Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mines-of-moria/id6448195864 Mines of Moria Rufe.org LLC You are tasked with slaying the Balrog deep within the Mines of Moria. A translation of Robert Alan Koeneke's (1957-2022… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsYou are tasked with slaying the Balrog deep within the Mines of Moria. A translation of Robert Alan Koeneke's (1957-2022) Moria into a touchscreen first experience. Six classes and up to eight races create a unique play experience in your battle with randomized dungeon depths. Start your game in town with rags or riches based on a custom character backstory. Warrior class is recommended for players who are new to the game. Koeneke paints a world of entropy where even artifacts of incredible power may fall apart. Learn the conditions of survival and die at the hands of merciless foes. This game wasn't made to be won, for the Balrog is a foe beyond any of you. Progress you character with experience, D&D style attribute gains (strength, intelligence, wisdom, constitution, and charisma). Gain spells, armors, weapons, wands, staves, potions, scrolls, legendary artifacts, and mining tools. Your character is persistently saved on each level transition. Large dungeon levels are randomly generated and do not persist. You may return to town to renew your character and barter for goods. The town is randomly generated during character creation, and shopkeepers feature unique personalities and bias. # Features of awesomeness * Landscape and Portrait orientation (optional rotation lock) * Character saveslot per class with resume-to-midpoint for seamless task switching * Backup characters to external storage for future restoration or access via PC data cable # Excellence in offline turn-based mobile gaming * on-demand rendering for best-in-class battery life (portable) * finger down executes game actions (responsive) * input may be reverted (accidents happen) * small download; small patches (size matters) * no network access, no ads, no in-game purchases (focus) * smart run for fast dungeon exploration with halt-on-threat (subjective pacing) # Input & Controls Documentation https://rufe.org/moria/game_input.html # Feedback * You have agency in this world. Let us know how we can improve your experience. Email: [email protected] Information Seller:Rufe.org LLC Genre:Role Playing, Strategy Release:Apr 26, 2023 Updated:Mar 20, 2024 Version:2.0000.0304 Size:2.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,758 549 113 England #2 psj3809, Apr 27, 2023 Not available in the UK. What a pain AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 529 127 43 Male Developer #3 AltsKev, Apr 27, 2023 same not in france sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 561 182 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #4 sebgo, Apr 28, 2023 Best screenshot I've seen in a while. ( ♡o♡) Will keep an eye on this one. gmattergames Well-Known Member Mar 1, 2013 606 38 28 #5 gmattergames, Apr 28, 2023 Gave it a shot, interface scaling issues; at least on my iPhone 11. GUI frames overlap obscuring some of the touch controls, unable to complete character creation. May try on iPad later. Roxton Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 30, 2015 148 67 28 #6 Roxton, May 3, 2023 I can’t decode what “finger2” means. Has anyone figured out how to drop items? Roxton Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 30, 2015 148 67 28 #7 Roxton, May 3, 2023 Ah, tap left while holding a second finger anywhere on the screen. This silently registers the delete command, after which you press the green button to confirm. ShinHadoukin Well-Known Member Feb 20, 2015 951 134 43 #8 ShinHadoukin, May 10, 2023 Can this be played in portrait orientation? Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 243 219 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #9 Rocco SE, Mar 7, 2024 Recently playing a lot of Mines of Moria. And I‘m totally in love with this game. Currently not only my favorite mobile roguelike, but even favorite mobile RPG. Seriously giving me everything I want from such game. Love the minimalist yet distinct art. Controls are well thought through (although I needed a while to find out how to drop items). So much game in such a tiny package. To answer some questions: Yes, it plays in portrait as well as in landscape. And to drop items, move highlight over item in inventory. Press and hold center of d-pad (opens item‘s detailed description) and touch red button. This way you drop something. naghihimutuc and sebgo like this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 561 182 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #10 sebgo, Mar 7, 2024 There's actually a link to how basic controls work in the description. Had this for too long in my wishlist, I'm gonna get it now. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Edit: My hair is curly, though. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 529 127 43 Male Developer #11 AltsKev, Mar 7, 2024 Very strange game, where you can see what you equip ? Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 243 219 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #12 Rocco SE, Mar 8, 2024 Press red for item view, then press right on the d-pad to see all equipped items. AltsKev and sebgo like this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 561 182 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #13 sebgo, Mar 8, 2024 So far, the one thing I don't understand from the UI is the square next to the character stats box with the galaxy-ish icon. When I tap it, the icon turns into a lock and if I tap it again it turns back to what's shown in the screenshot. I thought the lock was for opening locked doors, but I managed to unlock some without tapping the box I mentioned earlier. The guide doesn't mention what it does. Also, I've never played D&D, so there's plenty of stuff I won't get, but so far I'm kinda having fun (at least exploring and fighting creatures is something I've managed to achieve). I learned rations heal starvation, at first I thought they recovered HP. Resting recovers HP (but it doesn't work all the time, so I must be missing something, like a requirement of some sort; maybe eating a ration?) AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 529 127 43 Male Developer #14 AltsKev, Mar 8, 2024 The lock icon is for lock portrait mode sebgo likes this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 561 182 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #15 sebgo, Mar 8, 2024 Yeah, just gave it a tap and it locks rotation in whatever mode I leave it after enabling the lock icon. Playing it in landscape mode hadn't even crossed my mind, though; I found portrait mode super comfy. Thanks for replying. ᵗʰᵃᶰᵏᵧₒᵤ ⌣̈ raravan and AltsKev like this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 529 127 43 Male Developer #16 AltsKev, Mar 9, 2024 i want love the game but, i'm 300 feet and i don't understand what i'm doing :/ sebgo likes this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 561 182 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #17 sebgo, Mar 9, 2024 My guess is we just kill things, especially beggars and drunken bastards, and go deeper everytime, probably in as fewer turns as possible until something happens and tells us "hey, you've won the game!". For a buck, I'd say I won't mind if I eventually don't go back to it. I SUPER loved the overall appearance of the game and even though all classes use the same sprite, I like it! It's so simple, it doesn't even have sound, or at least it doesn't sound at all on my phone, which is probably normal due to it being the smallest game install size I've had so far (previously, it was Enviro-Bear at 5.2 MB). I can't believe this takes a ~1.3 MB download; that'd fit in a floppy disk, I think! Oh, yeah, just kill things (ESPECIALLY drunken bastards), level up, make money, go downstairs, let us know how further you make it, stop playing it when you feel like you had enough, go back to it when you have an itch (related to the game, of course), and don't forget to report here on the forums! My psychiatrist didn't like it, even though he's a D&D fan. He said it's too simple and cheap. I actually liked it better than what little I played from Baldur's Gate because it's totally the opposite; sometimes you find joy in the simplest of things, I guess, or maybe part of me is simply justifying my latest purchase. ･‿･ Whatever the case, I'm satisfied. I'll play it some more, I know it. AltsKev likes this. Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 243 219 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #18 Rocco SE, Mar 9, 2024 The same you do in pretty much every other RPG or dungeon crawler. Kill enemies, level up, collect loot, become more powerful, defeat the final villain (in this case: Balrog) It‘s basically the essence of an RPG, with no fluff around those classic gameplay mechanics. AltsKev likes this. AltsKev Well-Known Member Nov 12, 2016 529 127 43 Male Developer #19 AltsKev, Mar 9, 2024 ok but i would like to see the dmg i give, an inspect monster button this is very simple rpg, in comparaison i play a lot Pathos who is mush more deeper... sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 561 182 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #20 sebgo, Mar 10, 2024 I'm not completely sure about this, but this guide might be helpful. It's a guide for the 1983 computer videogame which is, as far as I can tell, pretty similar or even the same as what we're venturing into. As the app description goes, it's "a translation of this game into a touchscreen first experience". AltsKev likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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Gave it a shot, interface scaling issues; at least on my iPhone 11. GUI frames overlap obscuring some of the touch controls, unable to complete character creation. May try on iPad later.
Ah, tap left while holding a second finger anywhere on the screen. This silently registers the delete command, after which you press the green button to confirm.
Recently playing a lot of Mines of Moria. And I‘m totally in love with this game. Currently not only my favorite mobile roguelike, but even favorite mobile RPG. Seriously giving me everything I want from such game. Love the minimalist yet distinct art. Controls are well thought through (although I needed a while to find out how to drop items). So much game in such a tiny package. To answer some questions: Yes, it plays in portrait as well as in landscape. And to drop items, move highlight over item in inventory. Press and hold center of d-pad (opens item‘s detailed description) and touch red button. This way you drop something.
There's actually a link to how basic controls work in the description. Had this for too long in my wishlist, I'm gonna get it now. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Edit: My hair is curly, though.
So far, the one thing I don't understand from the UI is the square next to the character stats box with the galaxy-ish icon. When I tap it, the icon turns into a lock and if I tap it again it turns back to what's shown in the screenshot. I thought the lock was for opening locked doors, but I managed to unlock some without tapping the box I mentioned earlier. The guide doesn't mention what it does. Also, I've never played D&D, so there's plenty of stuff I won't get, but so far I'm kinda having fun (at least exploring and fighting creatures is something I've managed to achieve). I learned rations heal starvation, at first I thought they recovered HP. Resting recovers HP (but it doesn't work all the time, so I must be missing something, like a requirement of some sort; maybe eating a ration?)
Yeah, just gave it a tap and it locks rotation in whatever mode I leave it after enabling the lock icon. Playing it in landscape mode hadn't even crossed my mind, though; I found portrait mode super comfy. Thanks for replying. ᵗʰᵃᶰᵏᵧₒᵤ ⌣̈
My guess is we just kill things, especially beggars and drunken bastards, and go deeper everytime, probably in as fewer turns as possible until something happens and tells us "hey, you've won the game!". For a buck, I'd say I won't mind if I eventually don't go back to it. I SUPER loved the overall appearance of the game and even though all classes use the same sprite, I like it! It's so simple, it doesn't even have sound, or at least it doesn't sound at all on my phone, which is probably normal due to it being the smallest game install size I've had so far (previously, it was Enviro-Bear at 5.2 MB). I can't believe this takes a ~1.3 MB download; that'd fit in a floppy disk, I think! Oh, yeah, just kill things (ESPECIALLY drunken bastards), level up, make money, go downstairs, let us know how further you make it, stop playing it when you feel like you had enough, go back to it when you have an itch (related to the game, of course), and don't forget to report here on the forums! My psychiatrist didn't like it, even though he's a D&D fan. He said it's too simple and cheap. I actually liked it better than what little I played from Baldur's Gate because it's totally the opposite; sometimes you find joy in the simplest of things, I guess, or maybe part of me is simply justifying my latest purchase. ･‿･ Whatever the case, I'm satisfied. I'll play it some more, I know it.
The same you do in pretty much every other RPG or dungeon crawler. Kill enemies, level up, collect loot, become more powerful, defeat the final villain (in this case: Balrog) It‘s basically the essence of an RPG, with no fluff around those classic gameplay mechanics.
ok but i would like to see the dmg i give, an inspect monster button this is very simple rpg, in comparaison i play a lot Pathos who is mush more deeper...
I'm not completely sure about this, but this guide might be helpful. It's a guide for the 1983 computer videogame which is, as far as I can tell, pretty similar or even the same as what we're venturing into. As the app description goes, it's "a translation of this game into a touchscreen first experience".
