official Crypt of the Necrodancer

[Chasethebase Reporter]

 

Developer: Brace Yourself Games

Publisher: Brace Yourself Games, Klei Entertainment

Release Date: 30 Jul, 2014 (Currently Early Access)

Genre: Rhythm-Roguelike

 

Description

 

 

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Can you survive this deadly dungeon of dance, slay the NecroDancer, and recapture your still beating heart? Or will you be a slave to the rhythm for all eternity? 

 

• Move on the beat to navigate ever changing dungeons while battling dancing skeletons, zombies, dragons, and more! 
• Groove to the game's epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection! 
• Play with keyboard, controller, or even a USB dance pad!

 

Story

 

 

Cadence is the daughter of Melody and Dorian, her uncle is Eli on her father's side, and her grandmother is Aria on her mother's side.

 

From the intro cutscene and Early Access release trailer: We know that Cadence is looking for her father Dorian, who is trapped in the Crypt of the NecroDancer. Even though Eli is against her mission, Cadence heads for the Crypt of the NecroDancer. She begins digging when suddenly the ground splits opens beneath her. Cadence falls a great distance and lands on a rock, a drop that should have been lethal. While Cadence was passed out, the NecroDancer enters and curses her heart to forever beat to the music.

 

Cadence awakens and ventures deeper into the crypt, determined to save her father and lift the curse from herself.

 

Gameplay

 

 

Navigating through the Dungeon

You navigate through the Dungeon by clicking movement keys/buttons/pads in accordance with the music's rhythm. One action can be performed per beat.

The beat is visualised by the bars moving towards the heart in the middle of the screen. The heart will beat once the bars meet in the middle. Actions can be performed on the up-beat or the down-beat; the bars will readjust to your specification.

 

Fighting

As with moving, you can only attack a monster with the music's beat. Every monster killed without missing a single beat adds to the "Groove Chain" and acts as multiplier to any gold dropped by the enemy while the chain is active. However, your groove chain has other effect with certain weapons, too. Adapting to monsters following different patterns while keeping your groove chain active is the key to staying victorious throughout the game!

 

Rhythm

The gameplay revolves around rhythm, with the most obvious part that you can only act in accordance with the beat of the music. The same applies to all monsters you encounter.

However, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The behaviour of all enemies is dictated by rhythm and patterns can only be fully understood with rhythm in mind.

A typical example is enemies that may only attack every second beat (indicated by their animation).

Beware! It is a lot of fun to discover these patterns for yourself.

 

Controls

To control the hero on their dangerous journey, you need no more than 4 keys.

You can rebind these commands to keys on your keyboard, but for simplicity we will call them "down, right, left, up" from here on in.

Quickly executing several combinations while staying in the beat can prove challenging.

 

Moving, digging and attacking: down, right, left, up

To use your bombs: left + down

To use your first item: left + up

To use your second item: left + right

To use your first spell: right + up

To use your second spell: right + down

Reload/Switch Weapon: up + down

 

Each of the cardinal directions can be bound to up to two keys at once. This can be especially helpful when playing with a controller, as you can use both thumbs to activate items and spells more easily by using the D-pad for one set and the face buttons for the second. For example, if using an Xbox controller, you'd use either Down + X or Left + A to activate bombs. This takes a little work to adjust to, but experiment and see if it works for you.

 

Links

 

 

Official Website: http://necrodancer.com/

Wiki: http://crypt-of-the-necrodancer.wikia.com/wiki/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer_Wiki

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptOfTheNecroDancer?_rdr

Twitter: https://twitter.com/necrodancergame

Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/necrodancer/

 

Videos

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8TlAtLu2Y

 

[Chasethebase Reporter]

For those that haven't been convinced, the soundtrack is by the same person who did the Super Meat Boy soundtrack. It's stunning.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0u6FFlrmUA&index=3&list=PLhFC8pd7oZvxexNzqt8xtzItaTyMBqTCj

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IqjIXfXYDQ&list=PLhFC8pd7oZvxexNzqt8xtzItaTyMBqTCj&index=6

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkO3-RozUs

[compl3x]

Actually looks pretty cool.

[spy beef]

my hand hurts after playing this for 10 mins

[Chasethebase Reporter]

The game's full release is on April 23rd!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HiQUw5Np8o