Escape the UNDERDEEP and recover the Sword of Badassery, five levels down. You only get one life and there's only one sword. Randomly generated levels are different every time. First person slashing action. Real-time environment destruction and you can hack through walls to make your way or escape danger.
WASD (ZQSD) + Mouse + LMB (slash) + RMB (block - redirects dmg to shield, vs health). -/+ (mouse sensitivity)
Kill stuff, collect stuff, recover the sword and escape the UNDERDEEP!
TIPS: Shield is disabled if you have no AC. Can use shield to block spider webs, as well as enemy attacks. Digging through rock costs AC.
THEME: You only get one life, and there's only one true sword. Slim theme but it's there.
Great job George. Nice level of challenge in the game. Hit me at lvl4 where I had to start using better strategies. Could have used a creepy environmental audio track.
Great work, I especially like the pace of combat. My only complaint is that it's really unclear when I'm being hit. Definitely worth polishing into a post-comp release!
Loved this! The atmosphere was awesome, and being able to run from a large group of enemies by smashing through the wall saved my ass many times :) Any chance you might take it further after the jam?
Love it! It's very inspiring to see you making the jump to a 3D game (I think I'm going to be following suit with my next entry) and I enjoyed watching your development on Twitch.
Its very amazing dungeon brawler game, but there is no theme matching and it's ridiculously hard to pass the floor. Anyway it was fun and I will give you 4/5 overall.
@Sertkaya, thank you. re: theme...you only have one life? :) re: difficulty...you can try running past some enemies and collecting items as you go, or using your sword to break walls and escape large groups of enemies!
Lovely game. Unfortunately, you can run through the floors and mostly ignore the enemies. The fighting itself is fun and together with blocking and shield durability, it gets a bit tactical, too. The visuals have their own charm. Good job! With a bit more gameplay in terms of enemies or environmental interaction, this would be a perfect game. Did you consider to force the player to dig through to the next ladder (while marking the walls necessary to break). If the enemies then always walk towards the player, he must cope with them while continue digging.
This game is great. I especially like the varied creatures with different abilities. Amazing for 48 hours. A little music would have made this game complete.
This LD entry of yours is really the most impressive you've submitted so far! The gameplay is really complete & solid and it's really fun to play :)
Maybe a bug: a few mobs actually hit me right after they died. Just like if their "attack decision" wasn't properly canceled by their prematured death.
@deepnight: Thank you. Thought I squashed that one but will look again.
@DustyStylus: if it's too hard, just try running around/past large groups of bad guys. Always be looking to health and armor to stay topped off. Avoid the big goblins with the hammer if you can as they do the most damage.
Incredible work, i realy like graphics and gameplay. Having bigger level at the end is great, and the loot system is simple but effective. I had a little trouble understanding the blocking system, what could be blocked. I died 4 times before winning, and it was tense. Thank for this game.
@NuSan: The blocking system is easy but the game suffers from lack of tips/instructions. Basically if you block then 100% of damage goes to AC. If you have AC and don't block, then the damage is split 50/50 across AC and health. No AC, you can't block and health takes 100%. Thanks for looking at the game.
Ok, working. Startscreen is black until the cursor goes into lock mode. I love dungeon crawlers :) Great game for 48h! I'm also developing one http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=24705.0 ... but not for LD.
What a solid tiny-little throw back to the "good ol' days" of 3d gaming! I had a really hard time believing this was Unity, the movement, graphics, and feel are so perfectly old-school. Well done!
Also, thank you so much for the comment on my game. Duke3D was the bombshell event in my life that led me to game development; so it's beyond amazing to know you played something I made. :)
Incredible work done for such short period of time! Respect! The game is great and feels complete with the only exception of missing music. Is the Underdeep followed by the Underdark? ;)
I liked the retro feel of the presentation. Game was functional, which is a rare thing in some jam. like the presentation. Text and information was also well represented.
Very impressive game for 48 hours. I love the enemy graphics and the destructible walls. I really should try making a raycaster one day, but some of the math looks a bit funky to do in 2 days. Reminds me of Prelude of the Chambered but with a faster pace and more action game feel. Well done!
The game plays smooth and looks very stylish, I liked that. But I found it strange that any hit, not only when digging, takes away AC. Other than that, well done!
I found the feel to be good, but the design does not gel well overall. The wall-breaking stuff is not integrated with the game in any way, and there is no need to fight the monsters since the resources are scattered on the floor. I was able to beat the game the first time in under a minute by just running through everything until I found the stairs/sword
Really nicely done, especially for such a short amount of time! I enjoyed the art style and all the different animations. The different effects stood out to me too, like when you start a new game and all the text comes in, it just looks nice. Well done!
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Always impressed with what people make in 48H!
other than that, great game :)
Where's the theme though?
Overall 3/5 due to lack of connection to theme.
As for the theme: There can be only one... life? Sword of Badassery? You choose! :)
Otherwise quite badass.
I found the mouse sensitivity a little too low. But other than that really good fun.
@daredevildave: you can turn the mouse sensitivity up/dn with -/+
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
Thanks for the experience.
It could have been great to have to finish the level with the sword of badassery, being overpowered.
Is it software rastered like Notch's Chamber or is it 3D painted to look retro?
Maybe a bug: a few mobs actually hit me right after they died. Just like if their "attack decision" wasn't properly canceled by their prematured death.
@DustyStylus: if it's too hard, just try running around/past large groups of bad guys. Always be looking to health and armor to stay topped off. Avoid the big goblins with the hammer if you can as they do the most damage.
Also, thank you so much for the comment on my game. Duke3D was the bombshell event in my life that led me to game development; so it's beyond amazing to know you played something I made. :)
Looks great, very interesting gameplay, maybe because I just LOVE roguelikes with permadeath, so 3D-roguelike is great by default. :)
Is the Underdeep followed by the Underdark? ;)
Your work is amazing. I loved this one. Underdeep = Waterdeep + Underdark ?
Top marks!