I love exploring abandoned buildings, both in video games and real life, so naturally I wanted there had to be something like that in REPOSE

#reposegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #1bit #dungeoncrawler #gamemaker

web of wires
#reposegame #gamedev #pixelart #1bit #dungeoncrawler

August 23, 2023 - Day 235 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 255

Game: Desktop Dungeons: Rewind

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Apr 19, 2023
Library Date: Apr 19, 2023
Unplayed: 126d (4m4d)
Playtime: 23m

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is Desktop Dungeons Enhanced Edition in 3D.

Literally.

Gone are the pixel-art bitmaps, replaced by glorious detailed 3D artwork.

The gameplay is (at least at this point) identical.

Like, last night I played through the first map multiple times before I understood it and beat it.

Tonight, exactly the same map, with the same mobs, and the same drops, but all in 3D.

So: Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is an isometric 3D roguelike dungeon crawler puzzle game.

Where last night it was a great example of a game where the gameplay overcomes my dislike of pixel-art games, now the fun gameplay is also pretty.

Still a pretty standard dungeon crawler. Explore the dungeon, attack mobs.

However, each square you uncover goes towards refilling your health and mana. You need to explore the fog of war to find mobs, but if you clear the fog of war and then try and kill the mobs, you're gonna have a bad time.

I cleared the first level with exactly the same strategy I used last night, still hooked. The only reason I didn't keep playing was that it ran into my actual work shift.

Between dungeons there's some resource management and basic city-building going on, but the game is designed to be played in short chunks. No change, just prettier city-building, in 3D!

In a shocking and surprising turn of events, Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is:

4: Good

#DesktopDungeons #Isometric #DungeonCrawler #Puzzle #3D #MastodonGaming #Gaming #Project365ONG #Project365 #NewPlay

Lately I am working on a lot of quality of life features and polish. Here is one that I implemented today: expanding save slots from 6 to 60. The file select screen didn't support paging, so I had to add that first.

This actually benefits my playtesting as well. I run and save a lot of different scenarios and test points, and six slots was far too restrictive to do that easily. I might increase it further.

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #RPG #CRPG #DungeonCrawler

New indie dungeon crawler released. The aesthetics especially when it comes to the character portraits aren't really my thing but sometimes these random releases hide pretty solid gameplay

https://lordofpotatos.itch.io/adventurer-academy-heroes-of-the-new-dawn

#DRPGs #DRPG #DungeonCrawlers #DungeonCrawler #Blobber #Blobbers

Hi, I'm Grauken. The name comes from a book from one of my favorite authors though I'm mostly here to find and follow people who are into #DRPGs #DRPG #DungeonCrawlers #DungeonCrawler #Blobber #Blobbers of the #Wizardry variety, though I like most #CRPG #CRPGS in general #introduction

Here's a few minutes of early footage from Minerva Labyrinth. Things are still pretty rough, especially the sound effects, but I think it's shaping up.

I've never posted any actual video before, so I felt like it was about time.

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #DungeonCrawler #RPG #CRPG

https://youtu.be/hn--YmOhqfk

Experimenting with some passive render old-school dungeon crawler engine perspective drawing. It's the first time I've attempted to do this in 3D #pseudo3d #dungeoncrawler

Es ist Mittwoch 👹meine Kerle! Freue mich auf die Arbeit zu stürzen und die Dungeons von den bösartigen Goblins zu befreien!

#goblin #dungeoncrawler #dungeonsanddragons #frog #illustration #dnd #fantasy

DOS Games June 2023 Jam
https://itch.io/jam/dos-games-june-2023-jam/entries

I have not played a single game since 15 days, I think.. huge time. I will give a try to:

- In The Dark: A rogue-like survival game for CP/M, DOS and modern systems.
- Overrun: A cyberpunk RPG based on Shadowrun.

And probably 1 or 2 more.
Check it out

#gamejam #itchio #DOS #MSDOS #CPM #DOSBOX #dnd #rpg #fantasy #dungeoncrawler #rogue #roguelike #gaming #videogames #games #retro #retrogaming #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Catacombs for the ZX81

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rftWZmGMrnQ&ab_channel=Highretrogamelord

#Catacombs #ZX81 #Adventure #Dungeoncrawler #Roguelike #JKGreyeSoftware

On the dating of two early CRPGs: pedit5 and dnd

https://medium.com/@aareed/on-the-dating-of-two-early-crpgs-pedit5-and-dnd-47538d68f712

#plato #pedit #pedit5 #dnd #rpg #fantasy #dungeoncrawler #rogue #roguelike #gaming #videogames #games #retro #retrogaming #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

data tunnels

#reposegame #gamedev #pixelart #1bit #dungeoncrawler #gamemaker

July 14, 2023 - Day 195 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 215

Game: Going Under

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 24, 2020
Library Date: Dec 25, 2022
Unplayed: 201d (6m19d)
Playtime: 82m

Going Under is a roguelite dungeon crawler set in a late-stage capitalist hellscape and I am absolutely here for it.

I got almost 4 hours sleep on Thursday night, and woke up feeling pretty ragged.

When I got home from work I was down to one cylinder, and went grocery shopping, then came home ready to crash.

I figured I could knock 15 minutes of a game out and then write the review today.

Almost an hour and a half later I dragged myself to bed.

Dungeon crawlers are traditionally darkly-lit demon-infested horror-crawls, not brightly-lit, cartoonish, horror-crawls. The horror in Going Under comes from the biting satire of late-stage tech-startup capitalism in a VC-funded world, with nods to anyone who's worked in a knowledge worker / IT-related role.

The game starts with your first day as an -unpaid- intern (because of course if does), watching an introductory video about your new workplace, a recently acquired subsidiary ("Fizzer") of a multi-national conglomerate ("Cubicle").

You've been assigned to Fizzer by the company's AI (of course), and just as the video gets to the explanation of why no Cubicle employee should never enter the dungeons underneath the Fizzer office, your Project Manager boss assigns you to enter the dungeons underneath the Fizzer office to kill the "monsters" that are invading.

The dungeons themselves, and the monsters, are previously acquired start-ups, with names like "Joblin" (a gig worker app), and "Winkydink" (a dating app).

Between the roguelite elements and the quests to build up rep with your "mentors", Going Under really nails that "just one more run" feel.

Going Under is:

5: Excellent

#GoingUnder #Roguelite #DungeonCrawler #StartUp #MastodonGaming #Gaming #Project365ONG #Project365 #NewPlay

Angband
Full of surprises! I get to this spot & see the ambush coming. I think I've already killed over fifty of them & they're still coming in waves. Fortunately, I'm in a good position. If I'd walked into that room, it would have been certain death! I've gone up 4 levels since the fighting started.

Is something generating them?

#angband #rpg #fantasy #dungeoncrawler #rogue #roguelike #freeware #gaming #videogames #games #retro #retrogaming #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Beneath Apple Manor

A very interesting article about Beneath Apple Manor (1978) who predates Rogue by 2 years & was the 1st commercial Rogue Like. BAM already had advanced gameplay.

https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2012/12/game-79-beneath-apple-manor-1978.html

You can get the MSDOS version (1983) on Don D. Worth website: http://worth.bol.ucla.edu & play it!

#MSDOS #DOSBox #Apple #AppleII #rpg #fantasy #dungeoncrawler #rogue #roguelike #freeware #gaming #videogames #games #retro #retrogaming #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Angband
I like the fact we have full stats at character creation. :0)

@Arotrios
4.2.4 windows version.
Thanks again!

#angband #rpg #fantasy #dungeoncrawler #rogue #roguelike #freeware #gaming #videogames #games #retro #retrogaming #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

(Still) Playing Tales of Maj'Eyal

LVL17 for yesterday game session.. I approaching the LVL 20 today.

I forgot to mention : tons of loot, skills choice, and an amazing fantasy lore..

https://mastodon.cloud/@WoodooProd/110586352314116670

#dungeoncrawler #roguelike #rpg #fantasy #tactical #games #gaming #videogames
#retro #retrogaming

Playing Tales of Maj'Eyal

I think I had to restart the game 7 or 8 times with the same character (Dwarf Mage ArchMage) before I could get this far (permanent death). LVL 13. An ambush here, for example, in the second image. Hard time!

A very good game, very addictive, but very hard. Roguelike obliges.

I can't wait to find out what happens next.

#dungeoncrawler #roguelike #rpg #fantasy #tactical #games #gaming #videogames
#retro #retrogaming

Going Rogue: A Brief History of the Computerized Dungeon Crawl

https://insight.ieeeusa.org/articles/going-rogue-a-brief-history-of-the-computerized-dungeon-crawl/

#MSDOS #DOSBox #rpg #fantasy #dungeoncrawler #rogue #roguelike #freeware #gaming #videogames #games #retro #retrogaming #oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing