Every Time I Get Hit, the Roguelike Changes 

We made a part two, enjoy :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_IyHzB9MxVc.html

I'd like to imagine tyler just had 10 windows open and closed one out each time he got hit

As a designer, we learn about how older games expected you to die around X number of times before progressing, but in modern post arcade design, health serves more as “amount of mistakes you can make”. So it’s ok if you get hit, that’s why you get health!

Fantastic video and an important message. It's not even just players getting wrong impressions from these flawless (or just way too good for an average impression) videos btw. I've seen quite a few developers base changes (e.g. balancing) on them, cause they're often just the most visible and analyzable feedback they're getting. But they're massively distorted towards high-tier "I play games like this all day" skill levels. Something to keep in mind for sure!

With brutal orchestra, you're simultaneously good as hell, but also miss really small things. Kinda love it. You do things I didn't think would work half of the time .

I was ready for a 12 hour video of Tyler trying to flawless a rougelike until he eventually collapses from exhaustion

Tainted Eden seems to break into Olexa's computer so now it's not just them rerolling upon taking damage, the entire game rerolls into a different one

His speech patterns are so much like 2017 Northernlion it's unreal

I love this. Some roguelikes that aren't in the video that I think would be possible to no-hit: Crypt of the Necrodancer, Noita, Hades, Magicite, Risk of Rain, Risk of Rain 2, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure. Some that I don't think are possible at all but would be interesting anyway: Nova Drift, Loop Hero, Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

Chaotic, smoothly edited, intense, yet lighthearted. A great business card for what your channel has to present!

The smoothness of switching contexts is amazing. Had to actually take notes to remember checking out few gems on Steam. Love your energy!

I like how the intro conversation makes it sound like rougelikes are almost Sisyphisian to play

Ackshually, it is possible to take no damage on Dicey Dungeons, you just have to be up against enemies that don't guarantee damage (like Magician/Space Marine), then get lucky with your drops and get shields ASAP 🤓

Such a cool idea, keep it up! Your work ethic/perseverance to get to this point is inspiring, I hope the channel keeps growing :)

This is unhinged.

0:00 Intro 0:38 The Binding of Isaac 4:04 Spelunky 2 6:07 Spelunky 10:59 Spelunky Classic 11:27 Slay the Spire 11:53 Enter the Gungeon 16:21 Forward: Escape the Fold 17:10 Space Gladiators 19:16 Mana Spark 20:49 Nuclear Throne 26:08 DemonCrawl 28:17 Spirits Abyss 29:27 Dicey Dungeons 29:54 Revita What a cool way to showcase these games! While it wasn’t the point of this video, it would be cool to see another showcase like this, especially since some of the deckbuilding roguelikes have unavoidable damage.

This was a great idea, kudos to you, would love to see more things like this where you work in more rules and concepts and it becoming a full fledged gamemode

I love this concept and would like to see you do more things like this

Idea: What if you did another video/made this into a miniseries where you select 3-4 random rougelikes, and whenever you get hit move down the list. When you get hit on the last game, go back to the first, but keep the progress you made on each game. The challenge would end when you beat one of the games. Loved the video, and would love to see more of this!

this video was incredibly fun, id love to see another one with different games :)

That’s such a cool concept ! I too am a huge fan of roguelikes and would love to attempt that challenge myself !

this is the kind of nonsense video I adore. been really loving the content youve been putting out

This is such a cool video concept and I think you did an amazing job at executing it!

Cool video, and I agree with the philosophy around roguelikes. If there's one roguelike (with health) I could see myself flawless-ing, it's probably Noita. It would take a *lot* of concentrated effort (and runs) to do so, though.

these videos should be recommended more often. awesome quality and commentating

Charming little showcase, will stay and watch some more vids.

loved the idea of this :) for forward escape the fold i would actually make the rule that you can't lose hp, shields don't count as damage, that way you have a decent chance...

This was a fun video! would love more content like this :D

This was a great video, even though a lot of people are saying that they want to see this again with different games I think I'd want it to see the same games at some point, you might get further or not as far in some of them because of the nature of roguelikes

Really interesting video, saw some games i've never even heard of. Awesome video man

I'm learning to make video games and want my first game to be a roguelike bullet hell(I know original right?) This video felt more like product research than a break lol.

I just found your channel!! I just wanna say I love the chill vibes and cool games u find

Man went full Bennett Foddy mode at the beginning. Great content

This was a really great video. The almost philosopher video essay-lite style was a great time to listen to

This is a phenomenal series. I need to do this myself. I was surprised when I saw certain games pop-up. I was like, "Nobody's heard of that game, what?! No way!!" Also very fitting you got further in Spelunky 1 than 2, and further in 2 than OG.

This was super interesting! Would love to see more manaspark

There's some Northernlion influence to the cadence in this man's speech. Subbed and pogged.

Just watch half of this when I make the comment. But this video is soooo good. You have outsone yourself Tyler!! Well done

The amount of games fron this video I added to my wishlist is insane. Thank you

Cool concept for a video! Wish there was some mod that would actually allow this to be seamless, but I'm pretty sure thats basically impossible. Very creative, keep up the good work gamer!

that was a really good video i would totally watch a part 2

The Slay The Spire segment perfectly describes the average STS experience.

This is the best channel trailer that isn't a channel trailer I've ever seen

rogué likes for me embody the indomitable nature of the human spirit, it’s the finding pleasure in the trying again with the thought of “maybe next time i’ll do better”. your rollercoaster analogy was great but i think an even better is that of the myth of sisyphus. sometimes you just gotta imagine he was happy pushing the rock up for all eternity

Hoping to see more of this but this seems like it was a pain to edit so understandable if we don’t

I love this video and it is so dead on, thank you!

The challenge of rouge-likes is why I love them, I feel an embodiment of my childhood games, with the unrelenting difficulty and the fun characters, it allows me to just sit down and relive the difficulty of my childhood games.

It was you, wanderbot, and retromation that got me into rougelikes and I love you all for it. I'm still kinda bad but I've been getting better! That's what rougelikes are about, trying till you get better and using what you learned to get farther and farther. I don't think I ever would have played one if it weren't for you guys.

Loved this...... Definitely do more stuff like this

what a fuego idea, I'm one of the dudes you see in the statistics at beginning of videos "70% of you aren't subscribed" now I'm one of the subbed ones.

The voice editing was really good in this episode!

This video is absolutely amazing what a great concept and lovely comment. Have to say I thought you were going for La Mulana after Spelunky Classic :)

I love how the chapters in the progress bar let us know when you're about to screw up hahaha

Dude, you're the reason i keep recommending new to me rougelikes to my buddies.

When he said this 6:16 I thought of "If she leaves you for another, there is always her mother"

I randomly decided to watch this again and nearly had a stroke when I saw brutal orchestra The sleeper agents got me :(

A really great and creative video, thank you.

You have a new subscriber from me sir time to go binge your stuff

This is such an interesting concept for a video.

"Hey it's a butt plug!", certified classic

That was a great watch! Next time do deaf cells!

ngl, i was fully expecting you walk down into the mouth door in BOI as a bit lmao

the way this guy talks is so soothing. He is just so calm and chill as he rolls through these incredibly frustrating games hahah.

love this concept, it is really wholesome

Fantastic segment and approach to rogies. Can't speak for others, but I definitely enjoy watching content more if getting hit is taken well. Blazing Beaks f.e. is downright boring without health mgm. especially due to the secret room mechanic. Now how about Bombslingers, Has Been Heroes and Death Road to Canada for the next attempt?;o) Would love this to become a new steady installment like the wheel maybe switching after each level or certain amount of points? And could it work competitively with a guest like Isaac mirror runs? Cheers!

That Slay the Spire one was so funny

That intro got to me, i just spent 3 hours playing isaac & getting good runs just to lose every single one, i was quite frustrated. I get on youtube, see this, and im smiling within 2 minutes

Hades, Risk of Rain, Dead Cells, and Vampire Survivors are all games you should try this challenge with

The glaucoma testing made me blow air out of my nose and smile

As someone who loves nuclear throne, I have to say it has to be one of the most brutal games I’ve ever played

Hey olexa I haven’t seen the video past the first three seconds, but you totally should’ve played the tainted lost when you played issac!! This is because they can only take one hit and the purpose of the challenge was also to not get hit. It would have worked very well with the theme because you can only get hit once.

SORRY TO BE WRITING A WHOLE-ASS ESSAY IN YOUR COMMENTS BUT YOU SAID SOME THINGS THAT MADE ME THINK I think to get through a tough roguelike you have to be confident in a couple of things 1. I enjoy the core gameplay and would like to beat the game 2. As long as I continue to enjoy the core gameplay I can persevere. 3. As long as I can persevere I am progressing, even if said progress is not linear or apparent to me. 4. As long as I am progressing, I cannot be set back, dying can only bring me closer to beating the game. Even if I didn't learn much from that death, I am still getting closer to the day that I beat the game (That's how time works, it passes.) 5. If I'm not actually being set back by death, then there is no reason to feel frustration. Why would you be mad that you are closer to your goal? The only way to "lose" in a roguelike (and at your life goals, in general) is to get bored or frustrated. If you get too bored, you won't be able to make yourself continue. "Why am I doing instead of not doing?" If you get too frustrated, you'll convince yourself that your goal could never be reached in the first place, and you'll prove yourself correct. "Why am I trying instead of not trying?" I should say that there's no shame in getting bored or frustrated with something, there will be something else to do or try. You will die long before you run out of things to do/try. Even if you fail again and again to achieve your goals, you are still getting closer to the day that you do achieve a goal (That's how time works, it passes). This means that simply choosing to keep living and to keep doing means that you are making progress, even if you feel like you are in a rut, like you're wasting time/effort. Your progress isn't going to be linear or apparent. I think this is the appeal of roguelikes, they show you that you can win by failing over and over again, just like in real life.

didn't realize we had the same name. "you know what tyler" COMPLETELY caught me off guard 😂

This was surprisingly entertaining

Many people play games for the same reason. You learn the process, become a "pro," and then exercise your mastery over the process. Roguelikes and puzzle games shuffle things up so the player can find semi-unique situations that require their ability to navigate through successfully. Multiplayer competitive games offer a ranking system so people can see their progress relative to the general population. RPGs offer a common story thread so people can socialize and comprehend the accomplishments of themselves and other fans. Many genres also provides forgiveness. Puzzle games give hints, competitive games give unranked environments, and RPGs allow one to over-prepare. Some roguelikes, like Hades, makes the difficulty optional, but for the most part, roguelikes seem to go with a trial by fire in order to create a sense of pride and accomplishment. This certainly appeases the more extreme players of the genre, but for people that don't know the difference between a lack of skill and bad luck, they'll discard a roguelike when it repeatedly kills them and they're forced to start over. Permanent progression can help, but permanent progression in roguelikes needs to be done very carefully, as it can eat into a player's perceived progress in becoming "skilled" at the game if any progress can be seen as "make game easier."

There are two principles that are important to a lot of games and stories: Making stakes high gives them value. Challenge gives victory meaning.

For me it's def spelunky, I actually think you are goated at it, your plays are sometimes a little questionable but judt like taking casey in a no-damage run, I LIKE the risk taking Also, could you do some more videos on that pixelated archer game thst you did a long time ago? That seems pretty cool, would like to see more of it

This is a really cool thing you did

I think it’s considered a rougelite if you have some kind of permanent upgrade you can buy to make future runs slightly easier? I personally prefer those kinds of games as it makes losing over and over again more bearable as I have something I can work towards, however small, with each failed attempt. Not saying rougelikes don’t have their place, or that ones with unlocks that just expand the item pool can’t be fun sometimes, I just personally prefer something a bit more concrete. Great video though!

Watching thtat nuclear throne run physically hurt

Damn I didn’t know tainted Eden could do this.

love the vid!

Eden D-Side is looking crazy

I'd love to end up getting a flawless run on Wizard Of Legend. It's a favorite for me, as along with items your move set itself is part of the randomness. And if you're skilled enough, you could take a win without a single item pickup, nothing but the gear you chose to start with. Whenever I get hit it always feels like it was something I did wrong, and getting that in a roguelike is an art in itself. Also the final boss hits you with the UltraKill v2 style "I'm you but better" and shmooves on you.

As a fan of rogue-like games, i loved your video, continue like that ^^

This guy makes Tainted Eden a fucking day in the park.

Nice video!

Imagine the exact same video, but the video ends when you beat one of them. Its a good idea for a stream.

I need a list of all the games you played in order, I NEED to try them all, they all look so fun and interesting

Really cool vid!!!

Came for the challenge, stayed for the social commentary

I like the corrupted transition between games

Its also wild that you found the super secret in Revita

Damn that was good! I hope you didn't have to bin 10 hours of video footage from flawlessing a bunch of games

Thumbnail is crazy doe

thought this was going to end with him playing the only roguelike he can actually win, wordle

33:22 "The roguelikes are hard men." I couldn't agree more

16:18 that was a Northernlion noise right there.

Every time Olexa gets hit, he takes a drink of water.

Amazing video for real ❤