16-bit rogue-like

Ashen Vow

A peasant with a wooden sword. Chests, steel, and matching the right edge to each foe. Fall, keep your kit, walk the road again. End it by slaying the dragon.

Controls

Move
A / Left · D / Right
Jump
W / Up
Crouch & block
S / Z / Down (needs a shield)
Attack
J / K
Change weapon
Space
Potion
Enter / E
Pause
Esc

Match steel

  • GoblinDash stab · Block with a shield
  • OrcOverhead smash · Jump or raise a shield
  • ImpFirebolt · Raise a shield, or freeze it
  • DemonShadow step · Strike with lightning during the vanish
  • Ash DrakeBreath, claw, tail, fireballs · Crouch the breath, jump the tail, block the claw

Dual-wield two weapons for faster cuts, or a weapon and shield to block. Each road arms you for the foe ahead — sword for goblins, axe for orcs, frost for imps, storm for demons, Dragon Fang for the drake. Space cycles steel. Death returns you to the wood, but potions, armor, and arms stay in the pack. Start: Wooden Sword, Peasant Cloth.