A hero in a decaying castle facing off with an evil chicken.

Decade Castle

ยป Puzzle | Dungeon Crawler

The king of Decade Castle calls on you to quest through time and solve the curse! Each Time Warp sends you forward 10 years, decaying the environment and altering creatures. Use your tools and Time Warps strategically to conquer the castle!

Review

Sasha here! ๐Ÿ‘‹

Today we have another recommendation from our friend and community member, Tak! It's a short dungeon crawling puzzle game with what I would consider a pinch of action. It was made for Godo Wild Jam #87 which runs the second Friday of every month! :o

Movement is turn based. Take a step in any direction and the crabs, chickens, and other enemies move too. I really liked this as I could learn each enemies prescribed movement patterns. I found myself pausing to think ahead a few turns to avoid being attacked by the evil chickens. (Yes, that's what they're actually called)

The game lack's a strong story. What's there is cohesive both with itself and the fact that it is a game jam game. The focus of this game is decidedly the exploration of the dungeon and thinking about how the environment will change when you jump forward 10 years; not it's story.

My favourite part of the game is definitely the credits. Just know you'll be in for a little treat when/if you beat the game. ;)

Final Thoughts

I managed to beat the game in as little as 20 minutes. A perfect lunch break game ;)

It's the perfect length for what it is but the concept has potential to be scaled up into a larger game.

Coming Up...

This week we've finally moved out of our temporary office and are now in our new space. We're hoping this one's more permanent and look forward to sharing some more details sometime later. Either way I'll be back Friday with another newsletter. :)


Talk soon,
Sasha