ROGUEish – Demo version

The eagerly awaited latest roguelike-style game is coming soon, and while you wait, the developer has released a playable demo version.

It was inspired by “Rogue 64” (a c64 game), “RogueCraft” (an Amiga game), and to some extent, Marvel Avengers Alliance (an online game that is now dead).

The two-level version of the game gives you enough insight into the game to make it worth buying the full version.

The game objective (from the manual)

The objective of the game is to see how far up the tower you can climb before dying.
The enemies will get tougher as you climb the tower.
Choose your weapons (and your next moves) carefully, your life depends on it! Strategy is a part of the game, which creature is a larger threat and should be attacked next for example. The title screen shows the best floor score that you can try to beat. If you beat it, it will increase to reflect your latest attempt.

The game screen

Before starting the game, it’s worth getting to know the different screen elements.

In addition to the various items and weapons in the game, there are also many enemy creatures on the way. For example potions, money, bows, shields, bats and lizardmen and so on, where the game programmer has also paid attention to other details:

• A bow is two-handed, and when equipped, it will replace all shields/swords you might be holding at the time. This means your defense stat will drop if you were holding a shield previously.
• A shield is one-handed, and when equipped, it will replace a bow you might be carrying, so you won’t have a weapon anymore, only the shield. This means your attack stat will drop.
• A sword is one-handed, and when equipped, it will replace a bow you might be carrying, so you won’t have the bow anymore, only the sword.

And now let’s look at the screens from the cool gameplay:

The ingame shop

When you get to the next level, you’ll be taken to a shop where you can buy a range of items for new adventures.

The game promo

It is also worth watching the promotional presentation of the game.

And now let’s go to the website where you can get the game demo for free: