is gamemaker really not programming?

[strongbad]

I tried playing nethack once and was in way over my head. Feel like i should try again

Yeah to really understand it you need to be referencing the wiki constantly for a while. You can learn from trial and error but it's not really worth it imo. Some roguelikes can (should?) be played spoiler free but Nethack isn't one of them. Let me know if you want any help getting started- I basically devoted a year of my life to that game lol

[silvertone]

cataclysm is prolly the best roguelike for nubs imo not because its the simplest but because its so easy to get into the RP aspect that the difficulty feels appropriate.

 but also 1 page of wiki reading and messing with the hotkeys (mashing kebord) rly opens up the game