A downloadable game for Windows

Can you delve into the unknowable depths of the ancient Gloaminghold ruins and purge the evil therein?


Introduction

Gloaminghold is a first-person dungeon crawler heavily inspired by the Eye of the Beholder games (Amoung others) published in the 90s. It was made for #DCJAM2024 over 9 days by one person.

The Story

You play a hero tasked by their king to delve into a ruin and purge an ancient evil, saving the land from malady.

How to Play

  • Movement can be done via the WASDQE/Numpad-842679 keys, or by left-clicking the direction movement buttons in the UI: 
  • You can manipulate items in your inventory, or in your left/right hands by left clicking to pick up/move items, left click to use items in the world (For example, to use a key on a lock). Right clicking on items in your hands will use the items (For example, to attack with a weapon or quaff a potion):
  • If you are weary you may rest, this will allow you regain HP at the cost of your sanity (SP). Blue potion restores sanity, red potion restores HP.
  • You can access your bag to store items you don't want to actively hold in your hands:

Asset Disclosure

  • All 3rd party assets are either CC0 or OPL (Fonts, sound effects, skybox).
  • No GenAI generated assets were used.
  • While most 1st party assets were created during the jam, the following assets were reused from previous projects (Though modified):
    • The character portrait.
    • The "Swipe" animation.
    • The player "hit" sound.
    • Torch model.
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
AuthorMag
Made withGodot, Aseprite
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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Gloaminghold - Windows 48 MB

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