Dreadwell

Something breathes at the bottom of the well...

Beneath a dying village there is a well that goes down forever. Each descent you carry your gear into the dark, grab what you can, and decide: go deeper for better loot, or climb back before the well claims you, and everything in your pack.

Dreadwell is a dark, NES-style extraction roguelite with fast platforming combat.

Features

• Only what you bring back is yours. Die, and your pack stays below with your remains. Go get it back, if you dare.
• Fast, punchy combat: combos, charged strikes, dodge-strikes, pogo and 16 weapons, from daggers to flails, greatswords, bows and crossbows.
• Pickaxe and grappling hook: dig for buried treasure and swing across the dark.
• Tree of Marks: every level is a point to spend on four oaths (Blood, Shadow, Iron, Ember), with major and dual marks.
• Procedural floors with events, secret rooms, cursed items, elite enemies with modifiers and two bosses.
• Rebuild the village: rescue prisoners (smith, witch, cartographer, priest) and fund the works: training yard, market, tavern, chapel bell.
• The Well Tide: push your luck for richer, deadlier floors. Plus daily challenge, contracts, a Journal with bestiary, and 25 achievements.
• Dark chiptune soundtrack, fully synthesized. Keyboard, mouse and gamepad. English and Portuguese.

Controls

Move	Arrows / A D	Left stick
Jump	Z / Space	A
Attack (hold to charge)	X / J / left click	X / RT
Dodge	C / K / Shift	B
Throw	V / L / right click	Y
Skill (tome)	Q / F / middle click	RB
Heal	H	LB
Hook	E / R	LT / L3
Backpack · Tree of Marks	I / Tab · T	Select · R3
Pause (save and quit)	Esc	Start

Downloads

Play in the browser, or download for Windows (unzip and run Dreadwell.exe) or Linux (run the .AppImage). Browser and desktop saves are separate. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because the game is not signed yet: click More info → Run anyway. Using the itch app avoids that and keeps the game updated.

Early version (v0.2). Feedback is very welcome in the comments!

Algo respira no fundo do poço...

Sob uma vila que morre existe um poço sem fundo. A cada descida você leva seu equipamento para o escuro, pega o que puder e decide: descer mais fundo atrás de saque melhor, ou voltar antes que o poço leve você, e tudo o que está na mochila.

Dreadwell é um roguelite de extração sombrio, no estilo NES, com combate rápido de plataforma.

• Só é seu o que você trouxer de volta. Morreu, a mochila fica lá embaixo com seus restos.
• Combate rápido: combos, golpe carregado, golpe de esquiva, pogo e 16 armas.
• Picareta e gancho: cave tesouros enterrados e atravesse o escuro.
• Árvore de Marcas com quatro juramentos: Sangue, Sombra, Ferro e Brasa.
• Andares procedurais com eventos, salas secretas, itens amaldiçoados, elites e dois chefes.
• Reerga a vila: resgate prisioneiros e pague as obras.
• Maré do Poço, desafio diário, contratos, Diário com bestiário e 25 conquistas.
• Trilha chiptune sombria. Teclado, mouse e controle. Português e inglês.

Jogue no navegador ou baixe para Windows (descompacte e abra o Dreadwell.exe) ou Linux (o .AppImage). Versão inicial (v0.2): comentários são muito bem-vindos!