The Case of the Dungeon Descent

About This Game

👑 Investigate the princess's fate

The princess has disappeared in the dungeon!

Scry on magical events to deduce what spells were cast when, piece together the stories of multiple adventurers, and uncover the princess’s fate.

💜 Inspired by games like

Type Help

,

The Return of the Obra Dinn

, and

Her Story

.

⏳ Playtime to discover the whole story is 1-2 hours.

🔎 How to play

Explore what happened in the dungeon by scrying on targets and discovering new scenes.

When you see new

heroes

,

dungeon floors

, or the names of

spells

or magical items, click them to collect scry targets.

Chose one or more targets

and click

Scry

to search for a scene.

To unlock the details of a scene, you must find the combination of targets that identify

exactly one scene

.

Click the

Record Fates

button to enter what happened to each hero.

Your entries are saved as you go. Click the check button on the right to verify each entry.

Your progress will be automatically saved to browser storage.

✨Reviews

"The format is

truly

excellent--one of the best formats for an investigation game that I've seen. It definitely captured the "wikiwalking" feel of really feeling like a jackpot when you unlock a new keyword that leads to a bunch of new material."

- Gwen C. Katz, Nightwell Games

"I had a lot of fun with Dungeon Descent. It’s really cute and charming and tells a cool story."

- Robin Wright, The Roottrees Are Dead

📜 Credits

The initial version of the game was made for

Ludum Dare 57

for the theme "Depths". This is an updated version.

Celia

: design, writing, code

Rose

: art, code

Music by Audionautix.com