Release The Kobolds

Release the Kobolds is a 2D pixel-art roguelite where you play as an unfortunate knight, eternally destined to lead a party of kobolds out of an increasingly dangerous dungeon. 

Build up your party's skills with unique classes. Upgrade your kobolds to unlock new attacks. Boost your run with skill cards. How far can you make it through the dungeon?

Roadmap

This project is currently a heavily WIP prototype. The build hosted here represent a proof of concept demonstration of the kobold's attacks and behaviors, as well as enemy AI and art style.

I have plans for polishing off more enemy types, dungeon maps, attacks, and even adding dialogue and story, but no planned date for when I'll begin work on these. For now, feel free to simply explore the different kobold types and UIs.

How to Play

The game's main menu requires a cursor to use, but gameplay itself can be played on mouse & keyboard, or on controller. Basic controls are listed below:

[E] / A-Button - Interacts with most objects, picks up kobolds, or selects button in various UIs

[W,A,S,D] / Left-Thumbstick - Moves the player

[Cursor] / Right-Thumbstick - Aims your attacks

[L-Shift] / Right-Trigger - Sprint

Each room of the dungeon will continuously spawn enemies until a timer runs out. When this occurs, the exit doors at the top of the room will unlock, and you can choose to leave, or continue fighting for XP. Occasionally, you'll also come across a vault - Stay close enough to this before the timer runs out, and you might get rewarded!

Between rooms, you'll also get the chance to buy and upgrade kobolds, as well as store or release unwanted kobolds.