[Crypt of the Necrodancer] - rhythm based dungeon roguelike

Magic Pink

This is too crazy awesome not to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CENF14Iloxw

http://necrodancer.com/





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MhmdADb2tQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikSjbCRrPA

Hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Play with your own MP3s.
Dance with DDR pad, keyboard, or game pad.

Yep, you play a roguelike but have to do all your moves to the beat of whatever music you decide to play. How is this not the greatest idea ever.

Seidkona

I. . . Damn it

Sul

-_-

Who exactly do I make checks payable to?

Ah_Pook

this is awesome. i will buy it and play it.

Magic Pink

I'm so all over this once it's out. I NEED to play this with Ace of Base going. I would laugh my ass off.

Jurg

This is beautiful.

cj iwakura

You have my attention.

MrVyngaard

I can't wait to see someone try doing this to thrash metal.

Cantido

MrVyngaard wrote: »

I can't wait to see someone try doing this to thrash metal.

I see your thrash and I raise you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQHqeHDz5mw

Magic Pink

New trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CENF14Iloxw

And the game is up for pre-purchase at the website!

Syngyne

You are the Stabbing Queen
Young and sweet
Level seventeen

cooljammer00

How was this not Greenlit today?

Magic Pink

cooljammer00 wrote: »

How was this not Greenlit today?

I think because A: it's not done enough and B: I think it was already Greenlit. The pre-purchase promises a Steam key.

Syngyne

I wonder if groove will make stabbing easier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo

Gandalf_the_Crazed

You have my (violin) bow.

Nocren

And you'll have my axe

Sokpuppet

Yep.
Day 1.

Magic Pink

woo first let's play!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ6jJBoCfO4

Wyvern

This game is everything I never knew I wanted.

I'm kind of surprised how tame the penalty for dropping a beat is, though. Do you really only lose your score multiplier? That makes doing nothing less punishing than acting and taking a hit, which seems backwards. I pictured the enemies moving every beat whether you act or not.

Magic Pink

Well, score multiplier gets you more gold which gets you more stuff. From the looks of the rest of the Let's Play the game is hard enough as it is even if you ignore the beat mechanic.

Wyvern

Crypt of the Necrodancer is now available on Steam as Early Access! I haven't had time to play yet, but soon!

Taramoor

And wishlisted.

Cobell

Good lord, must resist buying and playing this immediately at work.

Magic Pink

Here's a great speedrun. Spoilers: he finishes the game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO_Vb-c7Co0

Drascin

It's finally almost out? It'd been so long without news I had almost forgotten about it.

heenato

Drascin wrote: »

It's finally almost out? It'd been so long without news I had almost forgotten about it.

It's out right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/247080/http://

Well, early access....that wasn't there earlier.

Magic Pink

I wonder when they'll have the add-your-own-music option working.

Wyvern

I think it's already implemented. Well, I haven't tried it, but there's an interface for it.

EDIT: Oh, I guess I was wrong before. Enemies DO continue to act on their own if you sit around doing nothing. There's just an odd half-beat offset before they start.

Rius

Out now! Streaming!

Neurotika

I broke out my old dance pad from the PS2 era for this.

It totally works!

Rius

I may not have a dance pad, but I have a numpad!

Spawnbroker

This game is ridiculously fun. I'm surprised there isn't more buzz about it, I've really enjoyed my time with it so far. I've almost got level 3 beaten, and then I get to try to consistently beat hardcore mode. I still don't have any extra characters unlocked.

acidlacedpenguin

I started playing it one moment then stopped the next yet somehow 3 hours had transpired. I'm a slave to the rhythm.

Magic Pink

Spawnbroker wrote: »

This game is ridiculously fun. I'm surprised there isn't more buzz about it, I've really enjoyed my time with it so far. I've almost got level 3 beaten, and then I get to try to consistently beat hardcore mode. I still don't have any extra characters unlocked.

I think most people are chatting about it in the Steam thread.

Spawnbroker

I think we should get a list of awesome custom music to play the game with. The developer said he originally wasn't planning on making a rhythm game, he just wanted a really fair roguelike. Then one day he had Thriller on while he was testing the game and realized how fun it was to try to match the character actions to the beat of the song.

Magic Pink

Spawnbroker wrote: »

I think we should get a list of awesome custom music to play the game with.

IT'S RAINING MEN

acidlacedpenguin

I think a good place to start would be any other rhythm-based game's soundtrack. Pa Rappa, Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents, DJMAX. Also anything with nonstandard timings can give you an added challenge. I noticed one of the Boss1's was a Rumba which was super fun to get in the groove with.

Arden Canelo

I now own this.
It is amazing.
People should talk about it more.

Zek

I don't usually like to buy early access games but this is pretty amazing. Reminds me a lot of Spelunky but I like that there's some persistent progression in there as well.

Teriferin

So apparently there's local coop in this game, too. Makes sense, with the rhythm enforcing when you must move. I'll have to try it out when I have some friends around.

Albino Bunny

Played a chunk of this tonight. Really good fun. Honestly my number one feature request would be a 'random' option for custom soundtrack selections. I just want a bunch of variety.