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Grindventure is a unique Rogue-like RPG/Arcade that puts the player in an amusing world of chaos. Collect lost diamonds that have been dispersed from an unknown source. Enhance your skills by collecting all the items available at the hidden shops, and seek to gain the highest score.

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This update (v0.8) has all sorts of additives. I got a lot of feedback that previous versions were too hard to play and very difficult to enjoy. People were dying around level 4 and this was problematic.

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To combat difficulty, I decided to add the ability to gain health from monsters. When you destroy a monster, a heart will drop at a rate of 20% I had tested it at 33% but this was far too easy and the game lost it's 'survival' feel real quick. Below is a picture of the heart drop:

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Here's another shot of the heart:

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And a close-up:

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In addition, I also tweeked the HUD a bit to indicate the true values of the player stats:


Change Log (v0.8):

  • Added a "Mute Music" option for video recording.
  • Tweaked the main theme song a bit.
  • Added a 20% chance to get a heart from killing an enemy.
  • You can now save inside of shops.
  • Resized the dropped heart.
  • Added a falling animation to hearts.
  • Added a counter inside the Jewel Bag.
  • Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you buy items at rare occasions.
  • Added a pop sound when an enemy drops a heart.
  • The pop sound is also played when you pick up a heart.
  • Made trees spawn less dense.
  • Added xp number indicator.

Known bugs:

  • Sometimes the map spawns a black empty spot where the shop was.
  • Mac users cannot hear the song.

Thanks for checking this game out, I hope you enjoy it.

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Sharkz
Sharkz - - 131 comments

Keep it up, I really enjoyed the last version but probably won't try this one as I felt the last one was pretty easy as it's hard to get hit in the current system. Interested in seeing what this becomes.

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gazornonplat
gazornonplat - - 388 comments

Very nice. Particularly great sprite design.

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Daxo92
Daxo92 - - 2 comments

Hey, I wanted to ask you something: I can't update the 0.7 version with the 0.8 version. And when I unzip file v0.8 no file shows up, can you please help me? Hope to hear from you soon, thaks (:

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