BEROD'S DEMONIC DUNGEON

The pitch

Berod’s Demonic Dungeon is a traditional ‘Rogue’ like dungeon crawler built around a generator that produces levels with intentional pacing rather than random rooms. The player is a paladin who battles monsters and gains loot and XP through their journey down into a dungeon. Trying to invoke some old-school DnD elements as well. Artwork by VEXED.

Design goals

• Every run should feel unique. Procedural generation that reads as hand-placed and thematic.
• Simple but fun Combat. Making old ‘bump’ Rogue combat a bit more engaging.
• Gameplay Timing. Finding the sweetspot between monster balance, floor size, and run timing.

Systems

• BSP dungeon generation — recursive space partitioning for room layout and corridor routing.

Current status

In design. Systems are specced and the generator is prototyped; the vertical slice is the next milestone.

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