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DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike

Grab your balls and set sail on your 'pirate' minecart into the depths of the mines. Fight enemies in a unique blend of Pinball & Pachinko, with turn-based combat whilst collecting game altering balls, relics, & runes that ensure no two runs are alike.

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Sam Stubbings
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Sam Stubbings
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About the Game

A Pinball/Pachinko/Bubble Shooter mashup where you play as "Arf", a so-called pirate dwarf who must adventure alone into the depths of the mines to slay the evil that lurks below. Unlike the other dwarves, he prefers to battle with an array of unique balls he blasts out of his cannon - from a safe distance within his "pirate ship".

Firstly, you must launch your ball into the mine-shaft, hitting pegs and bumpers alike to power up your ball. Striking at ores will generate 'frenzy', further increasing your potential damage. Use your flippers to keep the ball in play and look out for unique objects on the board, such as extra cannons or even a wyvern head?

Once you've powered up your ball, unleash it onto the battlefield and wreak havoc. Balls have unique traits that can help in a fight - such as exploding, electrification in an area, and can even summon a trusty dwarf to fight by your side!

Fight your way through 4 levels and craft your perfect loudout. Explore the combinations of relics, balls, and runes and take advantage of synergies to dominate your foes.

Progress through challenges to repair your once magnificent stronghold, unlocking new balls, runes, and relics to power your future runs. Also, unlock powers such as freezing the balls in the shop for later purchase!

Feature List:

  • Ball board effects: These can effect the gameplay in the mining phase. Such as multiball, scattershot, and feather.

  • Ball battle effects: These can effect the gameplay in the battle phase. Such as totems, shields, and area damagers.

  • Relics: These can effect gameplay at any time. Such as granting buffs to balls, protecting you from harm, or even spawning a parrot?

  • Runes: Alter your balls further by enchanting your balls with extra effects. Discover game-breaking combos that obliterate anything that stands in your way!

  • Explore the map in 3D: All traversal takes place in a realised world, meet fellow dwarves during random events and maybe even befriend an elf! (If you really want to...)

  • Built to be emergent: All aspects of the game interacts with each other meaning that anything can happen with the correct combination of balls/relics/events/enemies/etc...

  • Unlock more combinations as you play: Completing challenges to help rebuild your stronghold unlocks new game altering bounty to use on your adventure!

Additional Tags: Dwarven Pinball, dwarff, dwaarf, dwarrrf, pinball roguelike, pirate pinball, pinball roguelite

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