Quantum Dungeon by Nestral

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made by Nestral for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Roguelike deck-builder

This is not your everyday dungeon. In this dungeon, every item is quantum. They disappear when unobserved, and can appear in any possible place. Crawl through the dungeon defeating enemies with the items you collect along the way. Focus on using item synergies to become more powerful!

Controls

  • just mouse

During the day, you can move to the adjacent tiles by clicking on them.

But you cannot go back on the tiles you visited - space is limited, you know.

Credits

  • Programming: Nertsal (aka @Nestral)
  • Art: @DaivyIsHere
  • Music: @DaivyIsHere

Made in Rust 🦀 with geng.

Ratings

Overall 205th 3.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 218th 3.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 29th 4.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 296th 4.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 478th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 413th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Mayple
03. Oct 2023 · 06:16 UTC
I quite enjoyed this game! Interesting combinations and a unique method of saving items you like in a specific row/column. I wish the animations were slightly faster as sometimes I had my move planned out already and it took a bit to get through it.
Pengu123
04. Oct 2023 · 22:14 UTC
Shucks, I was deep in my game when this crash happened.. Oh well!

![image_2023-10-05_000711558.png](///raw/036/14/z/5faba.png)

This game is incredibly good. I spent quite a lot of time strategizing and trying to find the ideal build. The items are well balanced, and the synergy potential between every one of them is great. I can really see this roguelike become a full game if more items and mechanics were to be added. Not to mention the minimalist style that's pleasing to the eye.
I'd say to an extent that the music is sort of repetitive after a while, and an option to make the animations faster would be very much welcome especially when you aim for high scores. But that's just a small nitpick compared to the polishing effort that was put into the game. Congratulations to the team! <3
GreenPig
05. Oct 2023 · 23:19 UTC
First time playing with a game like this, so it was quite a challenge. Managed to get to the 6th level so I count is as a win. Loved the graphics and the minimalistic music, it really gave a mood for the game. Good work!
Rincs
06. Oct 2023 · 13:10 UTC
I LOVE this game, and love that you guys went for the quantum and I love the way some of the objects move. I'm sad my ultimate run got bugged cause no enemies could spawn on the board anymore LUL

![Screenshot 2023-10-06 220415.png](///raw/ccf/64/z/5fde8.png)

![Screenshot 2023-10-06 220818.png](///raw/ccf/64/z/5fde9.png)

I win, it's official.

**EDIT:** I couldn't stop playing.

![Screenshot 2023-10-06 234858.png](///raw/ccf/64/z/5fe06.png)

This is basically an infinite run, I feel... sooooo I gave up after this LOL


**EDIT** I lied. I left the game on and kept playing, here's the last screen before it all came tumbling down.

![Screenshot 2023-10-07 015616.png](///raw/ccf/64/z/5fe2b.png)
![Screenshot 2023-10-07 015637.png](///raw/ccf/64/z/5fe2c.png)
LDJam user 258850
06. Oct 2023 · 17:24 UTC
I loove it ^^ gg guys, I lost to 5 enemies that all started with 1280HP wtf ToT

my final turn hehe

![image_2023-10-06_182353410.png](///raw/223/f3/z/5fe2e.png)

I needed 3 of these guys then i coulda had a chance >:)

![image_2023-10-06_182450126.png](///raw/223/f3/z/5fe2f.png)
conduit.games
06. Oct 2023 · 23:23 UTC
![Screenshot 2023-10-06 at 7.16.45 PM.png](///raw/245/34/z/5fea8.png)

# THIS IS THE BEST I COULD DO

:sunglasses: :v:

ez

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ps, this is good game
amarokczukay
09. Oct 2023 · 09:45 UTC
very interesting game with a super clever mechanic (or should i say… quantum mechanic? lol)! i loved playing it. synergies and balancing are good, art is simple but works well.

i got the "whoops no element at index" so i don't know at which level i was exactly but enemies had 80 health and it was becoming a bit hard at this point anyway haha

great idea + great execution = great game!
LDJam user 279622
10. Oct 2023 · 15:58 UTC
i am the greatest quantum dungeoneer of all time

![pgorley_bad.png](///raw/644/44/z/60201.png)
Xeke-Death
11. Oct 2023 · 11:44 UTC
Can literally play this all day. I am in a cycle of walking over a Phantom and Charming staff then looking back over them on repeat.

The gameplay is very engaging and I had fun figuring out what each different card did and how to use it.
3mpty
15. Oct 2023 · 02:04 UTC
Really nice visual aesthetic and loads of content but has some major balance issues, certain items are insanely strong while others are kinda useless. I'm also not sure what happens when the board fills?

I really like the core idea though and would love to see more balance tweaks to polish it up. The game would also really benefit from a bit more juice, item specific animations, more sounds and snappier movement so you aren't waiting for the character to move all the time. Given the already huge scope of content I definitely understand why some of these things are lacking though.

Awesome game, really really cool. Great work!!
ChuChuGeralt
15. Oct 2023 · 12:24 UTC
Really loved this game. I could imagine playing it on my phone for hours!
#TeamCharmingStaff
Fahim Faysal
15. Oct 2023 · 15:12 UTC
Really interesting mechanic. Never saw the quantum stuff being applied on a grid, let alone an RPG.

The art is minimal but sufficient. I don't think it needs more animation but some screen shake effect and particles would go along way to sell the attacks.

For a jam game, it's impressive that you've managed to actually have builds and synergies. Would love to play a full fledged version of this.