CastlevaniaRL is a roguelike game of survival, you are a member of the Belmont family which arrives to the Castle of Count Dracula to fulfill your fate: bring and end to his reign of blood.

As you enter the castle garden, zombies and skeletons crawl out of the soil, bloody bats descend from the dark night and wicked black panthers emerge from the shadows; using your holy Vampire Killer and the sacred weapons, you must face the perils of the castle, and prove yourself worthy of facing the count.

This is a game of combat strategy, in order to win you must get to know your enemies and their abilities. You must make good use of your weapons and take care of your health, there is only one Belmont!

CastlevaniaRL: Prelude, was an entry for the 7DRL programming initiative and is a project in continuous development

Features

• Based in Castlevania I: The combat is simple, you swing your whip, your enemy is hit. spatial tactics are the only one thing that will make you gain advantage over the many monsters that dwell in the castle.
• Every enemy has its unique fighting style, adding diversity to the gameplay.
• All the classic castlevania weapons
• Randomly generated levels, each one with an unique feeling
• Boss enemies that will provide enough challenge for the adventurer

News

July 25 2005: CRL 11b Released

• Added blood (RFE 19)
• Remade Cross and Holy water weapons (RFE 39, 63)
• Added several items (RFE 46, 47, 50)
• Added hidden treasures (RFE 48)
• Fixed 'monster at null position' bug (BR 38)

July 21 2005: CRL 11a Released

• Several jumping bugs fixed
• Whiping now has a small height tolerance
• Critical crash after passing Stage 2 fixed
• Message multiplying bug fixed
• Random name for anonimous players
• Enhaced chain and morningstar whip
• Remade Keyboard input routine

July 12 2005: CRL 11 Released

Major changes were introduced in this version, the gameplay was balanced, the appearance was improved, escentially a new game retainning the good things from the 7DRL

• Whip levels
• Jumping action
• Improved appearance
• Improved performance
• Enhaced respawning device
• Added special effects for weapons and enemy attacks
• Use '?' or F1 to access game help
• Use 'L' to examine your surroundings
• High Score table
• Resume screen after dying
• Randomly generated level
• Elevated Platform tiles
• Stair tiles
• Final Boss
• Enhaced action selector methods
• Enhaced messaging system
• Magic doors with key requirements
• Console font configuration
• And a lot more...

QuickStart:

• Use W or Ctrl to whip, SpaceBar to use your weapon, J to jump and the numerical keypad to move
• If you get lost on the screen, use 'L' to identify the icons.
• Use F1 to bring up the help screen
• Hit the candles to pickup hearts, weapons and upgrades.
• Hit the enemies to destroy them, score points and get keys.

Requirements

Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 (JRE)

Feedback

Please e-mail bug reports and RFEs to java.koder@gmail.com