Archipelago VS wesnoth

Due to the way it’s designed and its short length, it has a great randomizer. It is a decently popular pick in Archipelago multiworlds. In fact someone recommended it in a multiworld I was playing so I picked it up.

> walk through a door in an RPG Maker game end up playing a Quake level! And then, upon killing a certain enemy, be suddenly in a bossfight in a SMW ROMhack!

I just learned about this [1] yesterday but seems to be the first data point I've seen regarding something like you describe. Very cool to see, and it definitely blew my mind that things like this are now being developed.

[1] https://archipelago.gg/

There are randomizers for many Metroidvanias at this point, each with their own community of casual and competitive players. Just in Archipelago system you can find Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Super Metroid, SMZ3, Timespinner, and The Messenger.

I recommend checking out a randomizer mod at https://archipelago.gg/ (https://archipelago.gg/games/Stardew%20Valley/info/en). You start a new file with a defined goal (i.e. 'complete the Community Centre'), and set about seeing how fast you can do so, but... with some tweaks. For starters, you could randomize your seasons or seeds. Then things like progressive abilities and items. i.e. you earn fishing level 2, but instead of *receiving* fishing level 2, you get a Coop. When you go to Robin to buy your Coop, you receive... an Ossified Blade. And when you manage to fish up a Flounder, you receive... Fishing Level 2.

Not really speedrunning but since GDQ has randomizers, I'll mention Archipelago. https://archipelago.gg/ Multiworld randomizer that has people contributing to add game integrations. They have documentation on how to add games https://github.com/ArchipelagoMW/Archipelago/tree/main/docs Its a lot of fun and I feel will only get better the more integrations people add! Definitely covers a lot of programming areas from assembly to networking.

It's a multiworld randomizer https://archipelago.gg/

It’s cool stuff. Funnily enough, Zelda 1 was added to Archipelago literally yesterday.

Archipelago Cross-Game Multiworld Randomizer

Official site Steam Itch.io

I don't think there's much in terms of managerial/4x f2p games (afaik)...closest thing that comes to mind would be The Battle for Wesnoth which I wouldn't recommend for "turning off" your brain.

Wesnoth, obviously: https://www.wesnoth.org/

The Battle For Wesnoth? (Keep in mind it's been around since 2005, and had more simplistic graphics at one point - a random example.)

The Battle for Wesnoth

Battle for Wesnoth - free https://www.wesnoth.org/

I read that as Wesnoth at first and was very confused.

I used to love tactical RPGs, but as I've aged I don't have the patience for them. I really wanted to play Battle of Wesnoth (https://www.wesnoth.org/), but it was not to be. Then I found this gem and it scratched my space sim itch, https://endless-sky.github.io/.