Dardo: Caves of Dartial
A downloadable game for Windows
Dardo Caves of Dartial is an logic-adventure game I started to make very long ago, inspired by old games from Atari 65XE such as Robbo, Boulder Dash.
Long ago, some powerful sorcerer hide his treasures from raiders in mysterious caves of Dartial. Many tried to get them, but no one was able because on caves persist powerful spell which disables entering lower caves without earlier gaining all magic gems. Dardo decided to visit them, and see what he can find.
To finish a cave you must collect all gems and enter "doors". During your adventure you will encounter many objects with different abilities. Dardo have a magical pickaxe that work different depending on object or can warn you if invisible traps or other danger is near.
MAIN FEATURES:
- Inspired by old retro games such as Robbo and Boulder Dash from Atari 65 XE, but with many own unique elements;
- Rogue like play style - you have only few lives, can get more during adventure but there is no saving, so when you will have no more lives, game is over and you need to play from beginning;
- Old retro graphics and sounds - simple not complex like it was on Atari 65 XE;
- Many mysterious objects - there is only description of few basic objects, how other work you need to find out on your own;
- Unique difficulty - every cave have it's own difficulty, some will be easy and some will be a real challenge for you to finish;
- No background music - it will be easier to think logic how to finish a cave without music;
- No timer or time limit - you can think calmly without hurry;
- DRM Free - after buying just download and play;
- Try before you buy - you can try free demo with 6 caves before you buy full game;
- English and Polish languages.
Requirements Minimum (Not Supported):
System: Windows 7
DirectX: 9+
RAM: 200 MB
Monitor with resolution: 1920x1080*
Input: Keyboard
Requirements Recommended (Supported):
System: Windows 10
DirectX: 9+
RAM: 200 MB
Monitor with resolution: 1920x1080*
Input: Keyboard
*Game should work on higher resolutions, but it was not tested on them and it is not recommended to play on them.
We can talk about my game on my Discord server here:
https://discord.gg/Kh8EN4s
Made in Poland, by only one developer.
Incase you have problem with certificate in my game please download, extract and use version packed in zip format. To extract zip package, you need program for example 7 zip, which is free.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $20 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Important messageJan 14, 2020
- Dardo: Caves of Dartial finally leaves alpha!Dec 23, 2019
- Dardo Caves of Dartial new update 1.3Dec 13, 2019
- First copy sold!Dec 04, 2019
Comments
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Nice game! It looks cute and resembles C64 games
There is an issue with keyboard input. Sometimes movement keys didn't registered if pressed shortly. Also I found it a little bit hard to play without undo button. At least limited undo per level would be nice.
Hello Sarah, thank you for your comment.
"Sometimes movement keys didn't registered if pressed shortly."
This is not a bug, this is intended as it was in Robbo and Boulder Dash (my game is inspired by those two games). Try to press keys little longer.
"Also I found it a little bit hard to play without undo button. At least limited undo per level would be nice."
This is one of main concept in the game and unfortunately can't be changed, because it will break the overall idea of a game. If you get stuck, or can't finish a level you can press R button to restart level (cost is one live of Dardo) or M, to restart entire game. Everything you need to know is listed in game, which can be accessed by pressing SPACE key while you are in game title screen.
I hope this will help you, regards, specopsbarton.