dungeon-crawling

adjective

Of or relating to a dungeon crawl.

Meanings

adjectivedungeon-crawling (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to a dungeon crawl.

    She also enjoys "Katamari Damacy", "Syberia" and the cooperative dungeon-crawling games like "Baldur's Gate".

    2005 January 6, Ejiisan, “Which game to buy?”, in alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    I'm with your guys. I'd much, much rather play Angband or Nethack for that kind of dungeon-crawling game, because they have challenge and near-infinite replayability.

    1997 September 21, David Ripton, “Diablo is insanely fine!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet)

    How big a "proper" view should be depends on your game design. Some need long-range vision, but in most dungeon-crawling games it's preposterous that you can see 80-160 meters in bad light and hazy air...

    2002 October 1, Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes, “Which do you prefer? Map same size as screen, or larger?”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet)
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dungeon-crawl
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