“Forgotten Depths: Path of the Necromancer” is a simplified roguelite, deck building game where you will craft cards, and customized your deck to take on the undead and their masters.
\nCoil supporters will get an optional head start by having a few extra cards added to their card collection right from the start.
\nThe game is playable on Desktop using keyboard (arrow keys + x and c) or a controller, and it is also playable on mobile via an onscreen DPAD and buttons.
\nTIP: If you have trouble progressing through harder levels, consider re-clearing a previous level to get more materials for crafting, a few cards can make a big difference.
\n","source":"dbrad/js13k2022","stars":2,"comments":[{"at":315658208,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Always enjoyed turn based games.
\nNice graphics, sounds and general gameplay!
\n","games":["Soul Jumper"]},{"at":315696019,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"Interesting mechanics, a little bit slow for my liking, too many steps for a single battle. Great atmosphere.
\n","games":["EVAC3D"]},{"at":315887954,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"Excellent game, got two crashes while playing, with the minified code hard to tell exactly what happened, but still excellent game, plus the auto save minimized any issues from that.
\nReally really fun, I spent over two hours this morning playing. Love it!
\n","games":["Charon Jr."]},{"at":315997210,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"A fun stat based battle sim.
\nThe thudding soundtrack and sound effects were atmospheric.
\nI liked the low res and low palette feel of the game, the darkness of the map added to the theme.
\nAt one point after a battle the whole screen went black and it appeared to freeze.
\n","games":["Bee Kind"]},{"at":316183215,"author":"Jerome Lecomte","login":"herebefrogs","gh":1383818,"url":"herebefrogs.com","text":"Nice, deep and complex game! I remember playing your Rogue Reflection during Gamedevjs 2021, and this feels a continuation yet with its own spin. Love the pixelart and ambient music!
\n","games":["Stand By Me"]},{"at":316246157,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"I enjoyed playing this.\nFun concept, I’m a sucker for card games.
\nWould’ve preferred to use the mouse for the cards though.
\n","games":["Hell Inc."]},{"at":316515782,"author":"Matthew Diamant","login":"matthewdiamant","gh":806338,"text":"Fantastic game. Will definitely go back and play this to the end. For now, just got through the first 2 stages (the game crashed on me twice in the middle of battles, I think I was spamming actions too fast?). Either way, every part of this game felt tuned and polished. Mechanics were great, all the graphics and fonts felt really nice. I really liked the music and sound effects, menus, particles, etc. Well done!
\n","games":["There Can Be Only Death"]},{"at":316763798,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Holy moly, there’s a lot of depth to this game. I was a bit confused a first, but I actually got the hang of it pretty quick. So there are spells and monsters, and I can acquire the monster’s attack or defense power. I need enough defense to avoid taking damage, but sometimes a little damage is better if it means killing an enemy in a large party. I didn’t have time to explore the crafting of cards. It’s just so much to explore is such a small game. Amazing!\nThe graphics and the sound effects are really nice. You even have a custom font. The controls are easy to understand and well explained on the screen. The only issue I found was that the UI can be a bit confusing because it shows the same cards first to discard, then to use, but the UI looks the same.\nAmazing job here! One of my favorites this year.
\n","games":["Planet B"]},{"at":316879156,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"I was surprised of how polished and content rich this game was! It was a little unusual not to be able to use the mouse, but it worked really well with the keys. I also appreciate the Save function, because I can come back and continue my journey
\nI appreciate that the X and C buttons are always visible in the bottom of the screen. They are subtle and doesn’t get in the way of the UI.
\nThe choice of using the minions as shields or swords added some extra strategy on top of the game, and the spells added the extra touch of variety yo make the game fun. Enemies did more than just attacking. They could increase attack or heal, and I didn’t get bored.
\nThe crafting menu is huge, which is a good thing. The game is already complete, and could be released on Steam.
\nThe warm message I got for being a Coil subscriber was also a nice touch.
\nIf there are more of the same type of enemy, I wasn’t sure which one I was targeting, maybe a highlight, or an arrow above the enemy I’m targeting would make it more obvious.
\n","games":["Hang by a thread"]},{"at":316931674,"author":"Igor Estêvão","login":"IgorFIE","gh":17085338,"twitter":"IgorFIE","text":"Loved this game! I did one run and never died for 2/3h!
\nOnly stopped playing (after 2/3h) because I think I achieved the max level possible, my next level was called “UNDEFINED” and when I selected it crashed with:
\nVM279:1 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘length’)\nat Kt (eval at (play.js13kgames.com/:1:1), :1:7249)\nat Object.re (eval at (play.js13kgames.com/:1:1), :1:23065)\nat eval (eval at (play.js13kgames.com/:1:1), :1:31045)\nat F (eval at (play.js13kgames.com/:1:1), :1:31349)
\nBut really good entry!
\n","games":["The Raising Fighting Spirits"]},{"typ":2,"at":316964250,"author":"Nathan Lie","login":"njlie","gh":20246798,"url":"https://coil.com","twitter":"feraltc","text":"The strategic elements of this game are quite enjoyable. The sound design goes a long way towards giving weight to each of the players actions, and designing the strongest deck is quite engrossing. The Web Monetization acting as a little “boost” was a good touch for the game. Not too much, but not too little.
\n"},{"at":317137822,"author":"Richard Chung","login":"gregwoodsfrontier","gh":80141657,"text":"Interesting Mechanic. The flow is a little bit slow.\nJust play Rude Blaster in the BG then it becomes very good.\nThe UI can be better if you explain what does the effects do.\nKeep on at it and then it would become a really fun card game.
\n","games":["Echoes of Depth"]},{"typ":2,"at":317365384,"author":"Ewa Mazur","login":"mypoint13k","gh":89944062,"url":"https://mypoint.pl","twitter":"mypoint13k","text":"Wow! What a game! First of all - great job! I love the idea, graphics, sounds, mood - everything. Fantastic game! Also it feels so complex and complete. I love the way you’re showing the bonus for Coil Subscribers - you can’t miss it - it’s visible, it’s readable, it’s in the perfect place. Love it. The idea of the bonus is also nice - the game is playable with or without it but it’s nice to have the bonus. But even if you have it, you can use it wisely or waste it - that’s the perfect definition of a WM bonus. But what would you say about taking care of non-Subscribers, so they would become Subscribers and give some support to your fantastic game? Think about it - if you put inside the game (for example main menu or somewhere where you’re feeling it’s a good place) a short info about the possibility of supporting your game via Coil Subscription? Something like a CTA button or popup… I feel like you would know the best way - you’ve got this.
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