Turnament!

March 13, 2013 12:17 PM

Conquer this very small dungeon. It's harder than it looks.
posted by leotrotsky (29 comments total)

...too hard, i guess.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:14 PM on March 13, 2013

Levels 1 and 2 done, but that's all for now.
posted by Going To Maine at 1:17 PM on March 13, 2013

My eyes!

It's fun. But i have to come back to it.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:21 PM on March 13, 2013

Just finished it, though I don't think I got the good ending. Super fun!
posted by clcapps at 1:33 PM on March 13, 2013

get all the coins, clcapps.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:51 PM on March 13, 2013

nah... I got to the part where you can see hundreds of blobs and skulls waiting to trade turns with you and started to think about my future.
posted by SharkParty at 1:54 PM on March 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

Like it! thanks
posted by meta87 at 1:54 PM on March 13, 2013

3257 turns, easily a thousand of which were in that last room.
posted by ego at 1:56 PM on March 13, 2013

Cute bite-sized DROD. 2476 fwiw.
posted by fleacircus at 2:07 PM on March 13, 2013

Nice little puzzle game, the way time only advances every two turns solves a lot of problems in this genre. Not a big fan of the save point system, but it's not wise to overthink a simple game like this. I quit on level 4.
posted by Nelson at 2:23 PM on March 13, 2013

4358
posted by unSane at 2:39 PM on March 13, 2013

4480 turns. The all-Wizard room drove me mad.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 3:11 PM on March 13, 2013

3156. That was fun. At first I thought killing the wizard was spawning 3 more, but then I figured out that wasn't true so I headbutted all of them.
posted by axiom at 3:21 PM on March 13, 2013

It's harder than it looks.

Are my stereotypes out of line with the general public, again? Because if you show me a turn-based game with heavily pixelated graphics, my first thought is never going to be, "I bet that game's pretty easy."

If you want me to assume your game's easy, make the game based on a 2D physics engine, and then add either adorable cartoon animals or zombies.
posted by RobotHero at 3:37 PM on March 13, 2013

It has a long time since I have said this (and I mean this positively):

The fire puzzle on level 8 gave me a bit of trouble!
posted by sendai sleep master at 3:40 PM on March 13, 2013

2597. That was nice.
posted by Alex404 at 3:44 PM on March 13, 2013

3538! That's a great little game.
posted by oulipian at 3:52 PM on March 13, 2013

A lot of the combat puzzles have to do with whether there are an odd or even number of tiles between you and a monster. Breakable jars become tools to "swap" odd and even spacing. Reminds me of the mutilated checkerboard problem.
posted by anthill at 3:57 PM on March 13, 2013 [3 favorites]

3006 with the super secret bonus level. Fires and the first spiders account for more of those turns than they should. Thanks for posting this.
posted by dragoon at 4:26 PM on March 13, 2013

I had played GunBrick recently, from the same people. It has the similar tiny pixelated aesthetic, and while the enemies don't move as turn-based, it also makes you count steps because you need to roll over to point your gun in the right direction.
posted by RobotHero at 4:35 PM on March 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

2411. Didn't quite get what happened on the final level; went to the room on the right and the game just ended. But in any case, it was an excellent waste of time.
posted by eemeli at 5:00 PM on March 13, 2013

2779 - excellent little game, that.
posted by wanderingmind at 5:27 PM on March 13, 2013

3189. Hellish fun-by-attrition, but, hey, I didn't spend all those years chipping my way though puzzle games and not learn a little something about challenge.
posted by comealongpole at 6:17 PM on March 13, 2013

eemeli: "2411. Didn't quite get what happened on the final level; went to the room on the right and the game just ended. But in any case, it was an excellent waste of time"

[SPOILER] If you get all the coins and go to the left, you can buy that wizrobe fireball. Then there's a bonus level where you get to use it.
posted by team lowkey at 9:46 PM on March 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

For those who didn't get fleacircus's reference, DROD is a game using a similar turn based move mechanic, but slightly more complicated. It's been several years since I last tried the open source version.
posted by pwnguin at 10:00 PM on March 13, 2013

I got the trophy but the number of turns showed and then went away and I couldn't figure out how to get it back. I think was probably something in the trillions.
posted by aubilenon at 10:29 PM on March 13, 2013

You call that tiny???
posted by miyabo at 10:41 PM on March 13, 2013

Got it down to 2191 for all 11 levels.

But I have the flu, so.
posted by kyrademon at 4:13 PM on March 14, 2013

And now 1757.

Leave me alone, I'm sick.
posted by kyrademon at 5:51 AM on March 17, 2013