Return to Diamond Castle

by reostra
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.93
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.36
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%
Navigate the twisted maze that is diamond castle, but beware: Every 10 seconds, a ghost will appear to try to drive you away!
Only the holy candles, placed at the four corners of the maze, can protect you against them.

Controls: W/A/S/D moves, Space jumps, q/e rotates

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Comments15

atgaubatz
atgaubatz27 Aug 2013, 03:27
Loved the use of lighting to further the gameplay. Started out feeling like a pac-man clone, but ended up taking on a really cool survival horror feel.
KunoNoOni
KunoNoOni27 Aug 2013, 03:28
Nice! A First Person Pac-Man game! That was really cool. Nice use of theme.
TheThirdOne
TheThirdOne27 Aug 2013, 03:28
I don't see how this pertains to the theme, sensitivity felt too high, and I didn't really know what to do.
prettymuchbryce
prettymuchbryce27 Aug 2013, 03:30
Interesting. Kind of reminded me of a 3D Pacman.
Jeff Melton27 Aug 2013, 03:34
A little hard to control. I did not really understand the mechanics.
ChrisGaudino
ChrisGaudino27 Aug 2013, 03:34
Mouse was way to sensitive for me. Would definitely benefit from a sensitivity setting.
BlennosoftGames27 Aug 2013, 03:39
When I first started playing I thought "hmmm... feels... familiar", after the first 10 seconds, "Could it really... could it be..." and then I got my first invincibility power-up, I nearly screamed "3D PACMAN!!"

Lovely idea, and well executed.
tigerj
tigerj27 Aug 2013, 03:55
Man did it take me a long time to find that last gem I missed.

At first I thought it was a maze until I died..

then I thought it was a survival game until I found a candle..

really nice concept. good play and good game.
Zephyr8927 Aug 2013, 06:26
There was an original diamond castle?
Anachron
Anachron27 Aug 2013, 06:29
I got 99 problems but a diamond ain't one. Are the ghosts invisible?
ravine27 Aug 2013, 19:52
Fun Pacman type game. Being able to jump did feel a bit useless. I did press jump a few times when I turned around and was startled by a ghost, though.
Nick Weihs29 Aug 2013, 08:55
I really dig it man! First person pacman coolness but it was only one level : ( Jumping didn't seem to do anything or am I missing somethin? Nice!
loxo4 Sep 2013, 18:17
Nice idea! I like the simple graphics. A minimap and easier controls would be nice . I don't know why, but I was startled by the candle sound effects.
g_o8 Sep 2013, 20:56
Pretty nice game
Jedi16 Sep 2013, 22:46
It made me smile when I realized I was playing Pac-Man from a first person perspective! :D

I would have like some music and sound effects for picking up diamonds.

Like atgaubatz said, the colored lighting for the ghosts was a brilliant touch! It took me forever to find the last 6 diamonds but when I did, the ending made me laugh out loud. :)
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