bit Dungeon+

bit Dungeon+
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22 March 2016
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bit Dungeon+ is a two player action roguelike endless adventure.You and your loved one were captured by demons! You have been trapped in a dungeon for a thousand years asleep… You wake up trapped in cell, grab your weapon and let the quest to find her soul begin!

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bit Dungeon+ system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8
  • Processor: Any processor with at least 1.0GHz
  • Memory: 250 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Any card with at least 128MB
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

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SupahCrane
SupahCrane

Do not buy yet. Very early stage of development, the clunky controls are the worst part right now. If you want a good loot and slash game just like this, just play the second one on Steam.

CodeRen
CodeRen

UPDATE:
This game came out of early acess and its still a buggy mess. It crashes on me, the stats bar are outside of of resolution screen, and what even is with the armor system where you can pick armor before you start the game? I would stay away from this until many more updates and if its not being updated anymore because of its release then give it a wide berth.

I was a huge fan of the second Bit dungeon so naturally I got this one when it got out.

I should have waited,

This game is buggy as all hell. Sometimes the screen will go black, other times there will be 4 chests that spawn in the same room but you cant interact with any of them.

Also the pop up windows for items and such dont even fit in the screen no matter the resolution. Im not even sure how th eitem system works because I cant tell how to equip something. It wont even let me select the item.

The controls are buggy are buggy as well.

Id wait until the dev adresses these issues.

(Im running this on a macbook pro btw)

Barfy
Barfy

PARAGRAPH WARNING. Yes, I have a lot to say.

I recommend ONLY if you want to see an unplayable game turn into something (potentially) cool.
Decent idea, but right now awful execution.
If you purchase this game right now and expect fun, you're in for a bad time. Details below.

I'll just say right now that, while the makers of the game aren't primarily English-speakers, it looks pretty bad to have so many spelling and grammatical errors. Get those fixed.

It's a very simple hack-and-slash thing, playing similarly to Binding of Isaac and the original Zelda.
Go through randomized dungeons and hit monsters in each room until they die. Stat-giving equipment is all over the place.

==BASIC GAMEPLAY & INTERFACE==
You're a knight with a basic melee weapon and a shield. That's currently the only starting class. You have avatar sets, but they are entirely cosmetic; that greatsword is gonna swing identically to that scythe.

You have an attack button, a magic button, and a block button (Default A S and D). That last one is important, because timing to block enemy attacks will keep you from otherwise requiring trades. A single hit can just chip at your health, but you are in rooms with three to like twenty enemies at once, and they're all attacking on their own patterns, so if you never touch that shield you're going to be dead in three rooms.

Kiting around and blocking effectively is key to getting hits in without taking damage. It's definitely trying to feel like a top-down Souls game -- a concept that is entirely responsible for keeping me around.

Unnfortunately, having three buttons doesn't mean the game is immediately accessible. Thanks to an almost complete lack of interface or instructions, I didn't even understand that I had a block button. The launch options window says 'Fire 1' 'Fire 2' and 'Fire 3'. Ignore these completely, because there's an in-game options menu for that. It says 'Controllers' but it really means 'Controls'.

They don't even have a setting to rebind Up Down Left and Right, opting to have default-blank 'Vertical' and 'Horizontal' axes. Just ignore those input settings.

Oh, don't set anything to Z, either, because that's the debug mode key for spawning a random chest, it seems.

Yes, this executable is for DEBUGGING.

==GAME FEEL & CONTROL BUGS==
The controls are meant to be a little bit clunky and require thought to timing, but the stiffness leads to exasperation more than anything. You will often find yourself stuck swinging in the wrong direction despite holding down another direction's key. If you're close enough to an enemy, you might not even be able to turn, because it seems as though turning is stopped any time movement is halted. This doesn't happen on walls because they are pushing you back instead of restricting movement entirely.

There is a completely unnecessarry delay to most actions. It's caused me to wonder if my keyboard was broken multiple times. There's a small delay before blocking, but no visual indicator that you need to take time to put up the shield. In many cases, it looks like damage went right through your shield.

==SOUND==
The music and effects themselves are mostly passable. The same dungeon tracks over and over can get pretty annoying, but whatever. Unfortunately, you can't set just the music to 0 and play your own stuff while keeping the sound, because there are no audio options anywhere. The game starts blaring at max and you're forced to change it with the volume slider.

This debug version is nigh-unplayable, making you deal with gameplay bugs and expecting you to know what you're doing. Like I said, if this becomes even a half-playable top-down Soulsish game, I'll be happy I got it.

Arson Hyve
Arson Hyve

sucky Game poop face suck my tits

theqiwiman
theqiwiman

Been a big fan of bD and bD2 for a long time, super excited for this game!

While I would recommend this game, it's currently in a very rough state. (As one would expect from an Early Access game)
Some things that need to be addressed ASAP:

-Music and SFX volume- No way to lower the volume, and it is blaringly, obnoxiously loud at the moment.

-Really uninuitive collecting of gear in chests. (at least while using a controller)

-Walking through doors, or rather, NOT walking through doors. That abrupt freezing of movement for a good 1-2 seconds before moving to a new room feels really bad, makes the game feel clunky.

-The "Babel's Tower" mode seems to be completely broken

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But since this is a bD game, there is plenty of other reasons to love this game!
-Excellent character designs, each enemy looks really unique and iconic.

-Music is retro and fun

-Endless gameplay is always fun, especially fun knowing that dying is so punishing!

Looking forward to the official release! :-D

Phoenix_Gamma1
Phoenix_Gamma1

So glitchy, Keybindings don't stay where you map them. 2 player mode is just frustrating; player 2 can't pick up the keys because it will glitch the doors from opening during the tutorial. There's no ingame option to lower the midi music, and while the game says 2 player local what it fails to tell you is 2 player local means sharing a keyboard and screen. Lastly while we were heading through one of the rooms the game scrolled to the right for no reason and stuck between 2 rooms in empty space and had us walking around the void unable to get back into the rooms.

Chrono
Chrono

The game looks very interesting but it becomes very problematic when you can't even get past the tutorial from glitches. Most the buttons were working after a few minutes of problem solving but I still couldnt find a magic button playing as player 2. Then there was the problem that regardless of how we tried we couldnt get past the last step in the tutorial because the game wouldnt let us pick up the key after checking our map. Finally got it to work after another 15 min of trying and 10 min later we were glitched out side a room with only half of the room next to it showing.

Azure Fang
Azure Fang

EDIT 03/29/16: Today, I had a lengthy discussion with the creator of bitDungeon+, who has stated that the issues below will be addressed. While he has requested that I not change this review until said fixes go through, I felt it necessary to at least mention that they will be worked on. Stay tuned!

When this game released on Early Access, I was intrigued. I've spent many hours playing bit Dungeon on mobile, and I enjoy bit Dungeon II. bit Dungeon+, however, has fallen so miserably short that I am sincerely tempted to request a refund.

First and foremost, navigating the menu is a game in and of itself, considering there are no prompts to let you know what does what. Multiple keys appear to function as back and forward, yet there are no guides (only "humorous" comments like "are you a master or a chicken"), so it is not uncommon to find yourself on the wrong difficulty in the wrong mode because you hammer random keys to try to get somewhere. And no, you cannot check key bindings; accessing the control menu immediately forces you to begin rebinding all keys, and will then kick you out of the menu once you have rebound. Speaking of changing settings, there are NO audio or resolution options; by default, the game is set to an unlocked window that may or may not be largely off screen, and volume is so loud it is recommended you start the game on MUTE and adjust your operating system or speaker volume once in.

Once in game, there are, again, no prompts to let you know what does what. You have to remember what you have bound, or hammer keys until you figure it out. The "tutorial" is laughable, stepping you through rooms telling you to "push the attack button" without enlightening you as to what the attack button might be. Out of the tutorial, things pickk up, but only slightly. Accessing the map/menu, and no, there is no persistent minimap, lets you see your stats and equipment, though even this is rough as stat numbers bleed over text and become jumbled, and checking equipment is on a spring and bound to your movement keys; be careful, as holding right to check your sword may lead you into the next room unprepared since the movement controls are still active.

Save your money on this one. Spend it on a polished dungeon crawler like Sword of the Stars: The Pit or The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. If you still really want this game, wait to see if they continue to patch it (or at least fix the horrible grammar and spelling in the stupid menu messages).

To those coming back to this review, yes, I deleted my old review as I expected it to change since early access. It has: it's gotten worse. And considering these are now my impressions from the "released" game, the "pre-release" flag no longer applies. This should not have left early access in this state.

balls
balls

Refunded after 10 minutes - like most other reviews say, control scheme and lack of functional game mechanics make this NOT a buy until there are major fundamental game changing patches. It's really a cool looking game with what looks to be a lot of nice mechanics, difficult fights, magic etc.. but with game breaking bugs that occur just during normal combat mechanics on a frequent basis, multiple times closing the game in 10 minutes.. I'm sorry, this is NOT ready for public release.

Patch your shit then I'll play this. Otherwise, wtf were you thinking

M'aiq the Liar
M'aiq the Liar

Ever wonder what a love child spawned of The legend of zelda and dark souls would be like, for me it would be the bit dungeon games. I love the concept of the overhead view, but with a dark souls feel. randomized loot drop and an ever increasing difficulty.. no real sense of leveling, but know that you are getting stronger. I get that not everyone is a fan of these types of games, and some won't even bother to give it a shot. Most will look only to the negative reviews, some to the positive, some at the price.

All i can say is, nobody can play the game for you. If the negative reviews keep you away, how will you know they were right? I have both this game and bit Dungeon ii, and thoroughly enjoy both. But as it is, too each their own.. Try it, what do you really have too lose?

G i B
G i B

Not much support for non-qwerty keyboards

s.ulli
s.ulli

Gameplay is boring
Music is bad
I would advise not to buy it.

Tragic Magic
Tragic Magic

very cool.pretty fun and an awsome sound track. id recommend this one a lot.8/10

Puppy Czar
Puppy Czar

Are you cursing the gods everyday because you want -- NO, you NEED more Bit Dungeon in your life?

Then go play this game.

Other than other? Just pass, Bit Dungeon II is still way better, and more worth your time.

REDACTED
REDACTED

Positive aspects:

-Added Co-Op

Negative aspects:

-Horrendous soundtrack, literally had to mute the music.
-Clunky awful gameplay, hard to control your character and navigate menus. Plenty of bugs that were game breaking as well.
-It fails to beat it's predecessors in terms of fun repetetive gameplay. The gameplay is boring and simiplized.
-Literally everything about this game is worse than bitDungeon II, go buy that one instead.

Jon
Jon

this game was feels trip. I load up this game after seeing it for .24$ on the steam summer sale. It looked okay at first until i poened it up and experienced the sheering soundtrack. I then went into the options to lower the sound and found myself in the controls. attempting to back out of this settings page i mashed the escape key, not realizzing that i had now set every control to escape. Everything was escape. I tried redwonloading but to no avail, everything was still escape. I am happy that i can sleep soundly knowing i put my .24$ to good use. R.I.P/Escape

BiggestTman
BiggestTman

Horrible Controls and interface for control changes. Makes the game unplayable.

Ocaña
Ocaña

COMPLETIONISTS BE WARNED: this game is not for you

It is terribly bugged and slow and clunky, has 2 instant achievements if you ever play it ONCE, and does not seem completable. Steer clear away.

Even discounted it's not worth it. Even for free, as it doesn't even have cards.

I'll be requesting a refund for my 50¢

supernayerz
supernayerz

I just started playing and i dont like it. It said full controller support but only 1 button worked. Its not smooth like the others and I thought by now they would fix the problems, especially the annoying music that starts even when music volume is at 0.

McAbre
McAbre

Buggy with immense game breaking issues, although at times the game is enticing and addictive. For a $4 game however, its' not worth it unless the game is on sale.

Drakin192
Drakin192

Horrible game. the menu is hardly navigable, you cant attack, you can only move forward and right (not with the forward and right keys, mind you), you cant attack, the music is obnoxious and you cant turn it down, and this is just an all around broken game. refunded my $0.99 purchase because I dont want this on my account.

Аноним
Аноним

i bought it because it's good online sadly this is shit needs update. if you want to play just go on http://www.kongregate.com/games/kintogames/bit-dungeon
it's free

daquavious
daquavious

1 round of not dieing (finished game at least first time)

ScreenName7
ScreenName7

Fun but EXTREMELY BUGGY. We played on 2 player co-op for about 30 mintues and found about 30 bugs MANY of which forzed us to restart the application to fix the problem. I hope this is just teething issues but it kind of renders the game unplayable for long periods of time.

KuroTsubasa
KuroTsubasa

I bought this game on sale for $0.99 this morning, and after trying it, was really intent on leaving a negative review. Instead, I've decided that this game has earned a "positive", but fairly critical review. Ultimately, in its current state, I wouldn't recommend it at full price, but definitely give it a try if it's on sale.

So my biggest, BIGGEST complaint about this game is the lack of polish. Compared to the original "bit Dungeon" flash game and "bit Dungeon II", this game feels like a rushed beta. All the pieces are there, but it doesn't quite come together. There are many bugs, and quite a few of them outright ruin the experience.

That being said, the developers have ended every update they've released with the statement "Dolores Entertainment and Kinto Game are working hard for polish the game". It seems they're aware of the problem(s), and will hopefully get it into more respectable shape in the near future.

This game is a remake of the flash game "bit Dungeon". From a gameplay perspective, it does a good job translating the mouse-based flash game (and touch-based mobile game) into a keyboard/gamepad experience. A lot of reviews are criticizing the gameplay for not being as engaging as "bit Dungeon II". While I can see where they're coming from, I think they should keep in mind that this was designed to be faithful to the original. The movement and controls are NOT as fluid as "bit Dungeon II", but they weren't supposed to be. This is a remake of an older game, treat it as such. Also, the fact that this game uses keyboard/gamepad controls is a pretty clear indication in itself that the developers are listening to the feedback on their previous games.

The bugs in this game almost scared me away. I really intended to stop playing it, but the gameplay was still pretty good. The music could use some work, with several tracks being a little too "screechy". Overall though, "bit Dungeon+" has some decent potential, and I'd love to see what it looks like with all the bugs worked out.

If you've played "bit Dungeon" or "bit Dungeon II", and consider yourself a fan of the series so far, pick this one up. If you're hesitant (especially with all the bugs at the moment), then pick it up on sale instead. These games are both cheap, and provide a decent amount of entertainment for their price.

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Also, developers, if you could make a quick Linux/SteamOS port of these games, it'd be appreciated. =D

I believe "bit Dungeon II" runs on flash, so it should be as simple as exporting/wrapping it right. This game might take a *little* more work, but probably not that much. Maybe something to keep in mind after the bugs get worked out.

Keep up the good work.

KrudlerTheHorse
KrudlerTheHorse

Buggier than an insectarium.

I couldn't even get the menus to work most of the time, menus are missing prompts and key presses / mouse clicks don't work much of the time. Key rebinding didn't work, and sound settings kept reverting to ear-shattering volume.

Finally gave up on that and tried playing - game consisted of hitting "attack" button infinitely. Zero fun, refunded.

Fiskarna
Fiskarna

I got this game hoping to play with a buddy using two controllers. Started up the game and tried to play. Controls were unresponsive, so I went to the controls and tried to remap the controls to any of the controller buttons... nothing worked. This game claims "Full controller support" but does not give it.

player_867
player_867

basically, unreal, but, the, game, makes, very, little, sense, to, me

boreborn
boreborn

Find this game at newgrounds. I don't know if it is absolutely the same game, but i don't remember it being so buggy. Honestly would be a fun little game if it actually worked.

Pastel Pat
Pastel Pat

Wow, another rogue adventure game, must be fun

That's a lie
I also am using the Text Formatting and it is super fun!
Seriously, this game is very slow and kind of unresponsive and it's not really fun, it just drags on and you're like.... I don't understand? And it's a mess and repetitive enemies and blocking. Does not do a good job.

Why did I buy this game?

Esquilo
Esquilo

The controls are wonky as hell, it's an insult to the rogue-like genre

Amidos
Amidos

Its a terrible version of bitDungeon I, the moves and attacks are not smooth, on my mac there is lots of problems with the ui and inventory and other stuff. Instead buy bitDungeon II.

TheShadyPines
TheShadyPines

It's pretty good from what i've played. The avaatrs clothing changes when you pick up new gear and the weapons have their own strenghs and weaknesses. Overall the game is a good time waster.

I <3 Flashgitz
I <3 Flashgitz

Game has potential with some tweaking.

jeff higgerson
jeff higgerson

MADE ME WANT TO KILL MYSELF 10/10

Ultra Taco
Ultra Taco

Unfinished game. Kind of fun for 30 minutes tops, then you realize how unfinished and repetitive it is. Its also endless, just dungeon after dungeon until you can barely survive 1 room

INCREDIBLY BUGGY. The stats shown are almost always wrong, sometimes items disappear, and you get a solid black screen on mac unless you disable steam in-game

#33x-
#33x-

This is a decent game to play with friends
10/10

Vincent™
Vincent™

Very bad, Loaded up the game and got stuck in a infinite bug loop straight away, making the game unplayable, always happend every single time you got hit with an attack. The stats always stay at 100 even when you take damage, but you can still eventually die, the controls are wonky and nothing seems to work right. I got one type of game mode working and it is still unplayable, from not knowing any of your health or other stats to everything else seeming to be unfinished and not working. Would not reccomend it in its current form unless the creators fix all the terrible issues and make it fixable.

TailBit
TailBit

There are not many games I start up notepad along with the game to make a list of the glitches I come across:

- menu could need a rehaul, if you change option too fast you get blocked by a timer, the last option selected before screen change jumps back to first option (made me think that I couldn't select normal or hard mode), ingame menu doesn't work at all and can break character control if not exited the same way.

- inventory stats are currently broken, so it shows a lot of values that won't be affected at all, they really need to get this one fixed.

- Saving seems to happen for parts of the game when something happens, when you change floor, get a permanent upgrade, equip new items, die .. and for money when the displayed value have caught up with the real value .. so it's quite possible to quit the game after shopping / to reset floor (then you can visit shop and get all the permanent upgrades again) .. it is really easy to take advantage of.

- Healing, I actually had trouble finding health and though I had to play this really carefull and actually dodge attacks, but all you need to find health is to clear two rooms horizontally and go between then and kill the ghosts you see .. really now, where is the challenge in that.

- One thing I didn't like was that you had no idea what is in the next room you enter, so you might stumble on the boss too early (restart reason), and it isn't possible to go back from the boss room if you are able to defeat him so you could search for loot in the current floor .. at least mark the boss door?

Overall I can't recomend this, there are more glitches then the ones I've mentioned and they need to take care of some of the worst problems this game has before I pick it up again, however .. I came here to look for glitches, so this gave me just what I was looking for ^^

Joice
Joice

Fun game, fixes a few things from BitDungeon II, but has so many bugs it saps the fun right out of it. Freezes for an indefinite amount of time after unpausing, no keys work except for the map key, unfreezes randomly. Had to uninstall because the bugs make it too frustrating to play.

Byte
Byte

Okay, this is straight up the best game I have ever played. I am in awe. I didn't think it was possible to achieve perfection but this game proved me wrong. I feel bad for playing this game because now I can never top this moment in my life. Overall, 5/10.

raspberrykraken
raspberrykraken

Although it looks a little rough this game has a lot of heart with the climbing of floors, collecting gear and trying to make it to the end. Very simple and fun although frustrating at first. Well worth a pick up and to casually play.

Shttr
Shttr

this game is crap, the controlls are bad, the game is bad and the maker for this game should feel bad

slitwristshawty
slitwristshawty

Has a nice old school GBC Zelda feel but with randomly generated dungeons a lot like The Binding of Isaac
does have some issues with glitches occasionally messing up movement/not showing health bars

vla
vla

The previous game -- bit Dungeon II -- is really fine. But this one is just a clunky, buggy and jitney mess.

RedPoisonDragon_Red-Tech
RedPoisonDrago…

It is everything that makes the Flash version different from the second version, but for all of the wrong reasons. It's annoying to play and it's very restricting. It's just not fun. Maybe, if this was the original version of this game, instead of the Flash game, this would be acceptable. The flash game is free. I had to pay for this one. Enough said.

If you are looking for a fun game in this style, look for "Bit Dungeon II" on Steam, and "Bit Dungeon Flash"

𝓒𝓪𝓽
𝓒𝓪𝓽

ive played the original and the free verson is better. the original was a murder everything in seconds. this is a slow move and click game that doesnt play out like the game its meant to be. http://www.notdoppler.com/bitdungeon.php go play the good version. the only good thing about this one is the two player but i havent tried that yet.(ive spent about 100 hours on the original version and less than 10 minutes on this)

Inhuman Infatuation
Inhuman Infatuation

got some bugs, the dog things dance around instead of dying, and it's not blazing fast like BD2. It's a different game, much more interesting imo. I prefer this despite the bugs. Go ahead and give it a shot, it's worth playing. Plus couch coop.

The slower space of this (and the amazingly well done 3ds version) make you feel much more in control of the fights. Manual attacks rather than random auto attacks is much more entertaining, and overall it's just a better game for me that bit dungeon 2. BD@ is amazing, sort of open world and had this cool dark souls kill everything steroids feel.

This game however feels like an awesome rouge like. I do not like that you loose all of your dark coins upon death, so I don't really know what it means by "every run gives new challenges" like you'll upgrade the dungeon or something. If anyone can explain what you do when you die i'd love to know because as far as I see you loose all of your coins, upgrades, etc and just sort of start over.

Either way people need to stop looking at the overwhelmingly bad reviews and try it out. I'm not sure why steam says i've 1hr of play when i'v e played this for the last three hours straight.

But whatever steam, I've enjoyed this a lot and hope the devs have not forgottten it.

TobiBooneTheSmallSpoon
TobiBooneTheSm…

While there are a few little bugs (chests showing the wrong object, etc.) I thoroughly enjoy this expansion on the story and like the top-down dungeon crawling, no it's not perfect but it was inexpensive and I look forward to dying a million times getting all the achievements!

RipVanGnar
RipVanGnar

I would not recommend this game for purchase. Many of the basic mechanics, such as returning to the menu from pause, are unresponsive. This game has a lot of bugs.

Captain_C0nundrum
Captain_C0nundrum

A decent rogue-like for cheap. What's not to like?

SenhorLampada
SenhorLampada

Has some bugs... And the Dev seems to have dropped support, so if Steam really had a Neutral vote, it would be the one I'd give... The game's fun enough to not give it a negative review.

Got it cheap and/or a bundle, can't recall... And had some fun beating it within 91minutes. Going in for another playthrough ;)

If it's got a huge discount (75-90%), get it. If not, stick to Bit Dungeon II which is way better :P

Sgt.Artin801
Sgt.Artin801

Fails to show correct stats of gear on ground? You have to check the correct values via f button

I really liked "bit dungeon" on Armor Games. I kept playing it over and over because I liked it. I played this game before I got it on steam and tbh it is quite fun. It's obviously going to be repetetive but anyways; To see if you want this game; 1st go and play bit dungeon on the internet (Armorgames.com in my case).

Psyglav
Psyglav

I used to love playing this game back in the old days of flash web based games. im happy they made an actual game out of this. it's really buggy but if you can wor past the bugs it's a really fun dungeon crawler simmilar to older zelda games.

Rose
Rose

Okay it actually was trash omegalul

MaratG2
MaratG2

This trash game doesn't even have an adequate FPS lock or VSYNC, so it is absolutely unplayable. I don't have a clue, how to not to think about it. Even a f-word novice unity developer know about how to make physics frame independent or at the very least cap the framerate. Worthless developers