.
* Can use various sort orders in inventory screens.
* Use button is fixed - occasionally, when scrolling, you'd use the wrong item. Bummer.
* New monster types.
Version 0.3.1 - 9/22/2013
* Global highscores added - http://letsbeard.com/viewscore.php
* Walk command added
* Various bugs fixed - one sneaky player found a way to cheat death
* Add ability to examine items in inventory for further details
* New items
Version 0.3.0 - 12/8/2012
Saves will be erased with this update. Sorry guys. Had to.
* Added a new ad-free, for pay version. The two will always remain the same except for ads. I don't particularly like ads, so I figure some people might want to play without them. New version here: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gadlor.watcher.pro
* Bigger and betterer maps.
* The manual has been updated!
* Map creation is faster and more robust.
* New items.
* Many monsters on the screen will now run reasonably on most devices.
* UI will now appropriately scale to the size of your screen, no matter what font size you select. It will look a LOT better on tablets, though the initial font size might not be great. I'd like to set up some settings to save those sort of preferences but it's not done yet.
* Prep work for tile support (not done but now within reach).
* Feel free to visit the newly created forum to harangue me about changes, suggestions, or bugs: http://letsbeard.com/phpBB3/
Version 0.2.9 - 3/20/2012
Just a few small stability changes while I work on some bigger stuff.
* Selling to a shopkeeper could cause crashes in rare cases. * Items will no longer show up for a little while in your inventory after you've sold them.
* In very rare cases (1 out of 500ish), a dungeon level might be created that would not allow you to move. This won't happen any more.
* For people using the soft keyboard, I set it up so a long press does a key repeat. It makes it a little less exhausting to play using the software keyboard, hopefully.
Version 0.2.8 - 12/4/2011
Note - installing this update will mean that you will lose any games you currently have saved.
* Added shopkeepers, gold, talk command.
* Added a look command.
* Fixed crashes when generating a new level.
* Added weapons for previously unused categories (axe, spear, chain weapons, etc etc).
* Switched to a more nuanced notion of item rarity and monster rarity.
* Items will now be more varied in quality.
* Nerfed the ring of feathers a bit (sorry, it was way too good).
* 'Open room' levels will not occur too early in the game (as they're pretty difficult).
* A small mountain of other miscellaneous fixes.
* Check the keybindings to see any / all new commands.
Version 0.2.7
* Fix potential crash with rainbow-hued potion.
* Fix issues with the equip screen getting wonky with a lot of items.
* Change level generation logic - it should look less like an acid dream now.
* Some performance optimizations for levels with a lot of monsters.
* Ability to change font size is now included (check yon ? menu), as well as an alternate hardware key to descend stairs.
Sorry for the small update - my day job is kicking my ass. Hope to get more done next time. Suggestions always welcome.
keyword stuff: rpg roguelike rogue nethack role playing game
Control mappings are similar to ADOM and NetHack - to see an in-game listing of controls, hit the ? button.
If you like No Way But Down (or hate it for that matter), please rate it and add a comment with your rating. For more complicated suggestions, please shoot me an e-mail. Additionally, feel free if anything is confusing - or doesn't work correctly - to e-mail me.
Version 0.3.2 - 4/4/2014
* Added colors to most screens.
* Can use various sort orders in inventory screens.
* Use button is fixed - occasionally, when scrolling, you'd use the wrong item. Bummer.
* New monster types.
Version 0.3.1 - 9/22/2013
* Global highscores added - http://letsbeard.com/viewscore.php
* Walk command added
* Various bugs fixed - one sneaky player found a way to cheat death
* Add ability to examine items in inventory for further details
* New items
Version 0.3.0 - 12/8/2012
Saves will be erased with this update. Sorry guys. Had to.
* Added a new ad-free, for pay version. The two will always remain the same except for ads. I don't particularly like ads, so I figure some people might want to play without them. New version here: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gadlor.watcher.pro
* Bigger and betterer maps.
* The manual has been updated!
* Map creation is faster and more robust.
* New items.
* Many monsters on the screen will now run reasonably on most devices.
* UI will now appropriately scale to the size of your screen, no matter what font size you select. It will look a LOT better on tablets, though the initial font size might not be great. I'd like to set up some settings to save those sort of preferences but it's not done yet.
* Prep work for tile support (not done but now within reach).
* Feel free to visit the newly created forum to harangue me about changes, suggestions, or bugs: http://letsbeard.com/phpBB3/
Version 0.2.9 - 3/20/2012
Just a few small stability changes while I work on some bigger stuff.
* Selling to a shopkeeper could cause crashes in rare cases. * Items will no longer show up for a little while in your inventory after you've sold them.
* In very rare cases (1 out of 500ish), a dungeon level might be created that would not allow you to move. This won't happen any more.
* For people using the soft keyboard, I set it up so a long press does a key repeat. It makes it a little less exhausting to play using the software keyboard, hopefully.
Version 0.2.8 - 12/4/2011
Note - installing this update will mean that you will lose any games you currently have saved.
* Added shopkeepers, gold, talk command.
* Added a look command.
* Fixed crashes when generating a new level.
* Added weapons for previously unused categories (axe, spear, chain weapons, etc etc).
* Switched to a more nuanced notion of item rarity and monster rarity.
* Items will now be more varied in quality.
* Nerfed the ring of feathers a bit (sorry, it was way too good).
* 'Open room' levels will not occur too early in the game (as they're pretty difficult).
* A small mountain of other miscellaneous fixes.
* Check the keybindings to see any / all new commands.
Version 0.2.7
* Fix potential crash with rainbow-hued potion.
* Fix issues with the equip screen getting wonky with a lot of items.
* Change level generation logic - it should look less like an acid dream now.
* Some performance optimizations for levels with a lot of monsters.
* Ability to change font size is now included (check yon ? menu), as well as an alternate hardware key to descend stairs.
Sorry for the small update - my day job is kicking my ass. Hope to get more done next time. Suggestions always welcome.
keyword stuff: rpg roguelike rogue nethack role playing game
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
Version 0.3.2 (4/4/2014):
COLORS YO! I ADDED COLORS.
And some other miscellaneous stuff:
* New monster types.
* Sorting of inventory (by category and by alphabetical order).
* Turned up the rarity of some items.
* Use screen scrolled poorly and would occasionally 'use' the wrong item.
Bunch of other small things. But mostly colors.
Version 0.3.2 (4/4/2014):
COLORS YO! I ADDED COLORS.
And some other miscellaneous stuff:
* New monster types.
* Sorting of inventory (by category and by alphabetical order).
* Turned up the rarity of some items.
* Use screen scrolled poorly and would occasionally 'use' the wrong item.
Bunch of other small things. But mostly colors.
Version update No Way But Down was updated to version 0.3.2
More downloads No Way But Down reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update No Way But Down was updated to version 0.3.1
Version update No Way But Down was updated to version 0.3.0
What are users saying about No Way But Down
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Arrangements of letters to create what.....WHAT A Waste
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Save is great! Nice quick fixes. More usables would be cool. Have no idea what main stats do/how to increase them.
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I don't get it?
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This game is pure awesomeness, played rogue before and loved it and this game does it justess. I would like to see a save for burst gameing
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Package not signed error.
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The keyboard takes up half the screen so I can't see much.
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Controls are difficult to use. The ad at the top is rather irritating.
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Great classic infinity dungeon crawl but I wish there we shops every few levels and currency so I can take advantage of all my loot.
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Great casual rogue-like game! Savegame srtongly needed.
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Updates are good. Needs item message when stepped on A message like "a quarterstaff lies here" would be awesome. Also, map generation needs work
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You should add a game save. Fun throwback though.
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Very nonstandard controls and unpolished. If you could add support for vi keys(hjkl) it would be significantly better
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Good game but a little hard for me :P
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Great that you can play without a keyboard. Awesome game. Need a way to save though.
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Very cool text based RPG. This was my first time ever playing a game like this but after reading the help it was very easy to grasp. Droid X
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Great keep with the updates you should make rooms though with the ocasinal open level
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Keep it goin I love it. Some FC issues when I get a random that I might be able to do well in. Its like it doesnt want me to win QQ.
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Will not run ~ Samsung Moment.
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I get an error that it cant run gladiator.watcher ~ motorola devour
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It seems like the controls could have been better. The onscreen keyboard takes up like half of the screen.
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It's very nice but i think you should make it a bit easier and make it easier to widerstand.Since it didn't explain how to pick something up and i still don't know how to rest.
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The spawning is ridiculous, half of the time the game starts I get tossed in the middle of 4 monsters. Resting is useless since enemies are constantly spawning.
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Ya up this way is hell on earth^
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Installed this, but no keyboard was displaying. Only opens the ads when clicked.
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This is one of my favorite games. I could handle the ability to do magic, that would be awesome. For all I know the possibility is there, and I just haven't gotten far enough. I hope so.
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This is the second time this has happened. The game just deleted my save file. I saved, and re-opened the game a few later and my file was no longer tI have really enjoyed playing, but I cannot seem to make much headway since this keeps happening. Galaxy S 2
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But game lacks reasonable docs, can't throw items...
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Long-Live the Roguelike!
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Came across this game by accident. Challenge but fantastic.
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SSUUPPEERR KKOOLL .....
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Much simpler than angband. Thanks for creating this!
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Anybody know how to items in this game
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Crap man
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Awesome game!
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It isn't plagued by virtual keyboard problems, which makes it the best android RL in my book.
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this is the roguelike I like most on android. Its very hard but. I find it amusing that I got killed (yet again) by a living piece of wall.
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Love it, keyboard controls take some getting used to. Yes it is a hard game, but the challenge is part of the fun.
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I'm loving this game, it brings back a lot of nostalgia. It's essentially a barebones roguelike. I think I did come across a bug though. At some point I wasn't able to equip certain items, while other items weren't equipping, even though I selected them. All item slots above left hand refused to equip anything.
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please make version for colorblind people [like me lel]