Every accountant I recognise swears by the powers of Excel . But not every accountant can harness that power as attractively asCary Walkin , an controller from Canada . Walkin made a full RPG game inside Excel . As in you’re able to use Excel to really have merriment .
The game , called Arena . Xlsm , can be downloadedhere . It works with Excel 2007 and 2010 but has n’t been tested with Excel 2013 ( it should work though ) . Unfortunately , like all matter wonderful about Excel , Arena . Xlsm wo n’t work on the Mac translation of Excel . Gameplay includes :
Random enemy : Over 2000 possible enemies with dissimilar AI abilities .

Random items : 39 item modifier result in over 1000 potential detail combinations and attribute .
An interesting level with 4 different endings depending on how the player has played the game .
8 boss encounters , each with their own tactics .

4 pre - programme arenas followed by procedurally father arenas . Each play - through has its own challenges .
31 Spells . There are many different scheme for succeeder .
15 Unique items . unparalleled detail have extra property and can only drop from specific enemies .

36 Achievements .
This is all in a Microsoft Excel workbook .
It ’s like someone took the game we all used to play on TI-83s to a whole ‘ nother spirit level . And perchance devote the rest of us a reason to apply Excel ! [ Cary WalkinviaBoingBoing ]

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