Again in 2014, KeeperRL had a handful of alpha releases and a profitable IndieGogo funding marketing campaign, and was because of be completed that 12 months. Then the bold Dwarf Fortress-lite or Dungeon Keeper-heavy made its approach by way of the player-voted Steam Greenlgiht course of, at which level its developer determined, hey, why not work on this sport for longer.
Ten years and a number of other dozen extra updates later, KeeperRL has simply hit 1.0.
KeeperRL is a “dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG parts”. Like its apparent inspiration, you are an evil wizard, and like each its apparent inspirations, you are directing a rising troop of minions to dig wider and deeper underground, lay traps, and await assault by your enemies. You too can enterprise past the confines of your individual dungeon dwelling to put waste to innocents world wide, or swap roles and play an adventurer invading the dungeons of different gamers, with turn-based tactical fight.
All of which sounds swell to me. “Sounds” as a result of, though I’ve performed only a tiny contact of KeeperRL, that was a decade in the past, and I bear in mind it not.
Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress have quite a bit in frequent, however are very completely different in different, key methods. KeeperRL’s Steam page describes it as being “simulated on a really detailed degree”, for instance, with granular wounding, hearth that spreads, and a wealthy number of “gadgets, spells, attributes and particular assaults.” It lays no declare to simulating the internal worlds of its minions, and so I believe your orcs and males won’t be taking to a fey temper and demanding supplies for excellent artworks. You in all probability know your self whether or not that is a disappointment or a reduction.
It is fairly a very good time to be a Dungeon Keeper fan, given an open supply remake KeeperFx simply hit model 1.0 after 15 years of growth.
KeeperRL will proceed to obtain steadiness patches and fixes post-release, in addition to a 1.1 replace so as to add “extra content material and gameplay that did not make it to the 1.0, together with one other playable keeper faction”, according to its developer.
If you wish to purchase it now, it is £11.61/$15/€12.59.