Red Rogue, the freeware PC dungeon crawling roguelike, is coming to Android
iOS isn't going to happen
Solo game creator Aaron Steed is working on an Android port of his PC dungeon crawling roguelike Red Rogue.
It was originally released on PC back in 2012 but Steed has decided to revisit it recently to do some extra work on it. Other than fixing bugs and adding some extra, this also involved testing it out on a Nexus 7.
It works, but he says that it needs touchscreen controls. However, Steed also noted that it works well with an external keyboard.
Oh, and as to an iOS port, it's not going to happen. Steed described it as "impossible."
Red Rogue is a large project that wasn't meant to be ported. And the Flash exporter for iOS would take years to do the job.
"Android is only possible because the code translates through the exporter seamlessly," Steed wrote on the TIGSource forums.
If you're not familiar with Red Rogue, it has you descend the Dungeon of Chaos to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor.
You bump into enemies to kill them, collect various items and gear (including the decapitated heads of goblins), and get a skeleton companion who joins you at the start.
You can find out more about it and download it for free on PC on its website.
Thanks Christian V.