Denial

Thank you R'zo! Please post your hiscore at some point

Thanks! :) Managing health and other resources is key to survival in this game. You should pay attention how the damage system works -- it's all deterministic. Once you are down to half a heart, the next hit will kill you. Once you get the hang of it, battles become easier to manage. There are also ...

Thank you! Judging from the amount of feedback I got so far, I think there seems to be only a few vic-20 users interested in roguelikes, so it's nice to get any feedback at all.

Uh, this answer is pretty late but here goes... As explained in the manual, you attack by trying to move onto enemies. And when you die you can press space to start a new game. The problem with limited memory of an unexpanded vic-20 is that there is practically no room to have in-game instructions, ...

Got feedback that the game is too easy. Adjusted the difficulty a bit.

Thanks for the help, the game has now been released (it's identical to the beta version)!

Name: Demons of Dex - Eino's Quest Author: Petri Häkkinen (phvic) Released: Sep 26, 2015 Requirements: Unexpanded Vic-20 (PAL recommended! music is offtune on NTSC) Description: Roguelike game with random levels and permadeath. You are Eino, a member of the druids. Your master, the arch druid has b...

A new roguelike for the unexpanded VIC-20! You are Eino, a member of the druids. Your master, the arch druid has become old and it is time for somebody to replace him. As a young initiate you are sent to dungeon Dex, a mysterious labyrinth home to vile creatures. You must enter the dungeon alone and...

Well... To tell you the truth I'm not sure. There was a period of several years in my life where I played nothing but roguelikes, so I've had a lot of practice. Your game was not excessively unfair (like the original Rogue), extremely long, leaving me more chances to mess up (like most "modern...

I finally had a chance to sit down with this game. I beat it on my first try. My final score was 6660. I think you did a fantastic job! The sound effects, music, animations, varying level themes... All of it was awesome! Those mages on the finally level were a pain in the butt. Sadly, I don't have ...

Anyone interested in helping testing the beta version before the final version is released?

Demons of Dex is now ready for beta-testing! Once beta-test is complete I'll make the final release build and a trailer. Please note that the game uses all available 3584 bytes and the assembly code has been tightly optimized, so new features can't be added at this point. However, balancing and nume...

Making progress towards release. Only 650 bytes left so a couple of small features and I'm done.

I would like to use the tape buffer for code as well but I think I need a loader/decruncher of some sort for that.

Release date this month!

If there's room enough, please add a tiredness / rest mechanism :) and a time counter to hurry the player up, or as a component of final score. Oh, and a high-score table :) :) - and some coffee, please :) :) :) Hah, I definitely will! Some sort of counter (maybe food mechanic) would be nice to hav...

Re: content, the plan was to use every byte of the unexpanded vic, so yeah, definitely more stuff than in Whack is doable. Some things I have in mind: - using carried items by pressing function keys - themed levels - hidden treasures - monster special abilities - 16 different monsters - conditions (...