RogueLight

        Hack and Slash        

Attack with various combos of light, heavy and dash attacks. The enemies have various attack patterns and ways to hit you, so learning their movesets, playing carefully, and dashing at opportune times is key.

        Procedural Rooms       

The rooms are generated at random, from enemies, to the placement of essence, crafting, boss and artifact rooms. This forces the player to plan their route carefully, and risk reaching the boss early, or getting a powerup/stat buff.

        Light Ticking Down      

The player’s life force constantly ticks down as their light slips away. This impacts the range of their sword, the strength of their attacks, and their movement speed. This also pools with their health, so the timer and health are pooled into one. This means that getting hit by enemies not only reduces your stats, but reduces the time you have to get through the dungeon. If the player’ light reaches 0, they have one last hit left, before the shadow’s consume them.

        Crafting      

Artifacts and essences can be combined to give the player stat buffs, from increased defence, attack and movement speed. If you get the right essences that synergise with the artifact you have, you can receive a powerup, from fire damage, movement slow-down on hit, fire beams that fire across the room and more. Prioritizing this at the right time, and learning which power-ups are vital for survival is a vital choice for the player throughout the experience.