Black Tower by Cake_Catastrophe

made by Cake_Catastrophe for LD31 (COMPO)

You have traded your soul to the Demon King Asmodeus for the power to work incredible magic. Precisely one year from now, Asmodeus will return to drag you into the Underworld to fulfill your side of the deal.

The only way to escape Asmodeus' grasp is to master the Rune of Transcendence, which is rumoured to give the caster power over life and death.

But can you accomplish this before the year is out?

Apologies for the numerous typos in the text, most of it was written at 5AM on Sunday, instead of sleeping.

UPDATED: Added windows and linux download versions, for anyone who'd prefer not to play in browser. Looks best at 800x600 resolution.

Web	http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50973552/ld31/The%20Black%20Tower/WEB.html
Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50973552/ld31/WIN/BlackTower_Win.zip
Linux	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50973552/ld31/LOONIX/BlackTower_Linux.zip
Source	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50973552/ld31/SAUCE/BlackTower_Source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=5901

Ratings

Coolness	66%	3
Overall	3.16	599

Audio	3.22	249
Fun	3.13	505
Graphics	3.29	431
Humor	2.71	411
Innovation	2.95	685
Mood	3.12	393
Theme	3.78	330

Feedback

Domicuc

08. Dec 2014 · 15:36 UTC

Oh mate,demon king cant get my soul ! XD good work :) i really enjoyed it.. Look on my project too ;) (good music xD)

mahu

08. Dec 2014 · 15:39 UTC

Too much text; The game is not intuitive; The music keep the mood; Gameplay kinda simple; =) nice

Stechas

08. Dec 2014 · 15:44 UTC

very nice game mechanism keeping me playing even after zero month :)

ChronusZ

08. Dec 2014 · 15:48 UTC

Quite fun :-)

RedPanda

08. Dec 2014 · 15:49 UTC

I loved this! Amazing game! Art and music is superb! :D

Pantelis Petsopoulos

08. Dec 2014 · 15:49 UTC

Pretty cool! Take a bit to understand what you're doing but other than that its good! :D

minimumentropy

08. Dec 2014 · 16:35 UTC

Everything about this is amazing! I was confused after losing since the game continues, but apart from that 10/10! I played for a good hour before winning.

swedishbacon

08. Dec 2014 · 17:46 UTC

Good idea!

Tasteslikefuture

08. Dec 2014 · 19:27 UTC

Simple but fun. Lots of humor, and a decent challenge. Awesome work!

martindilling

08. Dec 2014 · 19:36 UTC

I really don't get it xD

OneMuppet

08. Dec 2014 · 19:39 UTC

I liked it! Yes it was too much text for me I think if you use a bit more imagery/animations and a bit less text it will be easier to follow a long in the story. When I died (or at least I think I did) I could keep playing, so I went on for another 6 month but I still didn't find/learn the rune

SarahFrisk

09. Dec 2014 · 02:42 UTC

Amusing game - although you were able to keep playing even after time ran out.

sP0CkEr2

10. Dec 2014 · 05:25 UTC

i want to try this game again because i like the idea - just take long to get into it - nice work

Helaine

10. Dec 2014 · 13:00 UTC

Nice one! Loved it!

gameattack

14. Dec 2014 · 14:59 UTC

I don't know if I am not luck but I have many times the same quest. Apart from that I enjoyed the humour and the soundtrack.

LuthienCeleste

14. Dec 2014 · 15:07 UTC

I made a full playthrough but got owned by Asmodeus.

Does the wall spell work? I used it and did not seem to have any effect. I expected it to be permanent since it costs so much magic but the very same end turn after casting it I got adventurers destroying things in my tower.

Nice game. Will have another go later.

Nikteddy92

14. Dec 2014 · 16:10 UTC

I like this game, the graphic and the music are nice and the game theme is great!
Well done!

benmcnelly

16. Dec 2014 · 05:34 UTC

Simple but effective. Just the way I like it! ;-)

Benjamin

26. Dec 2014 · 20:28 UTC

Very refreshing gameplay. You could boost this game replayability with more events + rooms to build etc. But what have been done in 48 is yet amazing. I could finish it on my 2nd attempt.