Dungeon Plunder - Old-school Isometric Dungeon Crawling RPG

oooooomonkey · Mar 5, 2013

undeadcow said: ↑

Dungeon Plunder is out now in New Zealand - https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/id588551503?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Here's a thread in the current games forum: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=2709524
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Sweet not long to wait now then. Roll on midnight in the uk

steviebwoy · Mar 5, 2013

undeadcow - can I just ask how the slot machine mechanic works? It looks a little odd to me.. :\

undeadcow · Mar 5, 2013

steviebwoy said: ↑

undeadcow - can I just ask how the slot machine mechanic works? It looks a little odd to me.. :\
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I posted this response in the release thread, http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=180694:

Regarding slot machine combat mechanic, it actually works very well. The short story is that slot combat in Dungeon Plunder is compelling and fun.

Long version: Like many of you I was initially repelled by the thought of slot based combat. However, it is very well implementing lending a sense of strategy and tactics to the roguelike genre. Traditionally you would bump into an enemy and see what the outcome was, or maybe push/swipe an attack button and the damage would just appear (which is anticlimatic and passive if you think about it). Here, you bump into an enemy and the game pulls out the slot system. Tap a button to spin, hold matching items (at least a pair but up to 5 of the same item, multiple pairs allowed), then respin to randomly replace undesired tiles for final outcome. This is handled in a turn based fashion that feels a bit like jrpg combat to me. There are a good assortment of slot tiles making combat feel strategic because matches come up frequently but with only 5 slots and x possibilities you sometimes want to gamble for a more desirable outcome (i.e. focus on attack tiles and pass on defense or visa versa). Some tiles are general for all classes (hearts for health, shields for armor, coins for gold) and others are specific to your class (see below). Depending on your class some tiles will be worthless because they are associated with other characters (i.e. rogues can not attack with matching axes) so you need to avoid filler. There is also a bonus with the more tiles you match and additional gold for matching 5x of some. Some tiles have double symbols lending to diversity (a shield with a heart on it matchs both single shields and single hearts). The controls are responsive and allow for quick scanning and tapping. After each set of spins (initial, select desirable tiles, respin to finalize) the enemy attack outcome appears.

Class specifics: For rogue poison bottles stun or damage enemies if poison rank is high enough and daggers attack. For warrior single or double axe both attack but match separately. For mage (pictured in screenshot) wand matches attack and blue potions build mana for skills. Each character class has different special abilities for influencing the slots (i.e. rogue "blade fury" replaces all unusable symbols with a dagger, poison, or shield usable to rogue).
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