What's next for Angband?

[TJS]

Well, I think the idea is that he doesn't rush into massive projects, not without asking the community. Changes can be rolled back, sure, but unchecked development leads to the kind of number and feature bloat that commercially developed games tend to have.

Oh absolutely the last thing Angband needs is more feature bloat. There's a whole list of features that either don't do much or aren't very fun at the moment (searching/traps/perception etc.). Other things I'd argue are overcomplicated or could be removed completely.

I was thinking more along the lines of some of the less optimal part of the game mechanics might benefit from a bit of a radical reworking.

[Tregonsee]

One think I would like to see in a new version of Angband is a scroll or minibook for the other (dungeon) spellbooks. The low level spells come too late in the game

[Derakon]

I don't understand what you're suggesting. You want earlier access to the deep-dungeon spells in some fashion?

[takkaria]

Oh absolutely the last thing Angband needs is more feature bloat. There's a whole list of features that either don't do much or aren't very fun at the moment (searching/traps/perception etc.). Other things I'd argue are overcomplicated or could be removed completely.

I was thinking more along the lines of some of the less optimal part of the game mechanics might benefit from a bit of a radical reworking.

Largely this is the direction I'd like to see the game go in. Take ID-by-use to its logical end, make AI more varied, make traps interesting, make stat drain temporary etc.

[Tregonsee]

I don't understand what you're suggesting. You want earlier access to the deep-dungeon spells in some fashion?

I want access to the low level spells in the deep dungeon spell books
By the time I get the spellbooks, I only need to use the higher level spells.