TinyKeep Dungeon Crawler Linux Version Released, It's Good

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In TinyKeep players will embrace the role of a hopeless prisoner held deep in a forgotten dungeon who one day wakes up to find themselves mysteriously released.

The Linux version landed yesterday, and we have been able to give it a crack to see what it's like.

Some thoughts
It's a procedurally generated dungeon crawler with some really smooth looking graphics and fast game-play. If you like real-time dungeon crawlers then you will probably love this. I managed to complete the first level with only finding a shield right at the end, so I had to lure the goblin like creatures into rooms with traps, and have them blindly step on them like the ugly morons they are.

Luckily the archers are a bit smarter, as they actually try to keep you at a distance to shoot. I was hoping they wouldn't just stand there, so at least they didn't disappoint me, although their futile arrows met my shield, and my sword met their face. Great success!

If i'm going to be honest the game felt a little shallow to begin with, but the game does steadily open up with more to do. I managed to find some friends on the second level, and when I freed them they joined me in my escape, and even proceeded to punch a couple goblins right in the face for me; that was pretty handy. Although it's not a good idea to randomly swing your sword around, as I found out you have a tendency to kill your friends, woops.

The second level actually had a boss at the end of it, although he was seriously easy with my mix of bunny-hopping, button mashing, and getting him stuck in the corner facing a wall. Another great success!

The third level gets a lot more intense, and I can see the game steadily getting more intense as it goes on. I decided against my better judgement to activate this dubious looking skull that was chained down, and...it did not end well. An army of skeletons invaded the level, and with them came a massive boss with took a few swipes at me and annihilated me. Not such a great success.

Features

• Procedurally generated random dungeons – no playthrough is ever the same!
• Watch your step as it can be your last! Extremely challenging Permadeath gameplay
• Explore a variety of beautiful but deadly environments. From the cold slimy walls of the dungeon to the hot fiery pits of hell, TinyKeep is a visual treat.
• Battle a variety of intelligent enemies, each one determined to make your escape as difficult as possible. Creatures work together to chase you down, flee from threats and fight each other for dominance.
Use traps and environmental hazards to your advantage - fire, spike pits and rotating crushers hurt your enemies as well as you!
• Collect coins from fallen foes to purchase random player-altering Buffs that just might give you the advantage you need to make it out alive.
• Rescue other captives to fight along side you, but beware as you never know which ones have gone crazy trapped up in the Keep.
• Experience 3 separate endings to the game, depending on how you play.
• Hours of gameplay with Secrets that extend the experience – Discover secrets and weapons that can slow down time, render you invincible or provide secret second chances.
• Launching with Steam Achievements and full Controller Support; Trading Cards coming soon.

Grab TinyKeep on Steam now if it floats your boat. I certainly enjoyed my time the more I spent with it!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.