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King’s Field with a bird RPG Dungeons of Blood and Dream is out in 1.0 nowA bird on the wrist
A bird on the wrist
Image credit:Lori Vornoy
Image credit:Lori Vornoy
Sin enjoyed theroguelikestylings ofDungeons of Blood and Dreamwhen sheplayed it in early accessback in July, calling it a “baffling, bizarre thing that lives on the border of janky, retro, and punk”. As of yesterday, it’s now out for realsies, promising psychedelic dungeon crawling, the stabbing of assorted gribblies, and lots of little details that make you go “ooo, that’s nice. I’m glad they put that in there.”
Dungeons of Blood and Dream trailerWatch on YouTube
Dungeons of Blood and Dream trailer
Here’s the setup, viaSteam:
Following a horrific incident, Blood Wizard ends up trapped within the Mind Prison of a dangerous entity. With his powers crippled, he is forced to resort to fickle and unreliable sleep magic to attempt his escape. To earn freedom, he must fight his way through perilous dungeons of Dream, seek advice from mysterious locals and discover secrets.
Players on Steam seem to be enjoying it, although Sin did find a little too punishing, and that’s partly down to the rogue-lyness of it all. Each run is randomly generated, but there is meta progression between runs. I said I liked meta-progression paired with permadeath in a piece the other day, and at least one valued RPS commenter was wrong at me (expressed a different opinion) about it. Please, do sound off. You have my permission to be as wrong as you like.
