NetHack, an early roguelike video game first released way back in 1987, just received its first gameplay update in 12 years. However, there hasn't been a huge number of major new features added yet. As the release notes for the latest update, Version 3.6.0, state:
Unlike previous releases, which focused on the general game fixes, this release consists of a series of foundational changes in the team, underlying infrastructure and changes to the approach to game development.
Those of you expecting a huge raft of new features will probably be disappointed. Although we have included a number of new features, the focus of this release was to get the foundation established so that we can build on it going forward.
Along with three new team members and some infrastructure changes there are some gameplay changes, most of which ' are='' boundary='' condition='' fixes='' and='' improvements='' that='' would='' make='' the='' game='' more='' realistic,='' although='' there='' are='' new='' features='' that='' were='' added='' as='' well,'='' with='' some='' significant='' changes='' which='' 'were='' derived='' from='' unnethack,='' nethack='' 4='' and='' other='' variants,'=''>
- Roderick Schertlers pickup_thrown patch
- Udvidelser af Malcolm Ryan's Statue Glyphs patch til tty og fliser
- Udvidelser af Paranoid_Quit patch
- Udvidelser af Dungeon Overview
- Aardvark Joe's Extended Logfile
- Michael Deutschmann's use_darkgray patch
- Clive Crous 'dark_room patch
- Jeroen Demeyer og Jukka Lahtinen sortloot patch
- Stefano Busti's Auto åbent dørplaster
På grund af nogle af de grundlæggende ændringer i denne udgivelse vil "gamle gemme og benfiler forståeligt nok ikke være kompatible med version 3.6." Når det er sagt, vil den seneste opdatering give dem, der ikke har spillet - eller måske endda hørt om - spillet en fantastisk mulighed for at prøve det for første gang.
En af de andre ændringer til den nyeste version er en sød hyldest til den sene Terry Pratchett, forfatter af Discworld romaner, som var fan af NetHack:
På tidspunktet for hans passering i år besluttede DevTeam at det ville være en passende hyldest at tage et antal af vores favorit citater fra de forskellige Discworld romaner og indarbejde dem i spillet. At være den måde, vi er, gjorde vi lidt mere end det. Der er nu et stort antal citater fra mange af de Discworld romaner i hyldestfilen, men det betyder ikke, at vi ikke ville acceptere nye indlæg fra andre Pratchett-fans.
Som nogle NetHack fans ville sige, TDTTOE - "DevTeam tænker på alt."