slashem

Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack roguelike game

TLDR

Start a game

$ slashem

Start with a specific player name

$ slashem -u [name]

Show high scores

$ slashem -s

SLASH'EM (Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic) is a roguelike dungeon exploration game, a variant of NetHack with many additional features. It adds new roles, races, monsters, items, and dungeon branches while maintaining the core NetHack gameplay.Controls are identical to NetHack: hjklyubn for movement, i for inventory, ? for help.

PARAMETERS

-u NAME

Set player name.

-s

Show high scores.

-X

Discovery mode (non-scoring).

-D

Debug/wizard mode.

PREVIEW

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INSTALL

brew install slashem

CAVEATS

Requires knowledge of NetHack-style roguelike controls. Permadeath applies. More content but also more complex than standard NetHack.

HISTORY

SLASH'EM development began in 1997 as a merge of two NetHack variants: SLASH and Strstrng's Hack. It became one of the most popular NetHack variants.