Work

Mini Rogue

Dungeon crawler
Dice
Solo

Mini Rogue is a minimalist dungeon crawler where you push your luck through a deck of cards in search of the legendary Og's Blood.

Mini Rogue logo on the banner
Designer: Paolo Di Stefano, Gabriel Gendron
Artist: Gabriel Gendron
Publisher: Nuts! Publishing
Year: 2020

About the project

Mini Rogue packs a whole roguelike dungeon crawl into a handful of cards and dice: every room is random, every choice costs Food, HP or Gold. Originally adapted on BGA by Kayvon and Mogri, the game is now maintained by me — rebuilt and extended with The Council standalone, the Overlord automa and the Mountain of Torments modules, playable solo or cooperatively up to 3 players.

Challenges and Risks

  • Taking over and extending a live game with hundreds of thousands of plays without disrupting players
  • Combining modules (base game, The Council, Overlord, Depths of Damnation, Mountain of Torments, boss choice) and their rule interactions
  • Simultaneous cooperative play on a shared dungeon, including combat, trading and disconnected players
  • Keeping a fast-paced solo game smooth: auto-roll / auto-move preferences, animation speed and audio feedback for every resource change