Dungeons and Undead

Dungeons and Undead

INDIE FANTASY LOCAL MULTIPLAYER GAME FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SET UP ON THE WORLD OF ETERNALIA

Two games in one; Classic Arcade mode and First Person Medieval Shooter. There might be a third mode coming if you people like the videogame; a party RPG, integrating the story of the Essence Reaper Ritual with the mechanics of this videogame. You decide!

FEATURES AND CONTENTS

  • Local multiplayer fantasy game, for 1-4 players, sharing same screen.

  • Steam Play Together. Invite your friends to play with you even if they dont own a copy.

  • An Arcade mode campaign, to play with your friends or solo. Hack and Slash.

  • A First Person mode, following the same campaign than that of the Arcade mode.

  • An Arena mode; gather your party, venture forth and face five waves of enemies, each wave of increasing difficulty.

  • 5 different characters, each one with their uniques skills and combat styles.

  • Subttile and menus in three different languages; English, French and Spanish.

  • Beta version will have one full playable level. As we move forward, up to 4 more leves will be added.

  • Each level is set up in a different atmosphere, with different enemies.

The idea of creating this videogame came in when spending time with our young family members (e.g. nephews and niece) playing a videogame. It should be easy to play, not too many buttons, yet plenty of fun. We are scripting from the very beginning everything to accommodate three languages; English, French and Spanish, so the videogame will be available en those three languages.

We just give you for now a video and a couple of screen capture of the first tests.

We are thinking on adding a script to be able to import your own pictures to the game, so instead of having the 4 portraits of each character, you may import yours. I bet my niece and nephews would love that.

Alpha version of the videogame, actual game play, is working well.

https://youtu.be/wJCqWFyNPww

Initial early version: integrating First Person Mode on split screen with main campaign, for up to 4 players;

GAME CONTROLLERS

You may use;

  • Xbox One controllers or similar

  • Keyboard & Mouse

https://youtu.be/fWhTTfruKVU

LOCALISATION

I have been integrating different languages from the very beginning of programming / development. I use Dialogue System from Pixel Crushers which allows easy integration, and for specific short texts as in the Main Menu, I have just hardcode it. Once you choose a language, Dialogue System keeps / save that info for the entire videgame, so upon load an scene, Dialogue System load all previous saved data including language chosen.


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Dungeons and Undead on Steam

S.U.B.

S.U.B.

Small and simple co-op but very fun

Real player with 1.4 hrs in game


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Small co-op station game.

1 submarine, 2 players, 4 stations (steering, weapons, scanner, smelter), 1 level. essential, this feels like a minimalist version of Catastronauts that is also less exciting. You navigate the deep looking for keycards and scrap metal while fending off laser sharks, and when you enter the enemy base, it turns out they’re in another castle, and the game ends. Mind you, the concept isn’t that bad, and if the devs had put some effort into making a campaign and different enemies, it could be a lot better; but as it is, If you want to do couch co-op, I recommed springing for a better game that has more variety.

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

S.U.B. on Steam

Space Debris

Space Debris

This is a great party game for rock-blasting retro space fun. I love the drop in/drop out feature and the massive number of gamepads supported.

There’s also a bit more to it than you might expect:

Several ships to choose from, each with their own unique style

Bring dead allies back to life

Collect space dust to power up

Collect debris from destroyed alien ships to unlock new ships and upgrades

Play it now! you know you want to.

Real player with 3.4 hrs in game


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Space Debris on Steam

xDasher

xDasher

Love it!

The smooth movement this game offers got me really hooked. Co-Op mode is super fun and offers a nice variety of levels which make great use of the dash mechanic. I also enjoyed the singleplayer mode, great place to practice your dash skills and hunt for highscores :D Lovin' the pixel art and music too!

Real player with 21.9 hrs in game

I had lot of fun playing this game so far! Its dashing mechanic is simple to learn but really fun to master! You’ll want to try over and over to beat that stage in the best way possible.

If you’re looking for some good local co-op game to play with your friends and family, look no further!

Real player with 2.6 hrs in game

xDasher on Steam

Escape Game Fort Boyard

Escape Game Fort Boyard

This is a big improvement over the last game with more games included. I recommend it. I like the Boyard Party mode and there is nothing i dislike about it.

Real player with 31.4 hrs in game

Much better than previous version, more challenges, but still there are a lot of bugs to fix. (for example your teammate stays in the Treasure room even when the time is up.)

Real player with 20.6 hrs in game

Escape Game Fort Boyard on Steam

Harvest Hero Origins

Harvest Hero Origins

A wave defense game in classic arcade style.

- Features -

  • Story Mode

    • Experience the origin story of the Harvest Hero
  • Survival Mode

    • Last as long as you can against endless waves of Groobles

    • 2 Player Co-op

    • 2 Unlockable playable characters

    • Unlockable skins

The Grooble armies are advancing towards the village of Fronvale, a young hero picks up a hammer to defend his home.

Harvest Hero Origins on Steam

holedown

holedown

The concept and core gameplay of this game is fantastic and the presentation is super smooth. That said, the lack of content is really fatal for any hope that I could recommend this. You get to the final level really quickly. Another review said 5 hours but I’m pretty sure it took me much less than that. After that all you have to do is to try and get a high score on a very boring endless mode. I stuck with it for a long time but that was mostly because of how easy it was to pick up and the fact that I had very little else to play at the time. It’s kind of felt like drawing blood from a stone ever since I beat the final level. For this price point there’s loads of other puzzle games you can get that have far more content in them. Albeit none of them scratch the same itch this game does, which is why I’m honestly more disappointed than I ordinarily would be. If they released a substantial expansion to this game to add extra content it might be worth it, but as it stands you’ll get bored pretty quickly.

Real player with 179.4 hrs in game

This game is very similar to a free mobile game called Ballz (I don’t know which came first or if Ballz was an original idea anyway, but whichever of the two came second was either drawing direct inspiration from the other or they are both drawing from an earlier inspiration), but I think it justifies its cost because just about every difference between it and Ballz is an improvement. The rounded corners allow for some level of strategic skill shots while still being pretty chaotic, and the way that some pieces will fall if the piece below them is removed adds a layer of strategy as well. It doesn’t take very long to buy out all the upgrades and reach the endless level, and the upgrades aren’t wildly interesting; I think the simple gameplay is sufficient, but it almost makes me feel like the game should’ve skipped the whole phase before you have all the upgrades. The one quality of life improvement I wish the game had is a faster restart after you lose (or even win), since all the ui animations etc. you see (and especially watching your collected gems move to your wallet) feel like they detract from the pick-up-and-play, arcadey immediacy of the game for me.

Real player with 22.6 hrs in game

holedown on Steam

Retro Classix: Gate of Doom

Retro Classix: Gate of Doom

Arcade machine classic dungeon crawler - now with unlimited quarters! Let the Knight, Wizard, Bard and Ninja die and die again as you slaughter monsters, collect loot and thwart evil!

https://youtu.be/KY1oPKI3xNg

Real player with 5.7 hrs in game

Incredible game! worth trying out for any retro fans

Real player with 0.9 hrs in game

Retro Classix: Gate of Doom on Steam

Terror of Hemasaurus

Terror of Hemasaurus

Play as a giant monster and wreak havoc on humanity in this retro city smash ‘em up! Punch buildings, slap helicopters, eat humans, kick cars – enjoy multiple ways to cause carnage! Satisfying arcade action and mindless destruction for up to 4-players!

Earth is on the brink of a climate catastrophe! The Church of the Holy Lizard hatches a dubious plan to save humanity from its own reckless disregard of the planet – unleash a monster to kill, destroy, and inflict terror!

Embark on a rampaging trail of total devastation across multiple stages as one of four recently defrosted monsters. Roar with delight as you stomp terrified citizens and pulverise buildings in an apocalyptic, retro arcade blast of awesome monsters, satisfying destruction, and farcical fatalities!

Terror of Hemasurus is the latest game from Super Blood Hockey creator, Loren Lemcke.

MONSTERS!

Hemasaurus! Clocksloth! Salamandrah! Autonomous Hemasaurus! Four terrifying (but also kind of adorable) beasts, each with their own killer moves!

DESTRUCTION!

Explosive pixel devastation and mayhem on a monstrous scale! Reduce buildings to dust. Topple skyscrapers. Destroy everything!

DEATH!

Hurl humans into helicopter blades! Butt slam into crowds of terrified citizens! Eat people for nourishment! Smoosh them all to save the planet!

STAGES!

Do what the game tells you across a variety of levels! Kick cars into buildings! Rescue the cats and dogs! Total a tower in record time!

FRIENDS!

Got buddies? Good for you! Put them to use by getting them to join you for some local co-op carnage! Up to four friends can cause terror together!

Terror of Hemasaurus on Steam

Double Dragon Trilogy

Double Dragon Trilogy

At this point in the history of the franchise, you either “get” Double Dragon, or you don’t. This is a side-scrolling beat-em-up in it’s purest and simplest form. You can punch, kick, jump, jump kick, and do a scant few other moves. The enemies you’ll face all have personality, but it’s of the behavior-based variety. The game is challenging, particularly on the Original and Expert difficulties, but can be finished in a short amount of time… even shorter if you become particularly skilled at the game and the nuances in it’s play.

Real player with 19.6 hrs in game

In theory this collection should be a great experience. That’s what I thought when I booted it up. As soon as I tried to adjust the resolution, the game proceeded to crash, forced me to verify files and turn off my virus protection as a content lock occured.

Once I got it back up and running with controls set comfortably on my 360 pad, it worked well. Well enough for what feels like a lazy attempt to wrap three arcade roms into a stand-alone executable.

The Time and Score text overlay is really weird and doesn’t mesh well with the rest of the visuals. The options feel kind of barebones, there’s no intro videos or explanations or anything for any of the games, nothing. People coming into this without knowing about the games will have no idea that you can do super moves, like hitting punch and jump together in DD1 for the game-breaking backwards elbow. Or how DD2’s controls are odd. Or how you can flipping run in DD3 by double tapping move (the previous two games didn’t have it, so unless you did this by accident how would you know?).

Real player with 8.1 hrs in game

Double Dragon Trilogy on Steam