Minimalist Dungeon

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.53
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★93%
Navigate your way through Minimalist Dungeon!

If you can brave the monsters, you're in for a tough boss fight, and a mystery reward.

Controls: [WASD] to move, [/] to use special attack, [shift] to heal, and [enter] to shoot arrows.

Please allow some time on the Web version if your internet is slow -- it is a 4MB applet. If it doesn't work, try the .jar!

Comments28

texel29 Apr 2013, 08:33
Nicely done! Only thing I wish I had were ammo powerups for the arrows.
PsenFilip29 Apr 2013, 12:49
I got pretty involved early game - except for those helper texts.
It took my quite a while to beat level 6. The ammo runs out quickly. But yeah, I do miss a handful of shots :(
Other than that I enjoyed it! Played several runs.
EatenAlive3
EatenAlive3author29 Apr 2013, 20:18
Try to use the passive attack where possible in order to save more arrows.
EatenAlive3
EatenAlive3author29 Apr 2013, 20:19
(Glad you enjoyed! Haha)
mortus
mortus30 Apr 2013, 15:27
Horrible, horrible music! Though I rated audio very high. I guess it's horribly beautiful! :D
EatenAlive3
EatenAlive3author30 Apr 2013, 22:26
Hahaha! Thanks for the rating. I will work on composing for the next LD :P
xandy30 Apr 2013, 23:00
cool graphics! a bit hard but i had very much fun :)
KunoNoOni
KunoNoOni30 Apr 2013, 23:05
Neat game. Good use of theme. Music, while not great, was good at setting the mood. Overall good job!
shard123
shard12330 Apr 2013, 23:06
Loved your entry! It was the perfect difficulty level and a ton of fun to play, the music was a little hard on the ears but everything else was great so it made up for it.
Jorjon
Jorjon1 May 2013, 04:54
I really loved your take on the theme. Super minimal :)
Jod1 May 2013, 12:19
Cool audio, makes it quite a dramatic dungeon crawler. Curse you, red cubes!
Pixelfan Games
Pixelfan Games1 May 2013, 20:19
Dont like the controls, so crazy / for attack, enter for shoot :/. I get some fun. Good game
HuvaaKoodia
HuvaaKoodia1 May 2013, 20:35
An enjoyable simple dungeon crawl, very much so.
I, for one, appreciated the musical choice, while the sounds could have used a bit more work.
The only tangible problem for me was the special key "\" which on my keyboard is behind a function key, so another key, say Control, would have been a better candidate.
hgouveia
hgouveia1 May 2013, 20:52
Great game! i love it, i like classic music, and Bach is one of my favorite pianist, but after i while was annoying to me this music probably because i had headphones and was too pitchy
Xanjos1 May 2013, 21:19
Quite possibly the best minimalist dungeon crawler I have ever played :D
Prelucid
Prelucid2 May 2013, 22:53
Square kept moving right for me. No idea
evilDan3 May 2013, 02:20
That was AWESOME! Very nice game!
Riccardo Stucchi5 May 2013, 13:15
Good and funny way to interpret the theme. I'd enjoyed play this game! The music is a little bit sad maybe, but the graphics is very cool!! Well done!
manax
manax5 May 2013, 15:33
Nicely done. Small bug with collision detection (I could often pass one cell into "doorways"). Agreed, could have used some arrow recharge mechanism. On every new level, I had to hunt for my character... Nice that it had a built in "tutorial".
caranha
caranha5 May 2013, 16:19
Wow, it was pretty difficult, but a nice challenge. I managed to beat the boss after a couple of tries.

I felt that some levels were basically "rush to the exit"

Also! Avoid putting commands on the shift key - for people using windows, pressing the shift key multiple times brings up the "accessibility options menu"

Thanks for the game!
Switchbreak
Switchbreak5 May 2013, 17:41
I couldn't figure out what to do after I ran out of arrows, there didn't seem to be any way not to use them up fighting guys. But I love the look of it, and I love the speed of the movement. Really fun.
Cyboot
Cyboot5 May 2013, 19:56
Good game. I like the block grapics.
Also I enjoyed playing a java game again (really the first java game I saw this time except mine :D)

I will watch your timelapse later but I already saw that you created the music yourself (with LMMS, thats cool). So some bonus in rating for really sticking to the compo rules!

Nice job!
anjack6 May 2013, 22:25
That was absolutely unparalleled! My favorite game so far!
theomnis
theomnis15 May 2013, 22:20
Got stuck on level 6, too.
csanyk
csanyk18 May 2013, 03:55
"Buttons open doors" = shit just got real!

Very nice. Liked the music, too:)
rzfmzn20 May 2013, 22:58
Loved it!
Gratz!

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