Forrest of the Debt

Story

Every day they live in hope and are ready to seize any chance to climb out of the abyss. And one day, fate finally presents an opportunity.

His story begins at a stall of an incomprehensible, mysterious merchant who generously offers his help. He tells of a magical forest nearby, full of riches, rare plants, and whimsical beasts, and deep in its heart lies the most precious artifact. The shopkeeper is willing to pay off our hero's debt and provide a life of ease for the rest of his days...if he retrieves the artifact. But what if he has no sturdy armor or a faithful sword to fight to the last drop of blood?

Then our caring merchant suggests taking everything necessary for the first time, but there always comes a time when the bills must be paid...

Gameplay

This is a traditional rogue-like game. It is turn-based, and features random generation of levels, item stats, and so on. The game was created for the 7DRL Challenge 2023, which had the theme "Ignore the counter above". The concept is that instead of finding weapons and equipment on the levels, you have to go to the shopkeeper, who will lend you new weapons. The counter reflects the size of your debt. But if it exceeds a certain threshold, much more dangerous enemies will appear on the levels. We have wonderful art, dynamic soundtrack, pleasant sounds, basic roguelike gameplay, and of course, a couple of bugs - what's a game without them?

Controls:

Movement - arrows/wasd/num pad

(You can move diagonally, but you gave to press two buttons... Eh...)

Inventory - I

Pick up - g

Character screen - C
Enter shop - Enter

(If it is not working, try hit escape two times)

Enter portal - Enter

Message history - V