Astral Path (post game jam version)

NOTE: For the game jam version please go to this link.

Controls: arrows or wasd to move

[i] or [Esc] to access menu/inventory screen or to exit that screen.

Any time a number or letter appears on screen in brackets such as [1], that means that pressing that key will do something. For instance, items in the inventory and cards during battle will have numbers associated with them that you can use.

Astral Path is my entry for the 7DRL Challenge 2023. It's my first time doing a game jam and I learned a lot. This version has the benefit of a couple days of extra development, including ongoing bug fixes and balance changes. Unless any big issues are discovered, I do not plan on significantly changing the project at this point.

Game Summary:

You are a wizard specialising in one of four schools of magic: fire, wood, electricity, or water. Spells are represented as cards. Each card has its own element and a target element. You can theoretically play your whole hand every turn if you can chain your cards properly.

Defeating monsters and finding treasure increases your power. You can take a portal to a new world, but each time you do so the strength of the enemies will increase. Your goal is to beat a boss on each elemental world, unlocking the portal to the final world and boss.

Download:

There are two links. "AstralPath.zip" is the original game jam version. It is archived here since the actual game jam page contains an HTML version which prevents downloads from working.

"AstralPath1.4.zip" is the most recent version of the game.