Creepy Castle

Creepy Castle is a 2016 side-scrolling role-playing video game created by Alaskan developer Dopterra. It was released on October 31, 2016 for Microsoft Windows through Steam. The game received positive reviews.[1]

Creepy Castle
Steam cover art
Developer(s)Dopterra
Publisher(s)Nicalis
Composer(s)
  • Marius Schneider
  • RushJet1
  • Zachariah Lazarus
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • WW: October 31, 2016
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Creepy Castle is a side-scrolling role-playing game where the player controls Moth, an anthropomorphic insect adventurer.[2] The game is composed of a number of separate story campaigns, each of which spans multiple hours and has unique content and gameplay mechanics.

Visually, Creepy Castle resembles both NES games and earlier Atari titles. A number of built-in filters are included, allowing the game to appear as if it is running on a Game Boy or a CRT television among others. Mechanically, Creepy Castle sees the player navigating a large, multi-layered complex while collecting healing items and defeating enemies. Some areas of the map require special items to traverse, giving the game a key Metroidvania quality. Combat is turn-based and is accomplished through a number of different minigames that require the player to constantly adapt to new rule sets.[3]

Development

Development of Creepy Castle was financed through a crowdfunding campaign on the website Kickstarter. The campaign was launched on September 4, 2014 with a goal of US$6,000; it ended on October 4, 2014, with US$8,485 raised by 271 people (141.42% of the original goal).[4]

Critical reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review score
PublicationScore
Hardcore Gamer[3]

Creepy Castle was met with positive reception. The album received an average score of 82/100 from 6 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1] In a more lukewarm review, Jordan Helm of Hardcore Gamer wrote, "Though not quite matching the Everest-high peak of its contemporaries, Creepy Castle delivers enough charm and quirkiness to leave a satisfying impression."[3]

gollark: Why don't you catch xenowyrms? Nobody says no to xenowyrms!
gollark: Aeons are, well, less rare than golds.
gollark: As they say, "Those who want CB Golds are unfit to have them".
gollark: Or just 5 CB Golds. 50000 would be better though.
gollark: YNEOS!

References
  1. "Metacritic entry". metacritic.com. Metacritic. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. "Creepy Castle Steam page (includes developer description)". steampowered.com. Steam. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. "Review: Creepy Castle". hardcoregamer.com. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. "Kickstarter campaign". kickstarter.com. Kickstarter. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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