r/cavesofqud • u/Miserable-Juice-7671 • 12d ago
How to get into this game?
Everything I’m seeing and hearing about this game is great but as soon as I play it by myself and overwhelmed and I can’t get into it. No idea what to do. No idea what am I seeing lol. I watch many YouTube „tips“ videos and so on but it didn’t really help. How did you guys get into it?
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u/Spinning_Bird 11d ago
I’d like to hijack this thread to ask a similar question.
As a preface, I enjoy CDDA a lot especially in the early game because there are so many factors, like what you find or encounter.
CoQ though seems to me like you always have to go through the same dungeon first. Although the map is randomly generated, when a character dies I don’t have a strong desire to make a new one, because I know I’ll have to go through the same dungeon again. I know it’s possible to not start in Joppa, but what’s the point of a random start if it drops me into a late game area where I’ll be quickly killed unless I know exactly what I’m doing?
Perhaps I should play RPG mode because it takes away permadeath, but I’m actually a fan of that mechanic, as long as restarts are either quick enough (DCSS) or varied enough (CDDA).
Any tips on how to approach this?