Vapourware Help me name my Dungeon Crawler ! :-)

[ManuTOO]

Hello,

I'm just wondering what kind of name rings the best to your ears..?

Here some screenshots to get the mood of the game, click on them to see big size version : (it's still not final, only work in progress)





The game is greatly inspired by Dungeon Master and other dungeon crawlers of the late 80's, early 90's, but features a combat system derived from modern MMORPGs.

Thanks in advance for your feedback !

 

[JarlFrank]

Any details about the systems?

We're not all too fond of MMORPG mechanics here, it would be nice if you could elaborate a bit. "Inspired by 90s dungeon crawlers, has MMO combat" doesn't really tell us much, give us more info!
How do you even expect feedback when there's nothing to give feedback on? Yeah sure, the graphics look nice, but who cares about graphics in a dungeon crawler?

 

[Excidium]

Call it RT Blobber #48318531855 or Yet Another DM/EOTB Clone

We're not all too fond of MMORPG mechanics here

Why do you lie, everyone liked MMX and DOS (And most liked SRR)

who cares about graphics in a dungeon crawler?

Anybody who isn't blind

 

[ManuTOO]

JarlFrank,
the feedback I'm talking about right now is just about the name, sorry if I wasn't clear about that.

The combat system is made with abilities and is based on the triptych tank/healer/dps.

You can actually try out an early Alpha here, if you want (but with ugly art done by me, so it doesn't match the quality of the screenshots above, which are current WIP ) : http://www.managames.com/download.php?DungeonBreaker_rcx.rar
It features a test level that offers between 30 minutes to 1 hour of gameplay. (known bugs: mana potions don't work ; Cooldowns are slightly messed up and thus are confusing)

 

[shihonage]

Hello,

I'm just wondering what kind of name rings the best to your ears..?

Fable Of DreadCliff

Myth Of DireStone

Saga Of Black Obelisk

 

[agentorange]

Billy and the Dungeoncrawlosaurus

 

[covr]

Skeleton Quest.
Fire & Bones.
Depths of Death.

 

[nomask7]

Would have to know something about the story to suggest a name. IMO, names that have nothing to do with the story may be good as trademarks but they're kind of lame for a single stand-alone game.

 

[mondblut]

Call it Grimoire for more lulz.

 

[ManuTOO]

nomask7,
you're right!

So here a bit of background about the story :
Basically : you're a new guard or staff recruit in a dungeon prison ; the 1st night you're there some bad & mysterious stuff happens, and when you woke up all the prisoners escaped. The warden is scared & hurry to runaway so he appoints you to get back the escaped prisoners and let you pick 3 other prison personals to help you for that while he's leaving through the dungeon lift with the remaining staff.
So you'll have to get the prisoners back & discover why they could have escaped in the 1st place.
In that story, "Dungeon Guardians" can both refer to your party or to the escaped prisoners who will now be guarding the dungeon (they'll be bosses to kill, their mind having been corrupted by an ancestor "Dungeon Guardian").

 

[Ulminati]

Grimoire: Heralds of the winged exemplar


Or maybe Legend of Grimoirerock

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Very useful: http://videogamena.me/

 

[curry]

Brave Heroes vs Hungry Monsters

 

[Gozma]

Plucky Indie That Agrees With Your Worldview That Everyone Wishes To Succeed To The Tune Of $15 On Steam

 

[nomask7]

OK, so a dark force has turned the prisoners into mind control slaves to create a dungeon of darkness for its unseen but ultimately, perhaps, good purposes because it will be defeated at the end, right?

It's clever and new. Maybe the dark force is itself subtly influenced by a greater good force? If it had remained in the dark, working more subtly, it wouldn't have been defeated. Maybe it won't be defeated though, in your game. It should be, shouldn't it?

How about Dungeon of Apparent Darkness? It's funny, campy, but also appropriate in clear philosophical language.

The downside is if more than one game uses this twist, it will be seen as more cliche than a simple Hero Saves World From Evil (By Grinding Like There's No Tomorrow).

 

[Dorateen]

If it was party-based and turn-based, you'd have yourself a winner.

 

[baturinsky]

Torches&Skeletons

 

[ghostdog]

Skulls and Boners

Big trouble in little Grimrockland.

Curse of the azure Dongs

Undead kaze no Shōjo - A Visual Novel






Dance the dance of the Mighty Skeletor.

Spoiler

 

[Broseph]

ManuTOO Escape from Mournhold

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Basically : you're a new guard or staff recruit in a dungeon prison ; the 1st night you're there some bad & mysterious stuff happens, and when you woke up all the prisoners escaped. The warden is scared & hurry to runaway so he appoints you to get back the escaped prisoners and let you pick 3 other prison personals to help you for that while he's leaving through the dungeon lift with the remaining staff.

Prisoner of Lice
The Longshank Redemption
Dr Blobberlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cooldown

 

[curry]

Torches&Skeletons

I was going to say this earlier but thought it was a way too bad joke

 

[eric__s]

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games 2016

 

[ManuTOO]

Everybody,
Thanks for all the answers, though I can't suppress my feelings that some of them were not 100% serious...

nomask7,
I think "Apparent" lacks of ambivalence and mystery, but the general idea is good. I did a quick search on Google for "Dungeon of Darkness" and unfortunately that name is already used several times, so even with a better middle adjective, it might not be too good in term of marketing.
It's funny because you actually kinda guessed my intent : although right now I'm not sure exactly how it'll translate in the game in term of story narrative, killing the ancestor Dungeon Guardian (it'll be the final boss, and I'd like him to look like my current avatar, ie: the final boss of Dungeon Master) will actually free his soul from being trapped in the Dungeon.

Dorateen,
it's party based, but not turn based ; instead there's an active pause, which might feel not too far of a turn based game : you can press space any time to pause the game, then you can check everything and enqueue the abilities you want to use, then press space ahain to unpause the game, and so on.
Does it sound ok for you ?

 

[Mortmal]

Just tried the demo, its not bad at all, i hope theres full party creation in the final game and enemies a bit less static although.

As for name : Stones & Skeletons

 

[ManuTOO]

Just to clear things up : it won't have only skeletons in the game !
Just they'll have a bunch of them in the first 4 levels ! (about 25% of the game, then they'll become quite rare as we'll meet stronger & different monsters)

Mortmal,
yup, it'll have a classic party creation (selection amongst pre-done characters, or full creation mode, with choice of male/female & class & 1st talent tree specialization, and maybe race).
I'm not sure what you mean about static... In the 1st level, they're all in guard mode, so we don't have any surprise while learning the game, but in next levels, it'll have more of them in roam or patrol modes.
During the fight, usually they won't move anymore once they're in melee range, though (but in some special case, they'll flee).