fix the presentation
Reviews for "Forgotten Dungeon"
Interesting concept; you're beating a dungeon that appears to have been looted of all items except collectibles and the boss key pieces, which suggests that the boss didn't need to be beaten for the sake of progression for the previous adventurer.
I think I softlocked my first attempt, as I died after activating the spike switch so that they alternate between on/off. The door that the switch also closed behind me was still closed when I respawned and returned.
Why did you make good graphics and then fit them in controller
It hurts
The literal screen is only like 1/10 of the window, i cant see anything
;; Play on fullscreen???? how about just instead of that **** you make an option which displays an animation to zoom in leaving only the game and showing nothing of the controller
Game-breaking bug: if you die in the Eastern section after flipping the lever, you can't get back in because the lever doesn't reset after death.
I definitely find the game quite impressive from a technical aspect (cool gameboy interface) and find the concept intriguing of going through this dead, already looted dungeon. However, all that intrigue was unable to get me to the end as I found myself getting so bored and frustrated that I couldn't continue.
It was a shame as I did want to see the ending. But between the unsatisfying combat due to the lack of feedback, wonky hitboxes that feel way too big and make it too easy to get damaged, hard to parse visuals because of the overwhelming gray palette and tiny screen, repetitive room layouts made worse by constant backtracking, lack of exciting puzzles or interesting progression since the relics don't do anything, and weird glitches like enemies spawning right on top of me, I just dropped off. I know that some of that, like the unsatisfying combat and muted soundscape, was probably intentional for the atmosphere, but I think you overdid it. Basically, I think you perhaps did too good a job at recreating a forgotten dungeon in that, well, it's forgotten for a good reason, haha!
Also I think I softlocked myself? I died in the eastern wing in a section that is now permanently locked off since the lever I hit to lock it off is within the locked-off section. I could be wrong, maybe there's another lever somewhere that can open it up, but again, the game kind of wore me down that I couldn't be bothered.