99 Levels To Hell - Dungeon, Crawler, shoter with rougelike elements. (WIP)

The game is now on Steam Greenlight please us get on steam.


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Get the game here
http://underground.indiecity.com/game/99-Levels-To-Hell
http://www.desura.com/games/99-levels-to-hell

Free Demo here http://www.indiedb.com/games/99-levels-to-hell/downloads

Press site:
http://b-evil.dk/99LevelsToHell/

Beta Trailer:

What is 99 Levels To Hell
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill.

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99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play.
When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.

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Hidden in the darkness of the dungeons are shops, casinos and elevators.

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And if you search the dungeons carefully, you might find secret rooms that unlock more of the story, and free new adventurers, you can play as in your next game.

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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/99-Levels-To-Hell/401896823158152
GO DIG!
You can follow development of the game here http://99levelstohell.blogspot.com

Let me know what you think.

Cheers
Bo

 

Seems like an... interesting concept. Dare I ask what inspired you?

 

I like the in game graphics. I can see the character is vector based but are the environments done in photoshop?

 

@SevenBits a lot of games inspired this, I want to try and make game that changes every time you play. To be more specific "the binding of isaac" and "Diablo 2" are propperly the biggist influences, all though I would like the 2 player to feel like a hellish version of "bobble, bubble".

@SterlingDee thanks! nothing in the game is vector based, everything is drawn i photoshop and put together with Sprite Manager 2

 

Wow this looks really cool! I like the style.

 

Good job bome!

Pros:
- I like the visuals in general.
- Randomly generated levels? Hell yeah!!
- I like the music.
- I like the blood efffects!
- I like a lot of particles!
- I like the level editor.
- I like the fact that you want to make it a coop game!

Cons:
- I don't like the main character... doesn't seem to fit in the world. He's not your typical dungeon/castle explorer. He lacks personality and is unattractive to me. Poor him. Sorry.
- I don't like the shooting animation.
- I don't like the walking animation.
- I would like a web player version so we don't have to download every version you will release.
- I played the game on my laptop and it wasn't smooth. 8-15 fps on a dual core 2.0ghz with 2 gigs of ram and a dedicated videocard that runs Team Fortress 2 just fine.
- Would like to be able to play fullscreen! Will help with the framerate.
- Game menus don't look like the ones on the screenshots above.

Bugs:
- When you click "Enter the Dungeon", you don't play right away and there's no "Loading" message so you think the game froze.
- There was a treasure chest stuck inside rocks that I couldn't shoot. (maybe I can destroy rocks with bombs?)
- Didn't know what collecting gold was used for (probably used to buy stuff in a shop)

Overall, good job!!!
Keep up the good work!

MQ

 

hi guys

Thanks for the feedback, as a real "pro" I linked to the wrong build it's fixed now.
The right build is about 40 mb. please refresh download page till you get the right one.
Sorry hope you'll give it another try.

@MoonQuake I'll get back to you lot of great stuff in your post

Cheers
Bo

 

I like the main character personally!

but since it seems like you are ok with constructive criticism - I don't like the name of the game. The style of the graphics and look of the main character are mass appeal and could even appeal to younger or female players, but the name of the game is a little vicious and tonally different to the look of the game imo. From reading the game name and looking at the game logo, I would expect adult/violent gameplay, but looking at the gameplay graphics and character design I would expect "suitable for all ages" gameplay. Haven't played it, so not sure which one it is. Hope this makes sense!

 

Play the game, Dee.
You'll see it's the other way around.

Can't wait for an update.

MQ

 

@SterlinDee all critic is welcome.
The game is really bloody and you are going 99 levels down towards HELL! So I think the title fits the game.

@MoonQuake Update will be up next week I hope.

 

Very impressive graphics. I like how you've made a visual editor for making new levels, if it's as easy as it seem there's no reason not to make it 999 level to hell ;-)

Hate the music though (first video), but I nearly always do.

Looks great - Held og lykke!

 

@Tobias J. haha, well maybe you'll like the final music. And thanks!

 

bome, still didn't answer some of the concerns of my long post above... could you take a moment to answer. I'm sure a lot of people wonder about the same things as me.

- I played the game on my laptop and it wasn't smooth. 8-15 fps on a dual core 2.0ghz with 2 gigs of ram and a dedicated videocard that runs Team Fortress 2 just fine. Is there a way you could optimize the game or add graphics quality options?

- Fullscreen option?

- When you click "Enter the Dungeon", you don't play right away and there's no "Loading" message so you think the game froze.

- There was a treasure chest stuck inside rocks that I couldn't shoot. (maybe I can destroy rocks with bombs?)

- Didn't know what collecting gold was used for (probably used to buy stuff in a shop)

Thanks,

MQ

 

I'm sorry I've been really busy with the next build, some of the issues should be fix now.

I've added fullscreen option.
Sadly I can't build a webplayer, with the current light setting.
The main character doesn't change, I might add some more animations but I would like to keep it simple so it's easy to do more characters.
Yeah you need bombs to blow up rocks.
I added a tutorial.
And yes now there is a shop

You can download the newest version right here http://99levelstohell.blogspot.com/p/download.html

Cheers
Bo

 

Version 0.0.3 is up!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TYCJnjSnl4

Change-log Pre-Alpha 0.0.3:

Enemies:
Fixed "gets stuck"
New animations
New timed shooting and animations
New Sounds

New Lighting (optimized):

Level Spawn:
You wouldn't get the same level in the
first 10.
Added two more levels
Added more special chests and shops (higher chance of getting new weapons and protectors.)

First Pet/Protector:
RedOrb, protects you and kills enemies on
hit

Art:
More art for the first Dungeon "The Castle"
Fixed resolution, Barrels, Boxes, Weapons.
Added shadow, Ladder, Pillars.

Weapons:
BlueStaff got bouncing bullet

First Boss fight:
Knight On Wheels!!

Build:
Window mode and more resolutions.

Go download!!
DOWNLOAD

 

We have a Mac version ready!!

So now there is no excuse not give the game a try.

Download:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/99-levels-to-hell/downloads/99-levels-to-hell-pre-alpha-003-mac

Go kill some monsters and watch the blood flow!

In game:
4 enemies
5 weapons
1 pet
1 environment
1 boss
gold
bombs
portals
shop

 

Alpha preview

 

Wow, Game looks like it can get intense, will try when i get home.

 

Great, let me know what you think. The new features in the video will be out next week I hope

 

We hit the alpha mark!!
Join the alpha funding and get all versions from now til release, 50% off!

The Alpha features:

• 1 Pet
• 2 Boss Fights
• 2 Dungeons
• 20 Levels
• 5 Enemies
• 9 Weapons
• Gold
• Bombs
• Shop
• Portals

Controls:
Move - A D
Shot - mouse left button
Bomb - mouse right
Jump - W
Emter door - S

The Alpha is live on http://underground.indiecity.com/game/99-Levels-To-Hell
And will soon be on Desura Alpha funding as well (http://www.desura.com/games/99-levels-to-hell)

Press site:
http://b-evil.dk/99LevelsToHell/

Alpha Trailer:

 

Looking awesome!!!
Still a few things that could be improved but overall a nice complete package.
Would've been fun as hell to work on that project!

Keep it up!!!

MQ

 

Thanks I will

 

New build will be up next week.
Here is a sneak peak

 

Alpha 0.2.0 Released!!

And awesome new box art from Didde Gärtner

Changelog ALPHA 0.2.0:
General gameplay tweaks
All BossFights tweaked
Reset Game (in options)
Tutorial Level Changed

Bugfixes:
redbat crash
better lighting (easier to see)
Boxcollision pushing player through walls
Spawn two weapons

Added features:
Damage Text on hit
PickUp Text
Vsync support
Bubble bombs

Special Items:
FlashLight
FireOrb (shooter)

New dungeon "Jail"

New Enemies:
Spider type 1, 2, 3 and 4
New Boss:
SpiderSpitter

Sounds:
New Key sound
New Dungeon track
New Mix of GreenUnderground track
New Gun Sounds

5 New levels

 

I know the levels are randomly generated, but is the background as well? and what size of textures are you using?

 

Not randomly generated, but randomly selected. The background changes every 10th level as you change dungeon. Texture atlases vairy from 1024 to 2048. Each square is 128 by 128?

 

Hi every one.
I made new video showing what's new in 0.3.0.

This update has been all about making the game more fun. So some new rules have been added. First, we now have a Heart-cap, this means that you can only carry 5 hearts at the time, until you level up your Heart-cap. You can now level up your weapons to level 3, and add boosts such as Range, Damage and Bullet size.

There is a time limit on the levels, that will start hell-mode if you take too long. I rewritten the jumping so it's easier to control, and some enemies will now charge you. Most of the graphic bits have been redrawn and lightened to make it easier to see where you are going.

Have fun!!


Changelog ALPHA 0.3.0:

Bugfixes:

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  [li]Curser aim improved
  No more than one pet
  More control when jumping straight
  Added features:
  Shake on hit and explosions
  Heart container. 5/5
  One UP extra heart for heart-container
  Volume slider
  New Character animations
  Rewamped Weapons and power-up system
  New tutorial
  Shotgun re-made
  New GUI
  BossFight SHAKE DOWN ladders
  Earth gold blocks!
  Graphic retouch of all dungeons
  TimeLimit on Levels
  New Shooting animations
  Pickup Weapons On ”S”
  New gold nugget
  Some enemies Charge you!
  New box explosion
  15 new levels (40 levels total)[/li]
  [li][/li]

Special Items:

• 
  [li]RangeUp
  DamageUp
  BulletSizeUp
  WeaponLevelUp
  Bluestaff 1-2-3
  BubbleGun 1-2-3
  Cannon 1-2-3
  CrossBow 1-2-3
  IceStaff 1-2-3
  MachineGun 1-2-3
  RedStaff 1-2-3
  ShotGun 1-2-3
  Sniper 1-2-3[/li]
  [li][/li]

Sounds:

• 
  [li]New Death sounds.
  New Themes
  Theme OVERTIME[/li]
  [li][/li]

 

Build 0.4.0 Released – Last Alpha Build before BETA

Build 0.4.0 has been released, lots of great stuff in the update.

This will be the last Alpha, which mean that at next release the price of the game will go up.

This also means that I have had to scale down the game, to be able finish with in reasonable time.
It always hurts to cut out stuff, but I think it was necessary. The game was changed at a lot and the focus has shifted.

This means that two player is gone. It's really sad, but it would change some of the basics that make the single player so much fun.

I now want to make the best single player experience I can make, not to say that two player will never happen.

Changelog ALPHA 0.4.0:

Bugfixes:
Bossfight – S*** just got REAL!!
New controls
You can now jump from ladder
PickUp and enter doors on E
Jump on Space

Added features:
Traps:
triggered trap
spike trap

Casino:
Slut Machine Gold, Heart, Bomb

Special Items:
Black-hole
Protectors
Magic Skull
Orbs
Green
Ice
Purple
Symbols
Heart
Pentagram
Satanic
Eye
Ghost

Sounds:
trap sounds
death sounds
Bat
Box
Skull
Machine
New BossFight Track!!

 

The game is now on steam greenlight

 

Beta Log and Steam Greenlight news

Things are moving fast, the Beta 1.0.0 will be released very soon.

When the Beta is released the discount will drop 50% off to 25% off, so hurry up and get the game cheap.

I just learned that I'll be able to give out Steam keys to everyone who bought the the game via Desura or the Groupees Bundle, still running for 6 days. So please go to Steam Greenlight and upvote the game.

The official Greenlight status:
“100% of the way to making the top 100” 17,064 visits 778 Favorits."



I've also updated the demo to a Beta Demo(Mac and Windows), so go try it before you buy it!

A big thing in the Beta is the added story-line. I've been so lucky to get a lot of help from Graham Cookson Chris Powell from the Bitloaders podcast. They are writing an awesome story-line for the game and my good mate Simon Poole is doing a great job with the voice-over.

So thanks a ton Graham, Chris and Simon, this really adds a lot to the overall feeling of the game

This time we are adding quite a few new tunes to the game as well, Dalle has been hard at work creating some really awesome new tracks and sounds.

Spider Boss Theme, Casino Inferno, Secret Room is just a few of the new ones, listen to the full soundtrack here.

If you are updating from a previous version, I recommend going to options and reset the game before starting your adventure, just to make sure you don't get any PlayerPref bugs.

Last you should check out the About section I just changed it to something new and more fitting for the game.

Small teaser for the Beta!

Changelog BETA 1.0.0:

Bugfixes:
General fixes and polish.
GUI Key, key appears in the GUI when you've found it

Slot Machines got sound, and higher chance of getting a WIN

Fixed jumping bug!

Healthbars on all boss'

Lighter dungeons.
Added features:
Overtime Ghost

Traps
Saw trap
Bomb trap

New Dungeons
Into The Machine


Wet Caves



Bossfight Robot
Bossfight Giant Worm

Unlock Playable Characters
Major

10 new levels 50 in total!
Sounds:
Death sounds
Robot
Worm

Music
SpiderTheme
Casino
SecretroomTheme

Storyline for the first 3 dungeons + prolog

I know I didn't get controller support in the first Beta but I promise it's the first thing I do for the next update

 

We have an official release date, 26th of February the final game will be out on GOG.com, Desura.com and IndieCity.com.

Release Trailer

99 LEVELS TO HELL?!
Yes - well, actually there's 100 levels to descend in this game. No, you won't survive. By now you should have got around to playing Spelunky and have surely got a taste for challenging indie roguelikes with a focus on platforming. 99 Levels To Hell is cut from the same cloth as Spelunky but comes coated in a metal soundtrack and more guns, blood, and top hat tomfoolery than anything else before it (probably).
Of course, this being a roguelike means that permanent death is in place. You CAN save the game and return to it at a later point, but if you die then you'll have to restart and the levels will be randomized once again. However, you can unlock dungeons by defeating one of the ferocious bosses that you'll encounter every 10 levels. Say, for instance, you get to level 10 and defeat that boss, you'll then unlock the dungeon to level 11 so you can continue on from there. Simples.*
UNLOCKABLES AND UPGRADES
Dwelling on the 10 level structure, 99 Levels To Hell has 10 different environments for you to struggle through, and these are divided by (yes, you guessed it!) tiers of 10 levels. As you progress through the game you'll happen across shops where you can buy upgrades and new weapons - some of them even fire lasers - and if you're lucky you may even find portals that will help you out a little. The game contains over 25 monsters to discover and battle, as well as over 50 power ups and weapons to get your grubby mitts on. More unusual findings include casinos, elevators and secret rooms. The latter of which will unlock more of the game's story and some may even hide new characters you can then play as once you've freed them.