Cryptborn - Alpha Now Live!


Cryptborn Feature List

✅ Alpha Release (Itch.io)

  • Core Gameplay
    • Win condition: kill the final boss
    • No save system (single-session only)
    • Equip items by walking into them and pressing E (prompt coming later)
    • Player HUD with health and equipped items
    • Item system: equipment with flat stat buffs
    • Health bars and combat feedback
    • Procedural dungeon generation:
      • 10–16 rooms per run
      • Two randomized starting rooms
      • Treasure room may generate
  • Enemies
    • Basic melee grunt
    • Weeping Angel (moves only when not looked at)
  • Game Flow
    • Main menu
    • Game over screen
    • Victory screen
    • No pause menu
  • Visuals & Audio
    • Pixel art (custom)
    • No music or sound effects yet

🧪 Beta Goals

  • Content Expansion
    • More enemy types and variants
    • Dungeon traps (spikes, fire jets, etc.)
    • More room variety and hand-made tiles
    • Floor system: each boss takes you to the next floor
    • Final floor with BBEG boss
    • Multiple playable classes with unique stats/skills
  • UX
    • Seed input and selection menu
  • Balance & Polish
    • Enemy and boss balancing pass
  • Codebase
    • Total rewrite of current spaghetti code

Files

cryptborn.zip Play in browser
May 08, 2025

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