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Dark Blue Dungeon

Dark Blue Dungeon is a dungeon crawler inspired by tabletop role-playing games and choose-your-own-adventure books.

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October 25, 2024
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About the Game

Dark Blue Dungeon is a dungeon crawler inspired by tabletop role-playing games and choose-your-own-adventure books.

Dive into the world of Dark Blue Dungeon, a single-player game that requires no internet connection. You can access a free demo version and a full version, which includes the continuation of the Dark Blue Dungeon story, an arena with 5 challenging battles, and the Red Night Dungeon DLC.

This game was passionately developed by an independent developer and is inspired by board role-playing games. If you enjoy the experience, do not hesitate to leave a rating and a comment, and to share your adventure on social media. Thank you for playing and have a great game!

INTRO

Dark Blue Dungeon is a text-based turn-based combat RPG. A dangerous quest is waiting for you, in which only your choices will allow you to open up a path to the final battle. Many ordeals will punctuate your road : combats, riddles, mini-games. Your main asset will be your thinking.

Inspired by tabletop role-playing games, many screenplay choices will be presented to you. Your nerves will be strained by several enemies from medieval fantasy (goblins, orcs, cyclops, dragons), with their strengths and weaknesses, including powerful bosses.

In order to defeat your enemies, you will be able to optimise your equipments, spells and attacks. Concerning battles, spells and attacks are linked to a roll of dice of up to 16.

PLOT

The fragile peace between two rival kingdoms is disturb further to the discovery of legendaries amulets.

The fate of the smallest of kingdoms seems doomed but the course of the conflict is disrupted when its king uses the amulets' mysterious power. The smallest kingdom is victorious and its king has established himself as world master.

Nevertheless, the kingdom's apparent stability collapses when the king is betrayed and so defeated.

Where are the amulets ? Who stole them ? The most audacious adventurers throw themselves in a quest with an uncertain outcome : an unrewarding death or the power to impose its reign thanks to the amulets' power.

An enigmatic man gives you a mission : defeat the dragon who just evicted him from his dungeon. Will you dare enter the Dark Blue Dungeon and face its hazards and mysteries ? Will you succeed in defeating the dreadful magic devourer dragon ? And what does the safe, fiercely kept by the winged monster, contain ?

Beware ! never open that safe, the dungeon master has warned you !

RED NIGHT DUNGEON

Red Night Dungeon is a completely free additional content for the video game Dark Blue Dungeon.

In Red Night Dungeon, you will embark on a new adventure in an alternate universe, where you will be teleported by a magician who masters the magic of the multiverse.

This DLC allows you to choose new heroes, already at level 10, with their elemental affinities pre-set. You will also discover new equipment, spells, battles, and gameplay inspired by Rogue-Likes.

You will explore a brand-new dungeon, an alternative version of the Dark Blue Dungeon, filled with new challenges to overcome. Get ready to experience something new that will test your skills and strategy in this rich, mysterious alternate world.