Kid's First Dungeon-Crawler

[cahn]

Last week Baby A had a really large burp, and I laughed and called him a purple worm. E wanted to know what the joke was, so I started telling her about NetHack. She was enthralled by everything I told her, especially after I mentioned that you started with a pet, which often was a dog. (Lately she has been obsessed with doggies, mostly along the lines of saying wistfully, "I wish we had a doggie!")

So for the last three evenings D has been playing NetHack with E (maybe fifteen minutes each evening), using the Absurd Tileset (which apparently is no longer really extant? Anyway). E loves it! She especially, of course, loves the pet doggie. But she is also really excited about killing monsters and picking up gold and the different kinds of traps in the Mines!

Mostly I am posting this because last night, when they had their fifteen-minute NetHack time, E said happily, "Maybe tonight I will finish the game!"

D was all, "Umm... probably not tonight."

(It probably took both of us a... couple of months? playing a couple of hours a day, to ascend in NetHack.)

Comments

[ase]

Awwww, this is so cute!

D was all, "Umm... probably not tonight."

I am excessively amused.

[cahn]

...yeah :)

Last night they were killed by an elf mummy, so they'll be starting over tonight. I was worried E would be upset, but she is mostly excited she vanquished 56 monsters and hoping she gets another doggie pet :)

[ase]

E clearly understands what is really important in gaming. :-)

[cahn]

Yes :) They managed to tame a kitty last night (in addition to her starter pet), so she's pretty excited about that.