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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · 15d

omg the talk/speaker lineup for Roguelike Celebration (@roguelike.club) 2025 looks sooo good:
www.roguelike.club/event2025.html

So obviously one of the most vital events in videogames right now, I really hope I can make the time to attend this year.

Roguelike Celebration - Event 2025

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 15d

AGAIN!

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 15d

Can you believe this schedule?

www.roguelike.club/event2025.html

Join us in our carnival-themed MUD space on Oct 25-26 for this incredible lineup of speakers and talks on all things roguelike!

Roguelike Celebration - Event 2025

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Ezra Szanton @ezra-szanton.itch.io · Sep 7

I'm speaking about Synergy Networks in Roguelike Deckbuilders at @roguelike.club later today! 7pm EST.

Tickets are free: ti.to/roguelike-ce...

See you there! (In the very cool conference MUD they've got set up)

Roguelike Celebration: Preview Event 2025

Roguelike games have been part of gaming culture for over 30 years and they have a deep and special place in our hearts. We'd love to get to spend some time with you all learning about roguelikes and ...

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 22d

such a pleasure to have you join us, thank you. we're so excited for the big conference oct 25-26 celebrating ten years!

Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 28d

Last Sunday, I chatted about design in UFO 50 at a preview event for @roguelike.club & here's the video:

tinyurl.com/3j7afb2c

Also, be sure to keep watching after for two *excellent* talks by @ezra-szanton.itch.io and @apepers.bsky.social on synergy in deckbuilding & systems suspense respectively

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Sep 6

Our friends over at @eggplantshow.bsky.social have been deep diving the podcast into the incredible UFO50, and plugged our preview event with UFO50 designer @perryjon.bsky.social TOMORROW @ 3PM PST.

eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

Thanks friends! And hopefully see you in the circus tomorrow!

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games: EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Cyber Owls

We're joined by Izzy Kestrel (Gexfeld, A Good Videogame), Shawn Alexander Allen (Treachery in Beatdown City), and the one and only Rand Hall (UFO 50 Voicemailer Extraordinaire) to discuss Cyber Owls, ...

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Sep 3

The Roguelike Celebration Preview Event is this Sunday at 3PM PST, with special guests:

UFO50's @perryjon.bsky.social talking game design
@ezra-szanton.itch.io talking synergy in deckbuilders
@apepers.bsky.social talking design for suspense

And come explore our MUD's dazzling, delightful circus!

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Aug 15

Join us for:
- a peek at the 2025 Roguelike Celebration social space
- a fireside chat with @perryjon.bsky.social about design & proc gen in UFO 50
- @apepers.bsky.social talking about Designing for Systems Suspense
- @ezra-szanton.itch.io talking about Synergy Webs in Roguelike Deckbuilders

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Aug 15

We have a preview event on September 7, 2025 at 3 PM Pacific! Tickets are free here:
ti.to/roguelike-ce...

Roguelike Celebration: Preview Event 2025

Roguelike games have been part of gaming culture for over 30 years and they have a deep and special place in our hearts. We'd love to get to spend some time with you all learning about roguelikes and ...

ti.to

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Jul 10

Our community quest to afford live captioning this year SUCCEEDED! Thanks to y'all, our friends at White Coat will return to live caption the conference.

We are still looking for sponsors to sustainably support the conference; please reach out or @ some potential pals to get in touch!

Roguelike Celebration - Sponsorship

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Jun 28

You're way down in the depths of a dungeon, hacking and slashing with aplomb, only to look up and realize you're going to starve in three turns.

But wait! What's that? A food ration?! You're saved!

The 2025 Celebration's Call for Proposals has been extended to July 20th! forms.gle/xcJjpvJybkss...

Roguelike Celebration 2025 Call for Proposals

Give a digital talk at the Roguelike Celebration on October 25th-26th 2025! Event info: https://roguelike.club/. We'll be hosting an online livestream during the Celebration. You'll have the option o...

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Jun 9

y'all gave such a thoughtful talk on a complex topic! thank you again (/¯◡ ‿ ◡)/¯

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Jun 9

If you didn't catch our latest email update, we've had trouble securing funding via sponsorship these past years and our coffers are low; we can only afford live captioning this year with additional support:

www.flipcause.com/secure/cause...

We love our captioners and would love to have them back!

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 27

Never submitted a proposal before? Don't worry! Our website has some helpful tips and tricks on composing a proposal, as well as an example of an accepted submission. www.roguelike.club/cfp

Roguelike Celebration CFP

Technical talks, game design lessons, creative uses of procedural generation, interactive roguelike performances - we want to hear about it all!

www.roguelike.club

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 27

We welcome all types of presentations and performances, and encourage anyone with the hint of an idea to look at our past years to see just how wide an array of topics we accept and how many different backgrounds can make up a Roguelike Celebration speaker! www.youtube.com/@roguelikece...

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Roguelike Celebration is a nonprofit community-generated conference that celebrates roguelike computer games and related topics, including procedural generation and game design

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 27

In secluded tavern corners, the rumours begin to spread… Roguelike Celebration calls for brave adventurers once more!

We're putting out the call for speakers for this year’s Roguelike Celebration on Oct 25th and 26th!

Submissions are open until June 30th: forms.gle/xcJjpvJybkss...

Roguelike Celebration 2025 Call for Proposals

Give a digital talk at the Roguelike Celebration on October 25th-26th 2025! Event info: https://roguelike.club/. We'll be hosting an online livestream during the Celebration. You'll have the option o...

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 10

@puzzmo.com's newsletter just mentioned puzzle phenom Jack Schlesinger's 2022 talk "Your Puzzle is a Secret Dungeon" -- a great primer of how to make your puzzles solvable *and* interesting. Check it out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF9...

Also, this newsletter is pretty rad. Thanks @puzzmo.com pals!

Jack Schlesinger: Your Puzzle Is A Secret Dungeon

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 4

The talk - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujKl...

James Cartlidge, Marc Dolgin, Christine Tomlinson - The Rise of the Roguelite

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 4

Last year, James Cartlidge was on a panel with Marc Dolgin and Christine Tomlinson on "The Rise of the Roguelite" talking about their upcoming book and it is now OUT:

www.routledge.com/The-Rise-of-...

Thank you for the shout-out in the book, James; just ordered. It was a pleasure to have you all!

The Rise of the Roguelite: Inside a Gaming Phenomenon

This book analyses the wave of roguelite games that has appeared over the past decade, putting them in historical context and informing readers about their development out of and relation to the rogue...

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · May 4

I *just* beat the game this afternoon, I had never connected the dots back to this talk! Rewatching right now.

Younès ★ @pyrofoux.bsky.social · Apr 30

Did you know that Clair Obscur's story was hugely inspired by a French novel? I talked about it on @roguelike.club explaining how everything in that book, from the world building to the page layout, was reminiscent of a roguelike. I also mention how untranslatable it is.
youtu.be/6ik6jB2YhZg?...

Younès Rabii: "La Horde du Contrevent": A Novel That Didn't Know It Was A Roguelike

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Apr 25

CFP will be opening sometime next month! we will post here as soon as it's open

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Apr 25

this was such a cool talk! 😍

Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · Apr 13

I have only ever given one talk at a tech or tech adjacent conference and it's this one. cannot recommend Roguelike Celebration enough.

Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Apr 13

Friends! Adventurers! Arch-nemeses!

We are excited to have our next Roguelike Celebration Oct 25th + 26th, 2025.

You can join us and fellow dungeon goers to enjoy new talks on all things roguelike and a fresh round of paint and puzzles in our virtual space.

Save the date and we’ll see you there!

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Apr 25

woah, rad. thanks for the rec! will add for list for next year! <3

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Apr 25

i love your style! will add you to list for next year 😍

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · Apr 25

love your style! got you on the list for next year <3

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