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Catacombs of the Damned!

ArduboyShooterFirst-person

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    Overview

    Catacombs of the damned! is a first person shooter and dungeon crawler for the Arduboy where you navigate 10 floors of a randomly generated dungeon, dispatching monsters with your magic fireballs whilst collecting as much loot as possible. It was partly inspired by the Catacomb 3D series of games.

    James Howard lists its features as smooth 3D gameplay, sound effects, randomly generated levels, four different types of monsters and lots of loot to collect.

    The game grew out of a 3D rendering demo whose development history is written up on the Arduboy community forum.

    Made by
    James Howard
    Released
    2019

    Controls guide

    In the dungeon

    Button and keyAction
    Up/DownWalk forward or back
    Left/RightTurn
    AX+Left/RightStrafe sideways
    BZCast a fireball (hold to keep firing while you have mana)

    Menus

    Button and keyAction
    Up/DownChoose Start or Sound
    AX/BZSelect; on the game over screen, return to the title

    Cheatsheet

    Monsters

    Knight (skeleton)
    50 HP, 20 damage per hit, slow; 5 fireballs to kill
    Mage
    30 HP, fires magic at you for 20 damage; 3 fireballs
    Bat
    20 HP, 10 damage, fast; 2 fireballs
    Spider
    10 HP, 5 damage, fast; 1 fireball

    You

    Health
    100, carried over between floors
    Mana
    100, refilled on each new floor; a fireball costs 20 and does 10 damage
    Potion of healing
    +25 health; left on the floor if you are already at full

    Final score

    Each floor passed
    20
    Escaping floor 10
    500
    Chest
    15
    Crown
    10
    Scroll
    8
    Gold coins
    4
    Knight or mage killed
    10
    Bat killed
    5
    Spider killed
    4

    Tips

    1. Each floor starts you in the top-left corner and puts the exit stairs near the bottom-right one, so head that way when you want to move on quickly.
    2. Loot is only placed in dead ends, never close to the entrance or exit. Poking into side passages is how you find chests, crowns, scrolls and coins.
    3. A fireball costs 20 of your 100 mana and mana only refills while you are not firing. Five quick shots will empty you, so pause between volleys against a knight, which takes five hits.
    4. Monsters stagger when hit. Knights and mages are briefly stunned by each fireball, so keep firing steadily to stop them closing in, while bats and spiders shrug it off.
    5. Strafing with A held lets you step out from a corner, fire and step back without turning. It is the safest way to deal with mages, whose shots travel down corridors.
    6. Potions are only drunk when you are hurt, so if you are at full health it is worth remembering where one lies and coming back for it.