Dungeons & Such

Category

Description of App

Lurk through the dungeon, raise your level, find treasures, recruit monsters, forge your equipment, build your house, hire other players, and defeat the boss...
Simple and nostalgic dungeon RPG for iOS.
- Features -
- Super indie, 99.9% made by one guy since the first iPhone was launched ;)
- No in-app purchase
- Good old simple choose-your-adventure style dungeon RPG
- Create your own unique character by customizing your strength, stamina, intelligence, and agility
- Multiplayer feature: Hire other players asynchronously to form a party to enter the dungeon
- Collect monsters to fight with you
- Build your own house
- Forge your weapons and armors to make it stronger
- Supports Game Center leaderboards and achievements
- Auto-save on each floor you go down, making it easy to play on the go
- Save on free iCloud for backup data so you never lose your progress
- Optimized user experience for one-handed use touch interface
- Awesome reviews on replay-value
- 100% support from the actual creator
- Supports VoiceOver

Version

7.2.1

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

14.7.1

Accessibility Comments

The developer has shown a lot of willingness and commitment to making this game accessible. The most recent updates have all contained fixes for VoiceOver users, and he has expressed a desire to know of any outstanding accessibility issues. He has taken a game that used to be clunky and difficult to play, and turned it into one of the coolest and most accessible dungeon crawlers on the app store.
At this time, the only major issue involves NPC dialog. When a piece of dialog pops up, it is necessary to double tap twice to move on to the next piece. This is not a showstopper, but it may be useful to be aware of ahead of time.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads most page elements.

Button Labeling

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.

Other Comments

This is a great game. If you're looking for a dungeon crawler, one with lots of monsters, loot, level ups, and fun sounds, give this one a try. There is a lite version, but it is supported by ads that may be difficult to close for a VoiceOver user. Due to the developer's level of commitment to accessibility, I would strongly recommend purchasing the full version if at all possible.

Developer's Twitter Username

@gomfucius

Recommendations

10 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Ana Jacob 5 months 3 weeks ago

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Comments

By ftealucard on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hello all
I will purchase this eventually but wanted to try out the lite version first and it appears to work great. Just a few little things that I have noticed.
Saving works fine under settings and a tutorial message states game will save once you go down a floor. I made it to say the third floor, go back to town and when tapping on go to dungeon, I am returned to floor 1 and have to make it all the way to floor 3 again. Is that normal? Is there a different return button that I am missing?
Also, I received an achievement, submitted it to game center under settings, got experience, leveled up but couldn't spend my skill points. When leveling up after winning a fight, I can spend them just fine.
Finally, how do you swipe to attack in battles? Each monster has a slider that appears to do nothing, double tapping attacks it. I have direct touch selected under rotor settings but it does not show up on the rotor when a monster is highlighted.
Thanks for any assistance and loving the game so far!

I'm not the original poser but I can answer a couple of these. As far as I know, the going back to the first level of the dungeon once you go to town is deliberate. If you play for a bit longer, eventually you'll get a way to teleport further down, but otherwise you have to start from the top.

The way the swipe thing for monsters thing works is actually really simple. Say you've got three monsters attackin you. Go to the first monster say, goo 1. Then it'll say goo 2. If you double tap then you attack both monsters. Or if you swipe down again it says goo 3 and you attack all three. Let me know if that made sense.

By vue on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hello was just wondering if the dev is still in work with the game ? And found a couple of bugs. I cant seem to hit the two headed dragon but i can use skill on it i'll always die from the two headed dragon cause i will run out of mp since i cant attack it regularly. And i cant seem to pass the lost forest when it isays theres a hole and btw i get stuck there and cant use the home stone another bug is when i'm in the dungeion and out of battle when i use heal it works but i also cant seem to exit out o of the icon to proceed. Anyone has these bugs?

By Yvonnezed on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

I'm with you on the game. I lost half a day to it when I downloaded it on Monday, šŸ˜. Only an iOS 15 upgrade temporarily snapped me out of it.

By Zoe Victoria on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Either I'm just dumb, or the analyze skill isn't accessible with voiceover. I used it, but the enemy HP doesn't seem to show up anywhere.

By Christel john on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

The game is great but the analyze skill donā€™t work with vo

By Greg Wocher on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hello,
How does one actually buy items in the shop? I went to bbuy a bamboo spear but I could not find out how to buy it. I double tapped on the spear but nothing seemed to happen. My gold did not go down and I could not find any kind of buy button when flicking around the screen.

Greg Wocher

By Christel john on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Has anyone contacted the developer yet?
I canā€™t fight the Two-Headed Dragon with normal attacks.
And for buying there Is a buy button next to the item.

By vue on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hello crystal jhon ok so i figure out how to hit the two headed dragon. To hit it you need to go to it's name and swipe one finger to the left then one finger double click on it to hit it. Oh and btw what lvl is everyone and have you guys gotten the excalibur sword ?? Oh and btw to buy a item or etc there should be a buy button just click on it and you should be able to buy it. Hmm it probably depends on the phone and update of ios that you may have. Idk but i'm just saying

By Tony316 on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

I was just wondering when are you able to use the fishing gear and how do you work it?

By vue on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hi i don't know much myself but to do it when your in the dungeon go into your inventory and use it. Once you use it go to battle and it should work but the one thing is idk if you have to guard or keeping attacking the monsters. The description or what they told us about the fishingpole is that we will have a small chance to catch the monster. Till now i have not gotten a catch yet. But if you figure it out then please tell us as well lol. Thanks

By vue on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

So i came upon this if you decided to buy the last three spells. You won't be able to buy the other rest of the spells. Thats only if you bought all the rest of the spells and not the last three spells. Because the npc will not let you learn any more if you did bought the last three spells like blizzard etc idk about the skills so yea lol buy all the lower skills/spells first

By vue on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hi me again was just thinking it would be cool if the dev can let us enchant our gear with stats/status effect or elemental protection. And does anyone know if the dev is still working on this game ? And anyone have any tips/tricks ?

By Yvonnezed on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

I have actually gotten the fishing gear to work and actually caught a couple of monsters. I'm still playing around with working out what to do with them once you catch them. you're meant to feed them, but the only place I've seen meat is occasionally in chests. I think once you catch you they're meant to help you in fights, but again I haven't been playing long.

By Christel john on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Monsters can help you in fights.
I catch them by using the Confuse spell then guarding.
Now iā€™m trying to catch a dragon.
Happy hunting

By Skhye on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

Once you use your fishing gear, fishing happens automatically while you fight in the dungeon. You can tell when you are no longer fishing because the fishing icon disappears from the screen. It's not that it's inaccessible, it's just completely random. Every now and then a monster will become interested in your fishing pole and bite it. Sometimes you catch one.

By Skhye on Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 18:11

In reply to by Christel john

I have contacted the developer but I haven't heard back yet. This game is definitely being worked on, as the last few updates have addressed voiceover fixes. The latest came out last week. I'm not sure if the developer is looking at this thread, so feel free to post over on audiogames.net. I know he checks out that thread.

By Christel john on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hay guys,
What monsters do you have?
Iā€™m using a dragon, a Goblin Sorcerer, and an Orc General.

By Yvonnezed on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

So far, only a dragon. First because I'm finding meat incredibly rare and hard to find, and second because any minion helping use shares your experience points so it takes forever to level up.

By vue on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hmm need the dev to fix the Cathedral some reason i cant seem to buy the other spells. And the npc says i have learned all the spells but i have only learn heal/shield and blizzard thunder storm fire storm or whatever it's called. Oh and btw i only have a dragon as well and how do i know if i have a rare or epic minion ? Oh and btw what dungeon level are you guys ? And the rnd for chest get's harder i think been brinding a hole lot. Monsters get's stronger and strong... they should at least increase the xp for the harder the monster lol

By Christel john on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Iā€™m dungeon level 8

By Christel john on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

I caught a raider and itā€™s name is Sasuke
It will be better if we can name our monsters

I know the feeling! I have an orc whose name is Ork! Gets a little confusing sometimes! I also have three different minions named Sam, but that's a whole different level of confusion.

By anouk85 on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

HEllo, I bought this game yesterday and really like it. The dialogue is a bit irritating to get through at points if you want to enter/leave the store and it would be nice if you could equip/unequip while in store but in general its really good.
One thing i find confusing though? improving/forging items.
Apparently to improve an item i need another item?
But which item gets destroyed and which of the two hgets improved? This is not entirely clear to me.
Also on my iphone se 2020 the game freezes a bit if I encounter stairs in the dungeon before I can either wander or take the stairs.
Greetings, Anouk,

Basically it's in two parts. Select what you want to improve by tapping the edit button next to it. Then everything gets listed again as well as orbs but this time it says forge next to it. Tap forge and the item disappears and the item you're editing gets better.

By Guinea pigs anā€¦ on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

How do we find meat? Thank you

By vue on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

To get meat it's random drop from chest and kinda hard to come by. Wish the dev can put it in the item shop so we can buy it instead. And if anyone came into contact with the dev was wondering if you guys can tell him/her if they can fix the Cathedral.

By Christel john on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

You can buy meat by going to Port.
Then go to Shore.
The guy who gives you the fishing gear will Sell meat

By Skhye on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

If you find yourself unable to buy something in the barracks or cathedral, be sure you have enough stats to equip it. Even if you have enough gold, if you don't have enough strength, stamina, intelligence or agility, you can't buy the skill.

By vue on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Hi well it just that i bought the last three spells from the master and haven't bought the other spells. But for some reason when i go back to the square and go back to the Cathedral the mage master says he have tought me everything but i haven't So yea lol i can't seem to learn the other spells such as confuse etc and my int is like 100 something

By vue on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Has anyone gone past the deep hole once your there ? Or is it bug. I can't seem to pass that spot when i get there. Any clue ?

By Christel john on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Its bug for me

By Skhye on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

There is a button that voiceover can't see. It's right above your XP level, a little off center toward the right. Turn voiceover off and tap around a couple times near the bottom of the screen. You'll end up back in the dungeon. I contacted the developer asking him to fix this, but haven't heard back yet.

By Zoe Victoria on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

In reply to by Christel john

I have a pet goo, his name is Gooey. He's not that great in battle, but it took me forever to catch him and he's cute so I'ma level him up and make him the most powerful goo in existence!

By Guinea pigs anā€¦ on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Iā€™ve been to the woods and the person said to build a house you need a thin scale.

Donā€™t seem to be able to find any lizards anymore does anyone else know where?

By DMNagel on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

What's the difference between the light version and the paid version? I'm a little reluctant to buy this.

By KE7ZUM on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

I'm loving the game except I always have to start from floor 1. why can't I pick up where I left off? I got to floor 4 but after I defeated the monsters the game never moved on. also, I don't get the swiping thing yet. Can someone explain that to me again?

At level 10 you will get a stone that will teleport you to that level then you will get one at every 10th level after that.

By KE7ZUM on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

so every ti8me I teleport up I have to start over? I'm at level 6. Bleh. I almost died at floor 4. this is sucky. Is there no way to teleport to floor 4 after I go to town?

By Skhye on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

I started out playing the light version and switched to the paid version almost immediately. The light version has ads that are difficult to close for someone who uses voiceover. Also, there is some endgame material that is only available in the paid version. If you're enjoying this game at all, I would strongly recommend buying the paid version if possible. Not only do you get the full experience of the game, you will be supporting a developer who is making a good effort to improve voiceover accessibility.

This is actually a common feature in dungeon crawl games like this one. It's a feature not a bug. When you get to floor 10, you will find a stone that will allow you to teleport back down to floor 10. When you get to floor 20, you will find a different stone that will then allow you to teleport back down to floor 20. Etc. etc.

By KE7ZUM on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

so I basically even when I die need to start over at least for now? also I don't get the swipe to kill multiple enemies, and I died when 7 of them came at me at once. Yipe. I also lost half of my gold whjich I already knew woudl happen.

By Use Small Words on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

i've just downloaded this game and I've recently found out that whenever I return to town with the home stone or die the game doesn't save and I re-enter the dungeon on floor one. Is anyone else coming across this? I'm on an iPhone SE 2020 running iOS 14.7.1

By Yvonnezed on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

Ok, let me try to explain the multiple enemies thing again.

Suppose you come across three goos. As you swipe right you hear goo 1, goo 2, goo 3. Every enemy says "adjustable". If you swipe up on goo 1, it will say goo 2. At that point, if You double tap, you attack both, and it stays that way until you change it. Swipe up again and it says goo 3, and then you're attacking all three.

To reverse it, swipe down. This works from any monster. Down adds a monster to your left, up adds a monster to your right. Keep in mind, though, that with each monster you add, each one will take less damage with each attack, so it's not always worth it.

As for going back to level one every time, in this game, the actual dungeon level isn't really all that important. In fact, in the early part of the game, being killed is a cheap way to be healed. The things to work on are your weapons and armour and experience. Trust me, if going to the same floors of the dungeon over and over bores you, this might not be your game, ā˜ŗļø.

By Use Small Words on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

I think that the autosave feature is faulty. According to the game every time you go down some stairs the game is supposed to save. This isn't happening when I play. I will contact the developer.

By Skhye on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 18:11

The game does in fact autosave. You keep your XP, weapons, armor, and gold. What does not autosave is the dungeon floor. This is a feature, not a bug.