Caves of Lore - turn-based pixel art RPG inspired by classics

[Abu Antar]

Sank 6 hours into it this week and it really hasn't grabbed me. Which is nuts because it ticks all the boxes of a quality CRPG for me, but the combination of awkward UI, excessive loot and lackluster early questing has just made me want to leave it for now and return to it at a later date. There seems to be a real lack of cohesion to a lot of the game's elements, and I'm not really keen on the "I kinda think this...but who knows....I lost my memory!" dialogue from everyone early game.....people have lost their memory.....I get it....there's no need for everyone I speak to for 6 hours to keep ramming that point home, it gets boring.

So yeah, disappointed as it stands. Will give it another chance at a later date.

In that case, I don't think you'll like the rest of the game.

 

[Jaesun]

I can see this not being very appealing to many people. I just really like this so far (almost at 40 hours now). I think what hooked me in was the exploration element is just done so well for me. Also it's something you can just jump into.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Seems nice, but waiting for respecc vendor before playing proper

It's probably not necessary, since you have such a large selection of party members you can cover all possibilities easily. You can already re-spec stats, just not skills (I think the latter is coming).

 

[Modron]

There was a small update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2227130/view/3902994707219429648

12/3/23
+ 1.2.1.4
+ 2 New Secrets with 2 New Unique Weapons and 2 unique puzzles to figure out
+ Fixed Milking with buckets not working
+ Bug Fixes

 

[belated]

No more having to cycle through the monster list is very nice.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2227130/view/3896240745199228020

12/14/23
+ 1.2.1.8
+ In Monster Lore you can now look at a list of monsters instead of only cycling through to the one you want
+ Minor UI fixes for Android
+ Minor bug fixes

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

What about proper respec?

 

[Nikanuur]

Most of the traits are locked for strange reason. "Unlock more monster lore," it says at the top of the traits screen.
I leveled up Monster Lore and nothing happened, eheh.
I will unlock traits by killing monsters then?
Say, I want "Tough" for added armor and HP, which is now locked. I need to find and kill some armored monsters or something?

 

[Grampy_Bone]

Yeah You have to kill a lot of monsters of the same type to unlock the perks.

Honestly it's not really worth going out of your way for, the perks are very minor.

 

[mediocrepoet]

FYI for anyone who's been thinking about this one and hasn't pulled the trigger yet.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...begging-is-a-minor-offense.78755/post-8810830

 

[mediocrepoet]

FYI for anyone who's been thinking about this one but hasn't pulled the trigger yet.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...begging-is-a-minor-offense.78755/post-8810830

 

[Nikanuur]

I gave this some more hours, and I'm so pleasantly surprised. Neat little adventure. My cleric lightning master with some defensive abilities kills stuff two levels higher without a sweat, and my woof-woof companion, albeit low in HP, stuns the heccin heck out of mostly anything that dares to come closer.
The most awesome feature of this game: training a particular weapon skill raises not only hit probability—as seen in many games—but ALSO DAMAGE! This is a transcending experience that few games can give you. If any at all.

 

[Modron]

and my woof-woof companion, albeit low in HP,

He's got a unique armor set:

Spoiler

I only ever dug up one piece of it and I was pretty thorough at searching the maps (found all secrets and did a lot of digging). I've been told starting conversations with him in town can yield another piece of it.

 

[Anthedon]

Interesting, guess I should've talked more with the mutt.

 

[Nikanuur]

Does someone know where to get a proper fighter companion? High STR, high RES? I don't mind spoilers.
My roster 5 now 5, including teh doggo. I would find it much more fun if I had some proper front. Merewen has been okayish as a tank so far, but no awesome weapon and armor wielding goodness on her part with STR 10...

 

[Grampy_Bone]

There's a tanky guy that shows up later, though I used the second guy you find along with my main as frontliners and had no problem.

 

[Abu Antar]

There's the froggo like character in the froggo caves. Help the king, and then he will join.

 

[belated]

There are several recruitable fighters later in the game. Aside from the froggo you can find one guy in the crypt and a dwarf (?) somewhere under the library, I think.

 

[OSK]

One of my party members has a yellow question mark over her head. What gives? It temporarily goes away if I make her leader, but comes back. She doesn't have any new conversation either.

 

[Abu Antar]

One of my party members has a yellow question mark over her head. What gives? It temporarily goes away if I make her leader, but comes back. She doesn't have any new conversation either.

Post a screen when you are talking to them.

 

[OSK]

Huh. It stopped happening. Weird. Must be some kind of bug? Someone else was experiencing it recently too: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2227130/discussions/0/4140564315471190653/

 

[ShaggyMoose]

She just has a memory like a goldfish.

 

[Infinitron]

Now on iPhones:

 

[OSK]

Better news:

Anniversary Update!
It's been a year since launch and a lot has changed!

It's been a year since Caves of Lore launched. A lot has changed in that time. Players like you have been a big part of additions and improvements to the game. Below is a small summary of changes since launch.

Controller Support, Achievements and Stat Respeccing.
New Starting Character Options, including Female hero option.
New Lore, New Secrets and Quest Notes.
New Abilities, Traits, and Spells.
Adjustable Casting Levels, Key Rebinding and Difficulty Settings.
New Books and New Conversation Keywords.
New Items, Unique Weapons, Equipment Sets and Enchantments
Balance Changes, and many other QoL updates.

Today I am adding a Female Hero option, along with new Spells, Abilities and some other minor changes.

I've worked on Caves of Lore pretty much every day since launch. It's been a wild ride as a solo dev with no previous experience, but this community has been more than I imagined it could be. I couldn't have done it without you, and I'll continue to do so for as long as I can.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2227130/view/3952539375957225939?l=english

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Can someone help my retarded 50IQ balkan brain please?

Spoiler

I've done everything I can in this area (even going back to the caves and finding any secrets I missed, yeah I'm failing at that, can't get down some ledge or across some gap. Did find all the buried treasure at least). I go to this area, from what I learned in the town, and what the old lady told me, this is where I should whisper. I do the whisper with the word I was told, and nothing. I'm unable to walk directly onto this rune? so maybe I'm not in the correct position.



Edit - never mind, scratch that. I did not see the speech rune come up in front of another door which I had already highlighted with my spell before entering the town

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Just finished and almost everything about it told me I wouldn't have enjoyed it. Pixel graphics and JRPG vibe, my girlfriend was fully invested the entire time thinking it was "cute" and got pissed when I let the Scaphin fall in combat, etc.

And yet...I enjoyed the hell out of it. 99% of the time the game pissed me off, it was my own fault for not figuring things out and I eventually got there. Mind you, I didn't enjoy it enough to go back and find the last couple of secrets I'm missing, but I'm happy with what I found (and going off of one of the secrets I found, I don't have the patience to go back and find the couple im missing).

Was expecting a fight in the finale but was left without. I can't say I hate anything about this game other than the ridiculous amount of loot. Before I was fully comfortable with what I wanted, I kept everything and had over 40 pages of it, 99.9% of it was not useful at all. Last thing; apparently I missed two companions, I'm not surprised though because I only found Fae after literally searching everything (and even going into the house where she is multiple times) but never camped out there so I'm assuming there is some dumb thing I missed to get the two. Either way, they showed up and did most of the talking in the finale despite me never seeing them in my entire playthrough so there are still some loose ends to tie up.

Overall, really enjoyable. I had a blast with the exploration.