Grave News, Sire!

Having a hard time? 

Read on for controls and tips on how to beat those invaders!

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Controls

• [Return]: Skip the intro (for replays)
• [Space]: Dash away from or through your enemies
• [WASD]: Move left, left, right, right, up, down, up, down - you get it
• [Left Mouse]: Attack
• [Mouse Wheel]: Switch Weapon (after you've unlocked the staff)

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Upgrades

After your second run you can buy upgrades from your butler James. Here is an overview of what they do. 

• Blue: decreases received damage by one, costs 5000 gold
• Green: increases your attack speed, costs 1000 gold, max speed is 2.0x
• Red: increases your health, costs 2000 gold, can also be found in the dungeon!
• Yellow: increases damage, costs 6000 gold. You need 4 to feel the difference!

Unfortunately, the prices are currently quite unbalanced (sorry about that!)

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Tips

We know that the game is quite hard in it's current state. If you still want to give it a try, here are some tips that can help. 

1. All upgrades can be found in the dungeon but these are temporary. The only exception are red permanent upgrades which can be found in the dungeon and in the shop so it's best to spend your money otherwise.
2. Go for speed upgrades in the beginning, they give you the best bang for your buck. Don't buy more than 10 as the speed is capped at 2.0x
3. Buy defense or damage after speed, by the time you have between 1.5x and 2.0x speed you should be getting money much quicker. Don't go for both, focus on one to get stronger faster. Remember, even if the permanent upgrades don't feel like they make you stronger, you can find more during each run and they stack faster if you don't start at 0.
4. Fight sword fighters by kiting them, don't stand still or they'll get a few good hits in. 
5. Fight mages by attacking them from below. You have the longest reach with your sword hitting things above you and it's easier dodging fireballs by going left and right than by going up and down (since the hit box of your character is taller then wide).
6. Don't run around the room wildly pulling all enemies - try to defeat the ones close to the entry before going for the others.

I hope this helps! :) We'll work on the game balance for the next update.

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Grave News, Sire!

You are the lord of your castle. Only things haven't gone as well recently, as you are about to learn. James, your trusted servant and advisor will tell you everything about your current predicament.

To take back control of the castle, you need to venture down into your own randomly generated dungeon which is incidentally still under construction and drive home the partially implemented invaders. Dodge deadly damaging fireballs show your enemies who's this castles boss.

I said drive home, not fall prone! Luckily your trusted servant James has upgrades for you in store.

Good, you should fare better now - even in your rusty state!

Well done Sire!

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Resources & Apps used

- https://fontmeme.com/fonts/ease-of-use-font/

- Discord, Godot, Krita, GIMP, Reaper, Sketchbook, Git

- No AI, unless you count coffee + brain as artificially enhanced intelligence.