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Darkest Depths

By shasaur

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3283.6923
Fun3233.5423
Innovation3993.3022
Theme1564.1123
Graphics4853.5423
Audio1813.7722
Mood2753.8323

Comments

ruslana 2025-04-08 12:35

Good auto dungeon crawler

sayeg 2025-04-08 17:20

I would suggest adding some gameplay pictures to your page to attract more people :)

tokto 2025-04-08 18:20

Cool background game, chill game

monogatari 2025-04-09 11:42

Really fun how it can be chaos quickly when my mage decides to take the front row hahaha, cute graphics, cool music thanks for the game :) The gameplay loop is nice !

0x-void-x0 2025-04-09 11:52

I see the Darkest Dungeon inspiration in this game, it's surprisingly fun to slowly build your warriors I felt too invested in them at some point. The gameplay is simple and engaging. I enjoyed it. My only issue was the "flee to surface" button not turning on sometimes causing me to lose a warrior but that was also because I'm greedy and waiting until 1hp to go back :smile:

jtap 2025-04-23 06:54

Nice game, beautifully drawn sprites, interesting idea.

xen3x 2025-04-23 08:10

Nah this is really fun! I stayed playing for a little longer than I originally thought because I kept wanting to get more npcs for my depth delving adventure. Lots of fun!

vangrail 2025-04-23 12:28

Very nice game! The difficulty is well balanced to ensure that the hero does not die. The ability system adds good strategy to the game, even if the movement is sometimes clunky.

alexis-brochec 2025-04-23 17:53

Cool concept, with some darkest dungeon mechanics. Some abilities move characters out of their positions, making survival difficult, especially for the thief. Also, my characters weren't leveling up; in fact, they were losing levels (and staying stuck at level 1). Stress mechanics should also have some benefits.

A really cool entry, guys.

supersayafynn 2025-04-23 21:20

I've reached depth 120, but I feel like only my melee fighters were able to level up. Rogues are my favourite so far

imnotvegan 2025-04-24 14:10

Very addictive game!

I reached depth 202

I liked the cute pixel art and 8-bit music

At a certain point it becomes too difficult to move forward and progress slows down a lot, it would be nice to add more rewards for killing lower creatures

nrankin13 2025-04-24 19:00

This was a pleasant surprise! Good music and sfx. I enjoyed balancing the different archetypes to make a good team, too! Only thing I would change would be to add a "fast forward" button for certain parts -- the very early game felt really sluggish. Overall, though, great job!

shasaur 2025-04-25 06:49

@tokto @monogatari @0x-void-x0 @jtap @xen3x @vangrail @alexis-brochec @supersayafynn @imnotvegan @nrankin13

Thanks to everyone for playing the game and your feedback, I'll take that on-board and maybe try to release this as a small mobile game at some point :) I'm very pleasantly surprised people liked the music since it was my first time making tracks!

I've also added the highscore by @imnotvegan at the top of the game page - great dive 🫡

ponytrator 2025-04-26 07:02

Like this game pretty much! Cool oldschool art and simple gameplay! great job!