Editing Roguelike (section)

==Community==
The roguelike genre has developed with the expansion of both classical roguelikes and rogue-lite titles, a dedicated fan community has come about to not only discuss games within it but to craft their own tales of near-death adventures or amusing stories in roguelikes.<ref name="gd future">{{cite web |last=Brightman |first=John |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Devs discuss the past and future of the 'roguelike' |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/devs-discuss-the-past-and-future-of-the-roguelike- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917142258/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/281511/Devs_discuss_the_past_and_future_of_the_Roguelike.php |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=September 16, 2016 |work=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]]}}</ref> Within this community, there is strong interest in developing roguelikes. The 7 Day Roguelike challenge (7DRL) was born out of a [[USENET]] newsgroup in 2005 for roguelike developers, informally challenging them to create the core of a novel roguelike within 7 days to be submitted for judging and play by the public.<ref name="newyorker" /> The competition has continued annually each year, since growing from 5–6 entries in 2005 to over 130 in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Adam |date=March 20, 2012 |title=The Many Faces Of Roguelikes: Seven Days Of Rogue |url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/20/the-many-faces-of-roguelikes-seven-days-of-rogue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513183625/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/20/the-many-faces-of-roguelikes-seven-days-of-rogue/ |archive-date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=August 31, 2014 |work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The 7 Day Roguelike Challenge |url=http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211213850/http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/ |archive-date=December 11, 2014 |access-date=August 31, 2014 |work=Rogue Temple}}</ref> In the spirit of the 2008 International Roguelike Conference, the "Roguelike Celebration" was held for the first time in September 2016 in San Francisco where several past and present roguelike developers gathered to discuss the history and future direction of the genre.<ref name="gd future" /> It has since been organized again in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in San Francisco, and as virtual events in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.