Looks like first-person steampunk dungeon crawler 'Vaporum' is coming to Linux

Looks awesome. I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

Looked cool, but very odd movement in that you can only turn 90 degrees and advance like on a game board. Wonder what the reasoning is behind this odd design decision? To emulate a board game?

Impressive graphics. Not sure I still dig the whole grid-based dungeon crawling experience (I've played a lot of them), but I think I'll probably give this a shot, purely because it's single character. I get tired trying to track the multiple capabilities of four characters - you play, take a week's break, then can't get back into the game because you've forgotten it all!

Looked cool, but very odd movement in that you can only turn 90 degrees and advance like on a game board. Wonder what the reasoning is behind this odd design decision? To emulate a board game?

I would think it is more likely to emulate the old dungeon crawler formula.

Looked cool, but very odd movement in that you can only turn 90 degrees and advance like on a game board. Wonder what the reasoning is behind this odd design decision? To emulate a board game?

I would think it is more likely to emulate the old dungeon crawler formula.

Dungeon crawlers have already made a comeback, haven't they? I thought even you young whippersnappers would be familiar with Legend of Grimrock if not the rest.

But man, good old Dungeon Master, the Eye of the Beholder series, Lands of Lore, Captive, Bloodwych, the Might and Magic series, Ishar... Now that I think about it, it must have been an important genre before "real" 3D rpg games arrived on the scene.

Looked cool, but very odd movement in that you can only turn 90 degrees and advance like on a game board. Wonder what the reasoning is behind this odd design decision? To emulate a board game?

I would think it is more likely to emulate the old dungeon crawler formula.

Dungeon crawlers have already made a comeback, haven't they? I thought even you young whippersnappers would be familiar with Legend of Grimrock if not the rest.

But man, good old Dungeon Master, the Eye of the Beholder series, Lands of Lore, Captive, Bloodwych, the Might and Magic series, Ishar... Now that I think about it, it must have been an important genre before "real" 3D rpg games arrived on the scene.

Bloodwych! Nostalgia ahoy! I played hundreds of hours of that as an early teen with my best friend at the time, two characters each. Amazing game.

Also, Hired Guns - not joking, me and three mates completed that over various sessions by playing two mice plugged into the Amiga, and one player on each side of the keyboard. What a game!

But yeah, it was Dungeon Master that made it all possible. Completed it countless times - four player party, three player party, two player party, but I don't think I managed it with just a single character.

So, yeah, played a lot of these - Fall of the Dungeon Guardians was the most recent one, but I found it just too much to keep track of. Much more tactical than something like Legend of Grimrock.

If you are into this type of games take a look to StarCrawlers, too.

I came very close to buying this on GOG to run in WINE last sale. It looks great, like Grimrock/Starcrawlers. I just picked up the (finally) released beta of Battlechasers though, so hopefully this takes a little time to release.

Yeah, I donno. It looks great, but I see no need to require grid based movement. Perhaps this could be a featured toggled on and off? I suppose that would be extremely hard to code. Maybe I shouldn't rule out the game just because of that.

Yeah, I donno. It looks great, but I see no need to require grid based movement. Perhaps this could be a featured toggled on and off? I suppose that would be extremely hard to code. Maybe I shouldn't rule out the game just because of that.

Really it's just the style of the game. In a game like that, a lot of the puzzles are going to hinge on you moving 1 square at a time. You'll be dealing with trap doors, probably pressure tiles, etc. Also even though it's not turn based, all the combat is going to be based on a move...wait...attack... sort of rhythm. It's never going to feel like, say an Elder Scrolls game, but if you go in expecting a DC you probably won't be disappointed. Keep in mind this is a genre that really appeals to gamers of a certain age though, so your mileage may vary.

Bloodwych! Nostalgia ahoy! I played hundreds of hours of that as an early teen with my best friend at the time, two characters each. Amazing game.

Also, Hired Guns - not joking, me and three mates completed that over various sessions by playing two mice plugged into the Amiga, and one player on each side of the keyboard. What a game!

But yeah, it was Dungeon Master that made it all possible. Completed it countless times - four player party, three player party, two player party, but I don't think I managed it with just a single character.

So, yeah, played a lot of these - Fall of the Dungeon Guardians was the most recent one, but I found it just too much to keep track of. Much more tactical than something like Legend of Grimrock.

Bloodwych was my first RPG ever IIRC when I was like 8-10 years old :)

If you are up to it, try Eye Of The Beholder I and II. These two are dungeon crawler perfection imo. The first one is not that long, but it has extremely good atmosphere and straight forward mechanics.


Last edited by Al3s on 25 Jan 2018 at 12:26 pm UTC

I've never played a grid based dungeon crawler. They sort of appeal to me but sort of not. I suppose the only way to find out is to try one! This one looks more interesting to me than even Grimrock... probably for the graphic effects.