#mistrogue

Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons game has you exploring on Steam Deck and Linux via Proton with Windows PC and Mac. Polyscape Inc. deserves appreciation for their innovative ideas and hard work. Available now on Steam Early Access. Coming in with 84% Positive reviews. Polyscape Inc. from Tokyo, Japan, has released Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons. A game where you take on the role of a treasure hunter named Mist. Due to explore magical dungeons that change all the time. You have to use different skills and items to survive against monsters and traps. In Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons, everything can change really quickly. So you have to be ready for anything. The dungeons will change right before your eyes, meaning, you have to adapt to survive. One minute, you might see a platform with treasure on it, and the next minute, it could have monsters on it instead. There might be bridges that collapse when you walk on them. Also, floors that move in different directions, and terrain that lets you go up and down. As a result, Linux players can take on various playstyles with full controller support, and "Steam Deck compatibility." Although not listed as Verified, the Unity 3D game developer does offer support via Proton. Including a mention in their press release via email. Each time you enter the dungeon, your character's level resets. So you have to start from scratch every time. If you get defeated in the dungeon, you lose some of the items and money you collect in that run. Linux players should be mindful.

Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons Launch Trailer

Roguelike action game MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on April 24, developer Polyscape announced. A demo is currently available.

The Early Access release includes all the core features necessary to play and content important in realizing the game concept, such as systems and features to explore dungeons, trade items using money, create skill builds, and battle against intellectual enemies.

The full release will add more content such as new equipment, skills, and systems such as the a trap system, dungeon map system, and an equipment reinforcement system.

Early Access is expected to last for about six months, but this may change depending on player feedback and the amount of content Polyscape decides to include in the final game.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

MISTROGUE: Mist and the Living Dungeons is a new type of strategic roguelike action game characterized by its “living dungeons” whose structure changes in real time.

In the “living dungeons,” rooms and passages are dynamically generated in front of your eyes. It may also set a trap like leading you to the “Monster House” filled with dangerous monsters. You fight through the living dungeons using vital equipment and skills, and the “Maze Stone” which enables you to change the dungeon’s structure.

Story

500 years ago, a kingdom was about to be destroyed by a calamity. Mages in the kingdom attempted to seal it in the maze and cast a forbidden spell on the maze to transform its shape in order not to unleash the calamity. The kingdom managed to survive the calamity but the forbidden spell gives life and awareness to the maze. Later, the influence of the magic reached the kingdom itself which left it ruined and changed it into the living dungeon.500 years later, a young treasure hunter Mist, living in the Lootgar, has decided to battle to uncover the mystery of the kingdom.

Key Features

Ever-Changing Living Dungeons – In MISTROGUE‘s “Living Dungeons,” rooms and passages in the dungeons are being generated in front of your eyes. Since the situation in the jail dynamically changes, you need to make decisions quickly on whether to go deeper or escape and to take the risk of traps for acquiring rare loot. You have to confront the living dungeons making full use of tactics and scheme.

Modify the Dungeons to Your Advantage – Combat isn’t the only way to battle against the living dungeons. You can restructure the dungeons using “Maze Stone,” which allows you to create new passages and rooms in the dungeon. While fighting against monsters, you need to think about how you modify the structure of the dungeons to your advantage.

Create Strong Skill Builds – All equipment such as weapons, shields, and bracelets have unique active and passive skills. Equipping different weapons and shields gives you the endless combination of skills—it might even give you the chance of “cheating the system.” Some combos will enable you to deal insane one-shot damage, while another combo might allow you to use a successive burst of rapid damage against surrounding monsters. Trading with Lupo (a Wandering Trader) is also an important factor you cannot miss to complete your skill builds.

High Replay Value – Your level and other stats are reset when you get out of the dungeons. Still, you can bring back money and items (weapons, shields, bracelets, medicine, spellbooks, reinforcement materials, etc.) obtained from enemies and bosses along the way. You can replay the game over time; strengthening your character with strong items, challenging even more difficult dungeons and acquiring even more powerful loot.

Combat Where Strategy and Action Coexist – In combat in MISTROGUE, you need to use different skills like attacking, dodging, having defense buffs, and healing according to enemies’ behavior. You need to combine these skills with different recast time and MP consumption. Since time slows down while opening item inventory, you can take time to judge whether or not to use a special item, and how you change equipment according to the situation.

Item Drops with Thousands of Combinations – MISTROGUE leaves room for rare item drops, even to ordinary monsters in the dungeon. You won’t be bored hunting the monsters just for EXPs, and there’s always a chance you might get legendary weapons by slaying the weakest monster.

Watch a new trailer below.

Early Access Launch Trailer