Vicious Orcs was written by Jeff Lait, who also wrote POWDER. It has a well-designed interface, unusually so for a roguelike. Lait wrote it in a week, which makes it all the more impressive.
Among the user-friendly interface details are: automatically adjusting your movement direction when blocked by a wall, and automatic equipping a new item that is better than a previous item of the same class.
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Damn, killed by a stupid Kobold Archer on dungeon level 2. I need to get a ranged attack.
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Hmm... You can meditate on the small island outside town to gain mana.
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Food restores health.
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Yes, a Book of Conflagration so I can cast fireballs!
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Blue Potion of ACID! Oh no!
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Killed Slimes and an Icebeast.
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Noooo! Killed by Spider poison on depth 3. And I had so much gold...