Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello Affineurs, It's day 2 of the Roguefort Early Access and it's also... my birthday! But there's no time to waste as I've been up all night working hard. This is an update that specifically addresses player feedback, and I hope that it helps improve the player experience on a
Hello Affineurs old and new, It's the first day of Roguefort! Thank you so much for the support, the amazing and quite touching reviews, and of course the bug reports and suggestions across both Discord and the Steam forums (and in a couple of cases via email). This is a hotfix p
Hey everyone, THE DAY HAS COME! I'm thrilled to announce that Roguefort is now out in Early Access. I always dreamed of making my own roguelike and bringing into play the depth of simulation and lore and player agency that I longed for in an open world RPG. Roguefort is that drea
Hey everyone, What a day! I woke up this morning to discover that Splattercat streamed Roguefort, and really enjoyed it! He had high praise for the game and loved the depth and quality-of-life features as well as the combat and simulation mechanics. You can see the video here: Th
Hey everyone, The Roguefort Playtest has been live for a few weeks now and has attracted nearly 600 players! I'm blown away by the interest and the positive feedback so far, and even more blown away by the number and quality of suggestions and bug reports. If you are reading this
Roguefort Demo - Update v0.8.3 - "The World Turns" This is another big one, with several pretty massive branches now merged into the demo after several months of development work. Four seasons The overworld now runs a real climate model. An 8-month calendar (two named months per
Welcome to Roguefort Demo v0.8.0 This update brings a much deeper simulation of NPC lives and histories, a bunch of quality-of-life improvements, and a big general polish pass across the demo. Townsfolk feel more grounded (The relationship simulation and many other social feature
G'day fellow affineurs, First up, there's new pixel art for the splash screen and logo! A huge thanks to artist Bladimir (aka @imkingsfool on Fiverr) who has produced awe-inspiring imagery, and gone far beyond what I could even possibly imagine. It evokes such a magical feeling a
Tl;dr - a major visual + magic update: the 2.5D and 3D modes get a serious glow-up, war cheese magic is reworked, and there's a new Hardcore Mode (permadeath, random spawn, traditional style). The world looks better than ever (2.5D / first-person mode) Tall buildings - settlement
G'day adventurers, Today we've got a lovely big update to share - the last one before Steam Next Fest starts! Hold on to your helms. Introducing THE GERMINATOR It's a new craftable station that sprouts plantable seeds from plants and flowers you've foraged. Huge thanks to ArkHave
Hello and g'day! A quick update with new content and bug fixes: Content: - Animal behaviour modes: every tamed animal now has a mode set from the right-click menu or Animals panel: Follow (trails you), Roam (wanders but stays penned), or Stay (holds position). The mode persists p
Good morning, g'day, and good evening! Today we have a smallish hotfix patch for the demo: Fixing UI and UX issues with the Wheels of War card game you can play in taverns Wheels of War controls fixes: While you're playing cards, the arrow keys and D-pad no longer walk your chara
Hey Roguefort enjoyers! We're back with an exciting update to the demo, with a big overhaul of taverns (the first of a series of updates) and a brand new card game you can play right now. As always, a big thanks to the Discord and Steam community for all the bug reports, suggesti
New Features and Fixes 30 new creature sprites - Added 12 community pixel art submissions from iramrahman64, plus an 18-creature backlog now integrated across dungeon enemies and bosses. Experimental 3D render modes - Opt-in under Settings → Display (classic 2D remains the defaul
Hey Rogueforters, Another day, another lil patch for the demo. I'll be a little more dot point-y with this one, as this is the format I'll likely adopt for smaller patches as we head into the next couple months leading up to the full game release. Just as there'll be so many on t
Hello again Roguefort enjoyers, This patch covers both 0.5.10 and 0.5.11 together, as I kept fixing and adding stuff so quickly. So, that's why there's weird jumps in version numbers. Roguefort Demo 0.5.11 brings a new boss, a new endgame dungeon, a tool harvesting system, a stac
Welcome to 3D Roguefort (Demo) I'll get straight to it tonight (partly because it's nearly 1am and I really need to sleep). I'm excited to announce some huge new features in version 0.5.8 and a raft of bug fixes. Big thanks as always to the community - shoutouts below. Also, chec
Hey all, This is a patch that - all going well - resolves launch issues for players on Linux. The game hopefully launches properly on Linux via Steam, including Arch and EndeavourOS, resolving the long-standing silent hang on startup. Thanks for your patience, and to everyone who
Hello and welcome to Roguefort 0.5.3. With this latest update, the world is more alive, more reactive, more magical, and more dangerous... But first, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to three talented pixel artists joining the Roguefort dev team: ArkHaven ElfieTheEsp Merlin the
Hi everyone, This is a quick patch for two regressions that snuck into v0.5.0 - both of which made it to the live build because they only surface on saves that were created or migrated under the new resource economy, which my own dev save predated. Apologies to everyone who hit e