So they intentionally gave it 1996 exclusive graphics ;P

Yes there's an FOV slider in game! Note that the FOV value is based on the height of the screen, not the width so expect the proper FOV to seem lower than your usual preference for most games.

Full disclosure, I'm the artist that Sheridan talked up a bit. :)
The art style I was going for was based on my time modding Doom as a kid and learning their pixel-illustration techniques through imitation, so if it reminds you of Doom or Wolfenstein, that'd be an accurate and complimentary comparison, from my POV. :)

From a gamer perspective I will not argue - I have a ton of respect for Almost Human and I love LOG and LOG2. But there is an answer to your question. The short answer is money, time and experience. LOG started as a 3-year hobby project, cloning Dungeon Master with some more modern aesthetics in mind.
Building off that work starting in 2011, four devs quit their pro jobs and worked on LOG full time for over a year.

By comparison, Barony took 3 years to develop start to finish [current build anyway], was never a clone and so everything was designed from scratch (and is a one-of-a-kind game to boot, being the only first-person roguelike with co-op), and was completed in our off-time as our hobby project (due to having no external alternate income source). Our team is mostly composed of hobbyists, with the musician and I really being the only ones with previous professional experience.

I'd love to make our next game that matches or beats LOG's visual quality bar, and I'm currently exploring art direction that will enable greatly increased visual quality while still keeping the workload realistic for a small team that works whenever we can spare the time! One day it'd be great if people love our games enough that we can afford to work full-time as Almost Human has had the opportunity to do.

One of the things I love about the GOG audience is that they can appreciate a good game despite how it looks. I know expectations are different because we're a modern game, but the techniques used to create Barony's art really haven't evolved all that much since 1995. On top of that, I only worked for about 6 months before the Cursed Edition update was complete, and I did all the artwork in my spare time. If you can appreciate how Doom or Heretic looks and the work that went into it, I hope you can appreciate the work I did on Barony's art.
Also side note, I'm really impressed that somebody discovered how the magic icons don't fit the style of the rest of the game. Those were open-source icons that I never replaced, pretty much the only thing I didn't replace - I justified it by the fact that it's actually _good_ for the gameplay that spells stand out (since they are hotkeyed differently than other items), but ultimately they don't match my quality bar (obviously) and it'd still be wise for me to replace them.

To those of you hanging in the thread, thanks for your interest. I joined the Barony team because it was the project I always wanted to work on (which Delver and One More Dungeon never proved to be). I hope you can love the game like I do.

Some people like Procedural generation, permadeath and 3d.
Its a matter of taste.
I dont see anything wrong with the game as long as the game works, not broken and its not completly shovelware.
Cant say this looks like shovelware to me but thats of course my opinion.

About indie, yea i know but quality is kinda opinion based
Just look at steam.
If quality had been a standard that was held in high regard there is no way all those games had been voted forward on steam by its own users.

About my own taste..
Well i like diversity
it woud be wery boring to have just one kind of games or heck even one style of games.

Everyone that isn't interested usually leaves such a thread after a while. :P

Thanks for showing up here, to answer questions and explain the concept and background of your game a little better. And while I'm at it, I'd like to apologize for the negative and downright rude reception of its release, at least by a certain vocal minority of GOG's forum userbase ( most of which have almost certainly never actually tried your game ).

I think it's ridiculous people are bashing the game's graphics so hard, when considering that Dungeoncrawlers/Rogue-likes aren't exactly known for their amazing visuals. And on a site which is primarily known for its collection of "retro" games, no less.

Personally, the low-res look doesn't really bother me. If anything, I'd recommend a little more polishing of the HUD elements ( rework some of the symbols, as well as the overall HUD style ).

I got this game on Stean while back as a an impulse buy, and it has to be one of my favorite blind purchases.

Barony is the only "First Person Rogue-lite" I know of that actually gets the feel and pacing of playing a traditional rogue-like right. It emphasizes risk and resource management over twitch combat, has that "frantic slow" pacing where you're trying to move quickly but minimize mistakes. It also encourages the sort of improvization you have to do in traditional roguelikes because you have to work with what the game hands you on a given run.
Not to mention the narrow corridors with poor visibility like complete with enemies that wander around the level unpredictably for surprise encounters are here too, for extra NetHack-ness.

So many games these days use the "roguelike" but have little to do with Roguelikes other than perma-death, and here we have one that actually seems to understand what playing a roguelike feels like and attempts to translate that into a new format (and in my opinion it does it pretty well).
It's not top down or turn based like a roguelike, but it "gets" what a roguelike feels like to play and shoots for that instead, and in that sense it's more roguelike-like (can that be a word?) than a lot of other games that borrow roguelike mechanics.
I think that in itself should be enough for the game to be worthwhile.

That the GOG crowd decided to shit on it so fast is just sad.

thanks for that!! :D

yes, indeed, look at the min. spec :D
i cant play 3d/fpp and lots of games with to many paralax scrolling and weird effects (gamemotion sickness/ photosensitivity)

So i am basically 'lucky' but what if i could play these games ? Then i would not be able to play it at minimum:


Processor: Intel i3 3.0 ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics


i3 : thats nice i have i5
BUT.... why 3 Ghz ? i have 2.67 quad core

and.... if you really wanted to 'keep it low' you could have supported XP ?
, yes XP has past away, we all know that , but for offline gaming you are save, as long as you dont go online :D

So i assume you used 'technology' that wont be able to run on XP.. ?
.. there are quite some users still using XP for the main gaming or because they are not that 'loaded' with cash so they arent yet able to upgrade.

It does support integrated video but why the win 7/8/10 only? why 3.0 GHZ? and why 4 GB ram ? on XP theres 3 tot 3.3 GB available so that would be very tight...

This game is not really low spec, there are more games that support even lower systems, while the games are still good and have decent graphics.

The very good thing is the 8.69 list price so thats a little comfort after seeing the min. spec :D

Example: i have all wadjet eye games :D, yes some people might say : but its more of the same? i dont care, cause i like more of the same and by keeping their min. requirements low they will reach lots of people so there are more potentially buyers, meaning more cash :D ....

I am also a bit disappointed in the "Goggers" response... not what I'm used to here. I see the game has a very positive response on Steam overall; seems some went out of there way to bash the game (which always bothers me if someone has never played the game). Nice to see the developer comment and interact: class act! Games not really my style, but I think I may end up grabbing it just the same...I enjoy supporting the Indies...

yes, i agree on that ....
but basically people should not have to experiment with games...
example: lost horizon 2 claims 2 GB video is needed at least, but some users on steam clain it runs on a GPU with 1 GB ram, so the problem might be that more people will try to buy this game i mentioned in this example, and maybe the game wont work for them, so that would be sad.

Anyway, i dont like to 'experiment' or 'gamble' with min specs....
take this wadjet eye example: when i see that i dont have to gamble, if i like the game i buy it right away....
its not that i am too lazy to think, but i rather think while playing games or perform other things that require thinking.

Edit: Ninja. :P