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[Klear]

I just realized that it's weird that there are stairs between levels, since Doom had either elevators or teleporters. How about calling the stairs elevator for flavour reasons?

[Gamer-man]

to be fair, it also had stairs, lots of them e1m1 had them right to the left of the starting area.  but i think elevator is more flavorful, yes.  However, if we wanted to be most accurate, it would change from location to location, starting off as a caspile to bring you from one base to another (or that's what i assume the end of level lever does since you move from one base to another every time you pull it)

[Klear]

Yeah, right. I guess I was a little confused by Wolfenstein 3d, in Doom it was more like some horizontal transport, not vertical.

In any case, I don't remember stairs ever connecting levels in Doom, that's why I'd prefer to call it elevator.

[Kashi]

Two words: Monorail Station.

P.S.: That's also acts as free data that comes from the Doom Bible :P

[ParaSait]

It's gotta be Doomlike, but don't forget it's also gotta be Roguelike, you know. :P

[Klear]

Hmmm... it would look kinda weird to have monorail station in the middle of the room. And only one tile small.
I think I still prefer elevator, though the flavour argument is getting a tiny bit shaky.

I don't think it would make the game much less roguelike, though.

[ParaSait]

Actually you're requesting a feature that is almost nothing anyway.
DoomRL has ascii graphics... use your imagination \(*_*)/

[Zalminen]

Actually you're requesting a feature that is almost nothing anyway.
DoomRL has ascii graphics... use your imagination \(*_*)/

Well, to be fair...
There is 10mm ammo (x24) lying here.                                           
 There are stairs leading downward here.                                       
 ######################################################                         
 #......................................................                       
 #.......................................................                       
 #................................................T......                       

[ParaSait]

Who the hell actually reads messages? :P

[Kashi]

Who the hell actually reads messages? :P

One who's looking for uniques, mostly.

[Gamer-man]

the game itself is roguelike in genre, you don't have to worry that removing references to rogue would dilute what the game fundimentally is.  So since the setting is doom, I think they have priority in any flavor dispute

[Klear]

Who the hell actually reads messages? :P

Also useful if you are zerked and want to avoid a special level.

Ironically, last two or three times I played AoPc, I entered the mortuary by accident, but had a homing phase device in each case, so at least I got a supercharge out of it.