## Description

_3059_ is a roguelike game set in a science fiction scenario. After you
create your avatar you are placed onto the planet of Esperenza, which is one
of the many planets humankind is slowly preparing for colonization. Your
adventure starts in a small settlement, which can provide you with basic
weaponry and equipment, along with some possible companions and quests. From
this starting base you are able to explore the vast areas of the planet,
encounter non-player-characters including alien lifeforms and solve quests.

Much like original _Rogue_ -variants the game is presented in what could be
called ASCII-style graphics, but utilizes a lot of non-standard characters to
depict the game world and its inhabitants. Graphics display will change
according to the built-in day-night cycle, with night mode showing a green-on-
black monochrome version of the game world, along with decreasing the field of
view. Sound includes basic sound FX and MIDI music. Game elements like
weapons, armor, enemies, quests, landscapes etc are randomly generated, player
characters are persistent until deleted, meaning they are able to play in
‘their’ world indefinitely. Detailed statistics are kept for each character
(e.g. time played, no. of monsters killed, no. of quests solved, etc). The
game world has no apparent boundary (technical boundaries not known) and
features complete real-time freedom of movement (within game rules). There is
no definite goal or ending to work towards, thus it can be classified as an
incarnation of an open-world, open-ended role playing game.

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