Behold the works of Darren Grey, a hobbyist roguelike developer and games writer. I also host a podcast about roguelikes, procedural generation and game design. This is my rather basic personal page for game-related stuff.
Contact
Mail: darrenjohngrey on the domain hotmail dot com
Bluesky: @dgrey0
Itch.io: @darrengrey
You can also find me lurking on the Fallout: London and Roguelike discords.
Game Development
Development blog
All the latest news and info on my game development, including design articles and news pieces. It is now absurdly out of date.
Roguelike Radio
I host and organise Roguelike Radio, the world's number 1 roguelike design focused podcast! We've been running it since 2012, with over 150 episodes released to date. The podcast has numerous episodes on design topics, individual games and interviews with well-known developers. Alas, also very lapsed.
Writing
Fallout: London
I am part of the writing team for Fallout: London, an ambitious mod which overhauls Fallout 4 to take place in London with a whole new British theme. In particular I wrote:
- The Kiera companion, and associated quests
- A large section of the Vagabond questline
- Various sidequests, including Memories of Syd and Taste of Gold
Skywind
I am part of the writing team for Skywind, another ambitious mod which overhauls Skyrim to recreate the game of Morrowind in its engine. It's due for release... some time in the future.
Elite: Tales from the Frontier
I have written The Comet's Trail and co-authored Ode to Betty Cole in Elite: Tales from the Frontier, an official tie-in anthology to the epic space game Elite: Dangerous. The book is available in a really amazing audiobook format!
Tales of Maj'Eyal
I have written extensively for the main campaign of Tales of Maj'Eyal, an epic fantasy RPG by Nicolas Casalini. In-game you can find over a hundred short stories, poems, lore snippets and even a novella or two written by me.
Games
Wait For It
Time To Die
Let's Play videos by me (developer play), Rogueliker and Nookrium.
The Trapped Heart
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=trappedheart
Let's Play videos by Rogueliker and CrazedNaly.
FireTail
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=firetail
Let's Play videos by The Indie Ocean and CrazedNaly.
DataQueen
Hex-based tactical game of bug elimination on an ever-changing map. Connect the nodes, destroy the gridvaders, use the powers of the DataQueen!
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=dataqueen
Screenshot: 1
A Let's Play video by GameHunter.
Monetising Children
Made for the Molyjam 2013, and based on the insights into the freemium industry by Ramin Shokrizade.
Download: Windows, OSX, Linux
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=children
Mosaic
Lay colourful mosaic tiles on a grid with your movements, trying to encase enemies in art to dispel them. Music is procedurally generated based on which parts of the map you have filled in. The game is simple to play, with 4-way movement being the only input, but it is tricky to master. It's also quite pretty sometimes!
Download: Windows, OSX, Linux
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=mosaic
Screenshot: 1
A video demonstrating some gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcCF6vNq6s
A Let's Play video by GameHunter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-CV45LrqJ4
F*ck This Jam
A real-time action RPG telling the dramatic tale of one man versus endless waves of demonically possessed jam. Beware the giant Jammie Dodgers! I made it for the 7-day F*ck This Jam game jam, where the challenge was to make a game in a genre you hate (I hate action RPGs). And oh, what an abomination it is! It's intense, strange, and quite charming in a subversive way. Jam jam jam jam...
Download: Windows standalone (you can also get the Mac or Linux T-Engine b43 and copy over the module folder)
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=jam
Screenshot: 1
Broody Vole
You're a female vole trying to have babies and protecting your brood from vicious weasels (made in 3 hours at TIGJam last year)
Download: Windows standalone (you can also get the Mac or Linux T-Engine b40 and copy over the module folder)
Rogue Rage
Rogue Rage is a failed 7DRL that is still in development. You can play a beta of it now if you like though. It's designed to make ASCII look cool and to have emergent depth with a low number of controls. Innovative features include stance-based combat effects and passively attacking adjacent foes. It is written for beta 38 of the T-Engine.
Download: Windows standalone (you can also get the Mac or Linux T-Engine b38 and copy over the module folder)
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=roguerage
An early video demonstrating some player powers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvJ4sqq_b6A9
sick peter
sick peter is a pretentious arty game I made in 5 hours for the Molyjam 2012. In “sick peter” you play a terminally ill four year old Jewish boy looking for his lost mother in Nazi-occupied Holland. It’s a stealth game mostly – you have to avoid the German guards whilst also managing your depleting stamina, which gets harder as your illness creeps up on you. It is written for beta 38 of the T-Engine.
Download: Windows standalone, with instruction in readme for Mac/Linux
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=sickpeter
Screenshots: 1
Me presenting the game at the London Molyjam (around 8:44:00): http://www.twitch.tv/metzopaino/b/313560199
Harrowed
Harrowed is a very simplistic roguelike written in 1 hour for the Ludum Dare Zero Hour Game Jam 2011. I wrote it whilst drunk, so I'm personally I'm impressed it even loads. It's about as streamlined as a roguelike can get. It is written for beta 34 of the T-Engine.
Download: Windows standalone, module folder, T-Engine beta 34
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=harrowed
Screenshots: 1
Run from the Shadow
Run from the Shadow is a streamlined roguelike involving a constant flight from the boss of the game, as you gradually build up the strength to face it. The game is themed around guilt, and the various ways people suppress this in real life. It was written in under 2 days and is overdue an update. It is written for beta 34 of the T-Engine.
Download: Windows standalone, module folder, T-Engine beta 34
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=shadow
Screenshots: 1
Broken Bottle
Broken Bottle is a game about alcoholism and brutality in a post-apocalyptic world. It was written for the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge 2011, but has been updated a little since. The game is very story-focused, told from thefirst-person perspective of an alcoholic as he tries to find the surface following a nuclear war. Alcohol also plays an important part in several game dynamics. It is made using DarkGod's T-Engine and written in Lua. Windows users can download the standalone version (preferred). Those on OSX or Linux will need to download the module folder and T-Engine beta 27, and put the module folder in the /game/modules/ directory of the T-Engine.
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=broken-bottle
UNSTOPPABLE
When an unstoppable force meets an indestructible object... You are a robot with impenetrable armour, and you wield a gun that fires bullets which cannot be stopped. You fight lesser robots on a looping map – the only danger is yourself as the map becomes ever more filled with your unstoppable shots. Clear each level of its robotic denizens before moving to the next, and eventually face up against the lethal Rogue AI. Created for the October 2010 Four Day Roguelike Challenge (yeah, I made it from scratch in 4 days - still not sure how!)
Download: Windows, Linux and OSX
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=unstoppable
Screenshot: 1
Toby the Trapper
Toby the Trapper is a roguelike in which you can only harm enemies with traps you lay. Control the fast-moving Toby to outwit the smelly ogres and the unique bosses, before taking on the evil might of Wuggy the Warlock. It was made for the Seven Day Roguelike Challenge 2010, but has received some updates since.
Download: Windows and Linux (if anyone can make an OSX build please get in touch)
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=toby-the-trapper
Review on Temple of the Roguelike: http://www.roguetemple.com/2011/01/12/arrp-2010-toby-the-trapper/
Gruesome
Gruesome is a game in which you play the grue, hunting adventurers to eat in dark caves whilst avoiding the painful light of their torches. It was the first game I ever made, using Free Pascal, and is probably still my coolest game.
Latest news: http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?tag=gruesome
