DeAnima

Press Kit

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Description

DeAnima is a modern Roguelike Dungeon Crawler with traditional Roguelike mechanics. It is heavily inspired by the original text-based Rogue game that started it all back in the 80’s. I wanted to make a game that recreates its unique gameplay for a modern audience.

If you’re a retro Roguelike fan you’ll love this…. All you have to do it get to floor 10, find the crown then escape back up to floor 1. It can be done in around 30-50 mins. How hard can it possibly be?

Information

  • Randomly generated dungeon floors to ensure no run is ever the same. 
  • True Permadeath. When you die, you die, and nothing carries over to the next run.
  • No meta-progression! Progression is a natural result of your knowledge and experience obtained from playing the game.
  • Various NPCs can be found on your descent which help with identification, enchantments and one of them even helps you out with food… for a price. 
  • Discover special rooms during your descent including Zoos, Vaults, Stashes and a mysterious Altar that lets you sacrifice items for the chance of a special reward. 
  • As you venture deeper, you uncover hidden treasures and lore, gradually revealing the backstory of how you became trapped in the Dungeon of Dread!
  • 9 Torment Challenges (Hero’s Journey, Hysteria, Ego Death, Weight of Guilt, The Endless Search, Delirium, Dark Night of the Soul, Inner Hell and Acceptance). 
  • 16 character roles total (Rogue, Valkyrie, Wizard, Paladin, Ranger, Cleric, Knight, Monk, Archaeologist, Druid, Bard, Barbarian, Aristocrat, Priest, Warlock, and Tourist).
  • 90+ items including potions, scrolls, wands, rings and bags as well as fan-favourites like Scroll of Vorpalize Weapon, Wand of Polymorph, and Ring of Slow Digestion. 
  • 15 conducts tracked in-game (Atheist, Bareknuckle, Carnivore, Dignified, Exposed, Faithless, Honorable, Miser, Pacifist, Righteous, Skeptic, Tenebrous, Unchanged, Vigilant, and Warden).
  • Spellcasting – spell books, 12 unique spells and a special room called Arcane Sanctum. 
  • Role-specific perks! For example, Rogues can open locked chests easier and Valkyries have cold resistance which is very useful when dealing with ice bolts from The Reaper!
  • Many more systems including corpse intrinsics, beatitude system, vault item system, deity anger system, item identification system, comprehensive completion marks tracking and much more!

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