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Ruins of Paradise

October 17, 2023 –
January 30, 2025
This entry was deleted.

Here is its eulogy, a collection of the kind words written about it while still among the living. They shall live on forever in its place.

Author Comments

Short horror themed rpg/resource management game made for the Newgrounds 2023 Halloween Spooktacular! Controlled with WASD/ Arrow Keys and the Enter key! I hope you enjoy!

Update Oct. 18 - Fixed issue with using WASD and a game breaking bug in the final room

Update Oct. 23 - Fixed oversight that allowed player to obtain an item early and updated the credits to be more specific

Reviews

Hmm, a decent little dungeon crawler! The story, visuals, and exploration were pretty good as I liked reading all of the logs, collecting items and seeing weird creatures, but the game was held back by the tedious menus/navigation, rather dry combat and annoying random encounters/resource management. It was short enough that I made it to the end, but it was good that it ended when it did as my resources started to fall apart and I needed to awkwardly redo the boss fight after dying and just spam it down.

<deleted> responds:

Thank you for your feedback I really appreciate it!

I really really like this! Got stuck at one point then was able to do some trial and error to figure out what I had to do next. Other than that, navigating and exploring this world you created is fun and engaging, and the game is just the right length/difficulty.

<deleted> responds:

Thank you so much for your feedback I really appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoyed!

really epic creepy kind of cool last of us/the forest vibes. plus a fun story.

<deleted> responds:

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed!!

amazing artwork and fitting sound effects + music! you can tell a lot of hard work went into making everything :)

<deleted> responds:

Thank you so much!!!

great game and premise, only criticisms i have are all technical; mainly a typo or two, WASD not working and having to use the arrow keys (personally i like the broken key layout the way it is but thats because im weird), and the odd game breaking glitch when you enter the fungus chamber. i think that with a good once over in the code and a grammar check this could be a great functioning game, but for what was visible, its very good. i love the artstyle, i don't know how to describe it but it adds a certain charm. i think this game (and you as well) has great potential, even with how short it is. plus i love the candle mechanic.

EDIT: replayed the game a few days later, very glad it got fixed, bumped my rating up B) but seriously this is cool, hope to see more from you if you ever continue making things!

<deleted> responds:

Thank you for the feedback! Could you let me know what the game breaking glitch in the fungus chamber is I haven't encountered it myself and would love to fix it!
Edit: Nevermind I think I found the glitch, will up date soon!

Credits

Stats, Info & More

Score
3.21 / 5.00