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Cavern Kings

Cavern Kings is an infinite action platformer designed to make every playthrough unique and interesting. Cavern Kings aims to explode with special effects in classical arcade fashion and create interesting synergies with its powerup system.

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Developer
VINE
Publisher
VINE
Release
September 30, 2014
11 years and 309 days ago
Steam Reviews
Mixed220 reviews66.4%

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About the Game

THIS GAME IS INCOMPLETE AND NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT

However, it it mostly playable in it's current state!
Maybe some crashes here and there but definitely no multiplayer.

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Cavern Kings is an infinite action platformer designed to make every playthrough unique and interesting.

Inspired by action-packed games like Vlambeer's Super Crate Box and the increasing difficulty aspects in Risk of Rain, Cavern Kings aims to explode with special effects in classical arcade fashion and create interesting synergies with its powerup system.

FEATURES

  • A dozen playable characters with special abilities
  • Randomized terrain and monster generation
  • Weapons that play and feel unique
  • Completely unnecessary amount of explosions
  • Never-ending difficulty that gets harder as you progress
  • Many big, bad, boss monsters ready to crush you
  • Beautifully crisp and lively pixel art
  • A grand total of 50 powerups to help you dig deeper

UPCOMING FEATURES

  • Finalizing the remaining characters and abilities
  • New character skins and cosmetics
  • Better variety in room generation
  • A handful of new weapons
  • At least 2 more bosses to get killed by
  • Finishing up the rest of the powerups
  • Polishing the game for quality and knocking out all the bugs
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