misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 hours agoWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one stickswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down12
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one stickswww.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·21 hours agoIt’s an autoshooter isn’t it? Vampire Survivors would be a rogue-like autoshooter. Like Backpack Battles is an autobattler.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 hours agoI don’t know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don’t know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·21 hours agoI’ve also heard Autoshooter. Seems as good of a genre name as any.
It’s an autoshooter isn’t it?
Vampire Survivors would be a rogue-like autoshooter.
Like Backpack Battles is an autobattler.
I don’t know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don’t know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.
I’ve also heard Autoshooter. Seems as good of a genre name as any.