Objective:

Explore the dungeon, solve riddles, collect keys, uncover clues, and defeat enemies to reach the teleport stone and advance to the next level. Survive with your mental health intact and outsmart every encounter! Most Answers start with an “A”.

 Controls:

  • W – Move Forward
  • S – Move Backward
  • A / D – Rotate Left / Right
  • Mouse – Click UI buttons to interact with riddles or menus

Keys & Doors:

  • Colored keys are scattered in the dungeon.
  • Collect keys to unlock matching colored doors (e.g., red key opens red door).
  • Keys appear in your inventory UI, and the count updates automatically.

 Enemy Encounters:

  • Walking into an enemy triggers a riddle challenge.
  • Answer correctly to defeat the enemy and earn stat points.
  • Answer wrong and lose mental health.
  • Bosses may have multiple riddles!

Clues & Books:

  • Chests and scrolls may reward you with clues.
  • Clues are stored in your Clue Book, which you can view anytime.
  • Use the "C" key to open and close your Clue Book

Riddle Types: Mostly about chickens

  • Multiple Choice: Pick the right answer from options. Higher wisdom reduces the number of wrong options.
  • Hangman Style: Guess letters to reveal the answer. Intelligence reveals letters automatically.
  • Text Input: Type the full answer manually.

Your Wisdom and Intelligence stats influence the difficulty and hints provided!

 Items & Stat Boosts:

  • Collect special items from chests or drops to gain bonus stats like Wisdom or Intelligence.

 Mental Health:

  • Acts as your life bar. If it reaches 0, it's game over!
  • Regenerates slowly over time, faster with higher Wisdom.

Teleport Stones:

  • Once all enemies are defeated, a teleport stone appears nearby.
  • Use it to advance to the next level!

 Stats Explained

 Intelligence

Boosts your maximum Mental Health and unlocks the Hangman Riddle Mode.

  • Each point gives +5 Mental HP.
  • When your Intelligence is high enough, you'll be able to type the answer instead of picking from multiple choices!

 Wisdom

Increases your Mental Health regeneration rate and unlocks the Multiple Choice Riddle Mode.

  • The higher your Wisdom, the faster your mental health passively regenerates.
  • When your Wisdom reaches a certain level, you'll be given fewer wrong options, making riddles easier.

 Mental Health

Your life force.

  • If it drops to 0, it's game over.
  • Heal with Wisdom, items, or stat boosts.
  • Watch out — wrong riddle answers deal mental damage!

Credits

Created By: Todd Long

Assets By: Unity Free

ReversedInt, ARCEY, Black Hammer, VIS Games, Haon, and Dante's anvil

Sound & Music By: FreeSound & Pixabay

Music - geoffharvey

Sounds - Sergenious, ssierra1202, MAbdurrahman, Whiprealgood, jomse

Published 10 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorToddLong
GenrePuzzle
Made withUnity
TagsDungeon Crawler, Global Game Jam, mind-bending, riddles

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