The Nightmare Cooperative is a roguelike — a turn-based dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels and permadeath. But here’s the catch: your party, composed of fighters, priests, miners, and astral walkers, must move collectively. When one goes north, they all go north; when one attacks, so do they all. Can you keep your party members alive through all four worlds?

Having grown up playing the original Rogue on the Apple II, I was instantly attracted to this game’s thoughtful action, graphics reminiscent of SSI’s Gold Box role-playing games, and dry sense of humor. After finally beating the final world, I interviewed Yann Seznec, founder of Lucky Frame, about The Nightmare Cooperative’s influences, strategies, and future iterations in the following video.

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