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Typing dungeon crawler Cryptmaster announces release date during IGF award acceptance speechA rare thing: a game with jokes I actually laughed at aloud
A rare thing: a game with jokes I actually laughed at aloud
Image credit:Akupara Games
Image credit:Akupara Games
In a powerful move, one of the two devs behindCryptmasterannounced the delightful typing-based dungeon crawler’s release date last night during his acceptance speech after itwon the Independent Games Festival award for Excellence In Design. Powerful. May 9th is the day, so you have time to practise your touchtyping with Mavis Beacon. I really enjoyedplaying Cryptmaster’s Steam Next Fest demo, so I’m excited for the full game.
Cryptmaster | Announce TrailerWatch on YouTube
Cryptmaster | Announce Trailer
I adore the Cryptmaster. A bit like in Hand Of Fate orInscryption, he’s an adversarial presence you develop a relationship with, come to enjoy, come to like, come to want to provoke to see what he’ll do. It’s an excellent performance from Lee Williams, who’s also the game’s writer and co-designer (Paul Hart is the other half of the dynamic development duo). Death has not been kind to his mental faculties but he retains delusions of grandeur, unwittingly silly as he bids you do his evil doing. When I called the Cryptmaster “a bit of a dingus,” I meant it with great affection, though I don’t think his nibs took it way:
For the attention of Alice O’Connor:pic.twitter.com/0LyOl0tr16— Cryptmaster (@thecryptmaster)February 13, 2024
For the attention of Alice O’Connor:pic.twitter.com/0LyOl0tr16
Cryptmaster is comingto Steamon the 9th of May. You can still download the demo there to take an early peek.
