Roguelike Generator

Design a run the player wants to start again after losing.

What the user gets

Rules this entry enforces

• Rooms are a grammar, not a list. Each archetype states what may come before and after it. "Elite never follows elite; shop appears once per floor after room 4."
• One guaranteed reward per floor. Randomness on top of a floor the player can plan around.
• Every enemy has one verb. Charger, shooter, exploder, splitter, shielder. Elites combine two. Bosses change the rules (boss-battle).
• Builds must be discoverable. At least three item synergies the designer knows about and does not announce.
• Expected value is written. A curse room's EV is stated; if it is always right or always wrong to take, redesign.
• Death teaches. The death screen names what killed the player and what they had. Meta-progression is small; skill is the main progression.
• Visual grammar across rooms. Same door shapes, same floor material family, same lighting logic — so procedurally assembled rooms read as one place.

Example

Floor: 8–11 rooms · start → 3–5 combat → shop → 2–3 combat/elite/shrine →
   rest → boss. Guaranteed: one weapon by room 3.
Enemies: bone-runner (charger) · lantern-wisp (shooter) · marrow-tick
   (exploder) · rib-crawler (splitter) · warden (shielder)
Elites:  warden + shooter · runner + exploder
Shrine:  trade 30 % max HP for one rare item — EV positive only if the player
      already has two synergising items (they must judge that)
Synergies (undisclosed): ricochet + multishot · burn + oil flask · shield
      wall + reflect

Related entries

• boss-battle — floor bosses
• platformer-level — the fixed-level counterpart
• environment-scene, weapon-prop — plates and items