The term "Rogue-lite" in 2013 was coined by the developers of "Rogue Legacy" to market their game, as instead of true permadeath, in-between runs you would be able to spend resources to get persistent upgrades, like health, damage increases, and unlock new classes (what people nowadays tend to call "meta-progression"). I know because I was there 8 years ago in the thread and the marketing page still has the word... Source: over 2 years ago

Evan Debenham, creator of Shattered Pixel Dungeon [1], gave a talk about how he makes balance and other changes to the game based on analytics gathered from the game’s players [2]. This is used to determine the relative strength of different aspects of the game by seeing how a player’s engagement with a particular aspect correlates with win rate. This, of course, needs to be checked by community feedback on... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

I suggest to take the same approach as https://shatteredpixel.com/ and sell it on Steam et al. While still having it FOSS and available in a git repository. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Gotta jump in with my recommendation for Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It’s available in a bunch of places: Steam, GOG, itch (free there!), GitHub (for the DIY type), as well as Android and iOS. Source: about 1 year ago

As for a list of other games I'd recommend but don't fit the criteria, there's Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, POWDER, Bludgeons & Krakens, and KeeperRL. Source: over 1 year ago

I recently got a new phone and it's much bigger than I'm used to. My favorite mobile game, Shattered Pixel Dungeon was mostly playable one handed but there are a few buttons on the far right side of the screen which are uncomfortable to reach over to. Source: over 1 year ago