CastlevaniaRL 2: Part 1: The Lady of Berkeley

A traditional, top-down, turn-based roguelike, with fixed overworld and procedurally generated dungeons. It's a retelling of the classic Castlevania 2 for the NES, in a format heavily inspired by ADoM.

Roam the countryside traveling between the towns, finding clues to destroy Dracula, and the mansions, where the relics of Dracula are found.

Originally made for 7DRL 2024. This web playable version is a minor patched version, fixing some gameplay bugs. as described here and here

Backstory

1698: It has been seven years since Dracula was vanquished, vampire hunter Simon Belmont, is set on a journey to undo a curse placed on him by Dracula at the end of their previous encounter.

Simon visits his family's resting grounds. Critically injured from his last encounter with Dracula, he suddenly feels someone's presence, and turns to see a young woman standing within the mist. She tells him that a curse was placed upon him by Dracula during their last battle, and that he does not have long to live.  The curse can be undone if he resurrects Dracula himself.

Dracula's body was split into five different parts after his defeat seven years ago, and Simon must recover these and bring them to the ruins of Dracula's castle. There, he must seal Dracula and defeat him. 

Credits

• Illustrations: Sirena, Vitor Ximenez
• Sound Effects: WoodsyTee, QuietGecko
• Music: QuietGecko, Jorge Fuentes
• Produced by: Slashie

7DRL Challenge Manifest

This game was built on top of the SpelunkyRL codebase, from where it acquired the core 80x25 characters display support, and generic actions and scene loading.

An updated version, 0.0.2, was released on March 20, 2024, addressing some gameplay bugs as described here

An updated version, 0.0.3, was released later the same day, on March 20, 2024, addressing some gameplay bugs as described here