A downloadable game for Windows

This is a 7DRL 2024 entry that aims to capture the tactical feel of old-school JRPG dungeon crawls. More specifically, and as the name implies, this is a love letter to the fantastic dungeons of the original Master System Phantasy Star.

Recruit a party of up to four characters, choosing from a variety of race and class options, and make your way through twenty procedurally generated first person dungeons. Explore as much as you can to find powerful equipment that will aid you in your quest to destroy Dark Falz once and for all!

Controls:

Z - Confirm

X -Back/Decline

Spacebar- Command Menu

Left and Right Arrow Keys turn your character 90 degrees

Up and Down Arrow Keys move the character forwards and backwards

(This can all be configured in the start menu)

A few things of note:

PSRL saves the game state after every action. You can exit at any time and the current state of your run should be preserved, though it is recommended you quit out of the game manually through the command menu. This also means if a bug or crash occurs, you should be able to pick up were you left off. 

If one of your party members dies, you can always head back up to town and recruit a replacement. Think carefully about your actions, the quest to destroy Dark Falz will be a long one.


This project is dedicated to Rieko Kodama

More information
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorRequinnzious
GenreRole Playing
TagsSeven Day Roguelike Challenge, Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy, First-Person, JRPG, Roguelike, Sci-fi

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PSRL_1.13.zip 40 MB
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PSRL - 7 Day Roguelike Version 40 MB

Development log

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Ganimoth101 days ago(+2)

Hello Requinnzious, Im part of a team called PortMaster. We port over games to multiple handheld linux devices running custom versions of Linux. Phantasy Star RL is a very cool game and quite challenging at the later floors and I have enjoyed it quite a bit. I would like to ask if you would allow us to distribute the data.win file. Otherwise gamers would have to download the game on itch.io and add the file manually. I look forward to hearing back from you, if you are interested in PortMaster, here is a link: https://portmaster.games/

Cheers!

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Requinnzious80 days ago(+2)

Sorry for the late reply, but yes that sounds great! I'm glad you enjoyed the game; I need to take another crack at the concept some day

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Ganimoth79 days ago

Thank you! :)

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DaedalusMachina59 days ago(+1)

Never knew about this project. Thanks for sharing it! Also appreciate you asking permission before just listing it. Wish the 'Retron' team got the hint and respected devs as much as you do :)

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DFuxaPlays181 days ago

Video of the game here:

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Narushima271 days ago (2 edits) (+1)(-1)

If you want players to use non-standard keys to play your game, at least display them on the tittle screen. It's not normal when you press Enter in a menu and nothing happens.

But during character creation, suddenly it's no longer W and X (that's another thing: millions of people do not use a QWERTY keyboard)!

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DaedalusMachina59 days ago(+1)(-1)

Ok buddy, super harsh critique of a freeware indie game tbh.

Out of every keyboard layout and country listed below, which do you fall into?

  • QWERTY – United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and other English-speaking countries.
  • AZERTY – France, Belgium, Luxembourg.
  • QWERTZ – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Croatia.
  • Dvorak – Primarily used by a small group of typists worldwide, no specific country.
  • Colemak – Used by a niche group of typists worldwide, no specific country.
  • JCUKEN – Russia, Ukraine, and other Cyrillic-based regions.
  • Hangul (Korean Layout) – South Korea, North Korea.
  • Chinese Keyboard Layouts (Pinyin, Cangjie, Zhuyin) – Mainland China (Pinyin), Taiwan (Cangjie, Zhuyin), Hong Kong (Cangjie).
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    Requinnzious57 days ago

    They're kind of right, considering at the time of release the controls weren't even on the page lol. At the end of the day it was a game they wanted to play <3

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    DaedalusMachina24 days ago(+1)

    The lack of clear controls on day one would be an oversight that should be mentioned, but again FREEWARE INDIE GAME.  Nobody is paying for it so no need to be super harsh about it.  Be polite and cordial to the devs who work tirelessly to make something awesome.  If you paid money for it then feel free to never hold back and let em have all the critique thrown in their face, HOWEVER this is a freeware game and not even f2p but ACTUAL freeware.  A rare gift in this day and age.

    "Hey dev I noticed the controls aren't listed and it is difficult for those without a QWERTY keyboard layout to play, so requesting the controls be listed and rebinding capability be put into the game thx"

    Doesn't take a lot to be polite.  People forget that online.  These kinds of hostile hateful people towards indie devs are the reason that 'gamers' get such a bad reputation.  Be better than that.

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    Requinnzious24 days ago (1 edit)

    I really do appreciate the response and I completely understand where you're coming from, but the comment was directed toward me and I was not offended by it. In fact, this is criticism I was already willing to take after some of my friends had playtested the game and were confused by the controls. This individual likely changed their binds after posting the comment and moved on, but that was still a negative gaming experience for them, and one that they helped other people avoid by commenting. If I hadn't done playtesting, this comment may have been my only clue that the controls were awkward/ inconsistent at times. 

    They may have been a little annoyed, but I didn't read the comment as hostile or hateful. I got thick skin! I don't need sugar coated criticism, OC's tone was fine.

    Thank you btw. You're clearly very passionate about the game/ indie development. Have a good one

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