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Slashing Dragon has updated his roguelike take on "Ultima Underworld" with an automap feature.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted news about Stygian Abyss, Slashing Dragon’s roguelike take on Ultima Underworld. In case you’ve forgotten, Stygian Abyss began as Slash’s submission to 7DRL back in 2015. A first-person, action-driven dungeon crawler that plays not unlike Ultima Underworld, it presents players with a challenge that should be familiar to all Ultima fans: brave the depths and…

#StygianAbyss: Version 1.3 Released

In addition to his new vodcast, Slashing Dragon has also released version 1.3 of Stygian Abyss. It is, of course, available to play online right now.

Changes in this version include:

Increase resolution of dungeon textures

Increase resolution of monsters

Ranged enemy attacks

Darken monster colors

Improve sounds

Walking sound

Regen Mana over time

As well, Slash and Jucarave are still looking for…

The Voice of Slashland #Vodcast: Slashing Dragon Talks About #StygianAbyss

Slashing Dragon has begun a new project, which he calls The Voice of Slashland. It is, in essence, a vodcast, and for the first episode he invited fellow Stygian Abyss developer Jucarave to talk about…well, here’s the summary:

Things we talk about:

Who is Jucarave (Camilo Ramirez) and how we met

Our entry for 2015 7DRL Challenge, Stygian Abyss

The backstory for the project from the Britannian…

#StygianAbyss: Version 1.2 Released; Character Creation, New Weapons, New Intro & Ending

Slashing Dragon has released…well, actually, he has released two updates for Stygian Abyss, his Ultima-inspired entry for the 7 Day Rogue-Like (7DRL) challenge. Version 1.1, which was released about ten days ago, introduced a number of changes to the game over and above what’s in the original 7DRL version:

Allow Saving and Loading games (using O)

Add compass

Add weapons on viewport

Change melee…

#StygianAbyss: Post-#7DRL Fixes

Now that he and Exodus Destiny aren’t labouring under a time crunch, Slashing Dragon brings news of some updates to Stygian Abyss:

We have released a minor fixes version over the original 7DRL release of Stygian Abyssfeaturing the following:

Full keyboard based movement and actions

Fix critical issue with dice rolls, enemies go down quicker now.

Disable weapon degradation.

Added more enemies.

Th…

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1992 was one of those years in video games, where certain titles came along that helped to redefine the medium. 1993 turned out to be even better with really big titles making their way to the home console/computer market. The Underworld series, beginning with Stygian Abyss in 1992, is one that made me fall in love with video games. I would not experience it until a few years after its release…