The Crucible, a dungeon crawl adventure (Open Beta)

GAME NAME: The Crucible
PLAYER COUNT: 1-4 Players, 4 is best
CORE VERSION: 1.0.278
GAME VERSION: 1.0.123
GAME LINK: The Crucible - An Old-School Dungeon Delve

GAME DESCRIPTION:
Discord: CyborgPrime Games
The Crucible is a dungeon crawl/raid for up to 4 players in the tradition of old-school games like Gauntlet, Dungeon Master, and Legend of Grimrock.

Search the dungeon for clues, fight monsters, collect treasure, defeat bosses, and advance to the next level. Complete all the levels to escape the dungeon.

DELVE - Try to escape the dungeon - the only way out is DOWN!
COOPERATE - Increase your chances by joining friends and sharing health pickups.
COMPETE - Get the most kills and grab enough gold to upgrade your weapons.
SMASH - Destroy crates and barrels for hidden surprises.
SEARCH - Find secret doors and learn lore that will help you through the dungeon.

Demo includes a shop and the first 2 dungeon maps:

  • The Haunted Keep (tutorial level)
  • The Necromancer's Lair (difficult level with a difficult Boss)

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GAME VERSION NOTES:
1/5/23
v1.0.3
(OPEN BETA)

1/3/23
v1.0.123
-- Added damage display for the currently selected weapon

12/31/22
v1.0.118

  • Added food to the Store
  • Changed the name of the game to The Crucible
  • Put the game in Beta mode

12/21/22
v1.0.90

  • Scenery upgrade
  • UI Upgrade
  • AI Upgrade

12/21/22
v1.0.90

  • Scenery upgrade
  • UI Upgrade
  • AI Upgrade

12/10/22
v1.0.75

  • Added a Boss to the Necromancer's Lair: Necromancer's Champion

12/10/22
v1.0.68

  • Added a ladder back up to the Haunted Keep from the Necromancer's Lair
  • Added a store on the 3rd level
  • Overhauled all the mobs for more accurate combat modeling
  • Weapons now carry over from previous game session

12/4/22
v1.0.34

  • Added all health pickups to Level 2 - The Necromancer's Lair

11/1/22
V1.0.11

  • Color-coded object outline:

    Yellow: Treasure
    Green: Health
    Blue: Interactive Item
    Red: Poison Food

  • Fixed a bug where health packs would heal you above MaxHealth

10/31/22
V1.0.10

  • Added secret door to Level 1
  • Increased Ambient Light
  • Changed how interactable objects behave
  • Fixed a bug where the health pickup would not get used up if you picked it up with no damage to your HP

10/27/22
V1.0.09

  • Added a feature that outlines objects of interest when the player gets close
  • Re-built the loot and health pickups with the new object highlighter
  • Re-built the Moon Altar on Level 1 with the new Interactable Object Template
  • Updated lore on the Moon Altar

9/27/22
V1.0.08

  • Reduced the hit points on the level 1 monsters to make them easier to kill

9/25/22
v1.0.07
Level 1 Updates:

  • Added interactive bookcase
  • Added health pickup (cheese), restores 30 health

9/25/22
v1.0.06 - Added new area: Level 2 (unpopulated), access the new area by climbing down the sewer grate.

9/24/22
v1.0.05

  • Upgrade the interactable system
  • Changed text on examining the Altar
  • Changed text on examining the sewer grate

9/23/22
v1.0.04

  • Added the ability to Inspect items of interest

9/22/22
v1.0.03

  • Added gettable chests

9/22/22
v1.0.02

  • Added more mobs
  • Added the Altar of the Moon
  • Added a subtle spotlight to highlight the grate in room 4
  • Various small improvements

9/21/22
v1.0.01

  • added a shrine and beds for the bunkroom
  • set the sewer grate check to see if the Bronze Key NFT is in my collection

@CyborgPrime never play this game before. but now enjoying this

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Thanks for your kind feedback! I am working on adding more content soon.