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AbleGamers Web Game of the Week: Dungeon Developer

Written by Steve Spohn

Published on 12 December 2010

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There are a number of new and interesting games to choose from every week but it's not often you get to choose a game that you develop mostly yourself. In this week's AbleGamers Web game of the week you are not only adventurers seeking to slay a dragon, but also a developer of the dungeon itself.

Dungeon developer puts you in charge of designing the layout of the dungeon. Unfortunately, your goal is to save the adventurers, not kill them. But every game has its flaws.

As you go along, you will add different types of monsters, traps, and reward all in an effort to persuade your adventurers to go the right way through your dungeon. It would definitely be more exciting if the adventurers would be killed by your dungeon but instead you're supposed to save them. Also, the graphics are some of the worst I've ever seen. In other words, the only reason this game is even in this column is because of the uniqueness of designing your own dungeon instead of just getting through it.

dungeon_developer_splash The game accessibility is relatively straightforward. You can only use the mouse but there are keyboard shortcuts. Fonts used can be read but I wouldn't exactly call them easy to read or good looking. The graphics are absolutely dismal. There are no audio cues of any importance and to be honest the music is pretty bad.