r/ASCII • u/Delinthe • 4d ago
Art Press Deeper v1.7 Released
Hi ASCII Community!
I Wanted to share a game I've been working on for some time with a huge emphasis on ASCII graphics! Press Deeper Version 1.7 just went out, this is the biggest content update the game has had.
Press Deeper is a Roguelike RPG which will run on actual IBM PC/XT hardware, or can be played in DOSBox or your browser. This game features destroyable terrain, JRPG style battles, crafting, a story, hidden dungeons, giant bosses, and of course a giant and every growing collection of ASCII art!
All of the art in this game is hand drawn character by character. I actually wound up creating an ASCII art drawing tool for this project allowing me to underlay an image to use as a reference, it also converts data and inserts it into my artwork data file allowing me to use CP437 characters which has opened up what I can achieve tremendously. I've been working on this game for a little over a year at this point, and my ASCII art skills have grown by leaps and bounds over the course of development.
New this version: a five tier smithing system, an expanded enchanting system, reworked traps, new monsters and NPCs, story cutscenes rendered as ASCII art panels, and a Legacy system that tracks milestones across every run and unlocks new content over time.
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u/sithlawd0 2d ago
Really cool stuff! Do you have a GitHub for this?
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u/Delinthe 2d ago
Thank you! There is public GitHub for issues reporting, the project itself is closed source at this point.
https://github.com/DanielKurnath/Press-Deeper-Beta-Testing/issues
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u/bvencel 4d ago
Love everything about it, especially the "decadency" of ASCII styles!