UnderDungeon, the first Dungeon Crawler with cats, is now available on Xbox
Hello, Xbox fans!
We want to share the good news with you. You can play since last Friday, January 13th SubDungeon on your Xbox consoles. We’re all super excited and excited for the release, so if you haven’t heard of this title yet (how is that possible?!), I’m here to save the day and say a few words about what’s to come. This piece of indie and retro code is interesting, who its creators are and how it all started. Another good question is why we chose Friday the 13th as our release date… Well, read on!
Nice to meet you by the way, I’m Chris.
Simplicity does not mean simplicity
But what is it? SubDungeon anyway, you ask? It’s a cunning and unique dungeon crawler and a classic role-playing game where the protagonist Kimuto, a cute kitten armed with a sword, is on a quest to face the tough business world on his first day on the job. Sound interesting? Well, how about making it a full retro experience with 1-bit visuals and catchy music and sound effects? Still not sure? Well, what if I told you there’s a lot of humor, interesting characters you can interact with and chat with, and gameplay from other genres (like… arcade and rhythm levels or even 3D units)?
What are you thinking now, huh? !
I know what you’re thinking. What is this, a praise song for a game that sounds like it’s from the GameBoy era? (It was difficult) But let me tell you SubDungeon is a prime example of a game that doesn’t look special at first glance, but sparkles and shines when you give it a chance.
Also, with dozens of new titles coming out almost every day these days, it’s easy to skip over something really interesting and playable, especially if it’s aimed at a specific audience to begin with. . So that was the case here. Lower dungeon At first it seemed like “just another retro miniature” to us, but we are more than happy that we decided to help its creators with the release.
Retro Spirits are forever
The game was created by Josyan, a solo indie developer who has worked on similar games before The Zeroptian invasion and Tamiku. participated in the work on it Alex Kidd in MW to do again. He decided to team up with composer and sound designer José Ramón “Bibiki” García so that together they could create a project that would be a great homage to retro classics (such as The Legend of Zelda or dragon quest). The old game formula is met with a modern, polished execution here, both in terms of gameplay, audio and visuals, so this is a pretty good chance to get into an old-school gaming groove.
While writing this article, I wanted to take the opportunity to get a brief comment from Josiah himself about the concept of the game. Here’s what he told me:
“It’s actually a small experiment, when I started it was more like a blank slate where I could put mechanics and jokes and things I liked. I also think it’s a very personal project because it contains a lot of my thoughts and messages. I’m all classic I’m inspired by dungeon crawlers, but the game has so many different mechanics and mini-games that I’d be lying if there weren’t some great gameplay moments in there. will like it! “.
So, your task will be to go through dungeons and clear them of brutal monsters, fight big bosses, collect items or solve various puzzles. But this is only a small part of what is prepared for you, as you can conclude from the text above. And here lies the hidden beauty SubDungeonbecause there are many surprises under the cover of a simple little game.
See you underground!
SubDungeon is now available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, so you can start your adventure today. Fire up your console, grab your sword, and let it all begin! As for Friday the 13th… You moved on, right? Well, I don’t want to spoil anything… You’ll have to learn on your own in the game, but we’d love to hear your thoughts on the game, so feel free to share them with us.
Also don’t forget to visit our website www.reddeergames.com and social media!
Goodbye!
