Creepy Castle

Creepy Castle
Developer(s)	Dopterra
Publisher(s)	Nicalis
Composer(s)	Marius Schneider RushJet1 Zachariah Lazarus
Engine	GameMaker
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	WW: October 31, 2016
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Creepy Castle is a 2016 side-scrolling role-playing video game created by Alaskan developer Dopterra. It was released on October 31, 2016, for Microsoft Windows through Steam. The game received positive reviews.

Gameplay

Creepy Castle is a side-scrolling role-playing game where the player controls Moth, an anthropomorphic insect adventurer.^[1] The game is composed of a number of separate story campaigns, each of which spans multiple hours and has unique content and gameplay mechanics.

Visually, Creepy Castle resembles both NES games and earlier Atari titles.^{[citation needed]} A number of built-in filters are included, allowing the game to appear as if it is running on a Game Boy or a CRT television among others.^{[citation needed]} Mechanically, Creepy Castle sees the player navigating a large, multi-layered complex while collecting healing items and defeating enemies. Some areas of the map require special items to traverse, giving the game a key Metroidvania quality. Combat is turn-based and is accomplished through a number of different minigames that require the player to constantly adapt to new rule sets.^[2]

Development

Development of Creepy Castle was financed through a crowdfunding campaign on the website Kickstarter. The campaign was launched on September 4, 2014, with a goal of US$6,000; it ended on October 4, 2014, with US$8,485 raised by 271 people (141.42% of the original goal).^[3]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	82/100[4]

Review score

Publication	Score
Hardcore Gamer	3.5/5[2]

Creepy Castle was met with positive reception. The game received an average score of 82/100 from six reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[4] In a more lukewarm review, Jordan Helm of Hardcore Gamer wrote, "Though not quite matching the Everest-high peak of its contemporaries, Creepy Castle delivers enough charm and quirkiness to leave a satisfying impression."^[2]

References

1. "Creepy Castle Steam page (includes developer description)". steampowered.com. Steam. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
2. "Review: Creepy Castle". hardcoregamer.com. Hardcore Gamer. 2 November 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
3. "Kickstarter campaign". kickstarter.com. Kickstarter. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
4. "Creepy Castle for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 27, 2017.