Underpowered and not yet equipped with any useful knowledge, the player will find the Live-Die-Repeat game loop is more about the "Die" and "Repeat" parts for many runs before they start to unlock useful stuff. These rooms are always exciting to find, as they can completely change the feel of a run – and the player's luck.Īs with many games of any genre, though, the first few hours are a real chore. Smaller and less frequent rooms offer various opportunities, too the chance to trade in items for a new, randomly-chosen one the offer to take a mysterious deal with unknown benefits or a choice of four items, completely free. Each meal has different benefits, ranging from extra defence and power to additional evasion and block – and each also costs a different amount of money, Fullness points, and heals a percentage of the current max HP, making it an interesting challenge to weigh up the benefits against the various costs each time. Going through a door into a new room will spend these points slowly, allowing for more food, so it becomes a careful balancing act of trying to find the inn as soon as possible and monitoring the Fullness level so that more food can be consumed. The occasional appearance of a shopkeeper, ready to trade your ill-gotten gains for new weapons and accessories, is fairly standard, but the inn – where players can buy food – is unique to Dungreed.Īt the beginning of each run, the player will have 100 "Fullness Points" to spend on meals, with most meals costing between 50 and 70 points.
It's up to the player which weapons, and which stat-boosting accessories, work best for their playstyle – and there are a lot of options.Īlso in the dungeon are slightly more friendly additions, and this is where Dungreed starts to come into its own. These range from bigger swords, to bows and guns, to rare weapons that deal huge damage at the cost of speed, or weapons that have useful and unique buffs. The player will always begin with the same rubbish sword, but will quickly acquire new weapons – and new ways to play – by ploughing through the dungeon's rooms. Both are valuable resources in preparing yourself for the next run money can buy you weapons before you enter the dungeon, and experience means points to spend on a skill tree that will up the chances of survival. In Dungreed's case, it is both money (albeit capped according to your level) and your experience. Somewhere in the dungeon is hidden the exit, which leads to the next level, where a boss waits to be vanquished before the next level – featuring new enemies, new items, and new ways to die – is accessible.īut Dungreed is actually a "roguelite", in which your progress is not entirely lost – there is a measure of persistence. Each level of the dungeon is procedurally generated, adding an element of surprise, the player perpetually unsure of what the next room will bring – salvation, or ruin. It takes place in a dungeon, where monsters of various types will attack with various weapons. You repeat, reborn back at the start, ready to make another go of it, hoping that your luck and your know-how will serve you better this time.ĭungreed is, in many ways, a rather typical game in the roguelike genre. You die, inevitably, somewhere during your run, losing all your progress, retaining only the knowledge. You live, making your way through dungeons, finding new weapons, beating a boss or two, and learning new things about the way things work.
Such is the way in roguelikes, which are experiencing somewhat of a resurgence in popularity lately, with the likes of Spelunky 2 and Hades dominating whatever remains of watercooler talk now that no one goes to the office any more.
You can permanently increase your stats through training and become even stronger with various items and food found in the dungeon.Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) When an adventurer is slain within the dungeon, his items are lost and he is sent back to town.ĭont worry too much though. Enter the dungeon to face the endless threats, rescue the people and rebuild the town!
You must become an adventurer sent from the kingdom to solve this disaster. Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements.Ī quiet and peaceful town was destroyed by a mysterious dungeon and all the townspeople were sucked into the dungeon.
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