

It’s a verb.

A verb that encompasses this funky little game we’re making.

We’ve all “dungeoned.” Whether on graph paper, with miniatures, online or in our own heads, something draws us to the dungeon.

But why?

There are 7 possible “why”s and I doubt anyone is singular in their “why”:

Honor

Justice

Glory

Adventure

Revenge

Plunder

Blood

Adventurers are driven primarily by one of these motivations and secondarily by at least one other. It’s science.

Science aside (the game is more about magick anyway), here’s a few sentences about what Dungeoning is all about from a self-aware in-game warrior:

“Dungeoning is a fantasy incremental RPG tribute to all things adventuronious. Combining meaningful idle mechanics with a layer of deep secrets and discovery, the game plays in your pocket but occupies your mind. If you’re wondering why we all dungeon, Dungeoning will give you the answer.” -Sir Sweatsalot, Knight of the Tryhards

The 2-man team at Gunslinger Studios has just begun development on this evil little toy. Facts:

There is no art yet (but we’re working on it, and previews are taking shape). EDIT : Now we do! Stay tuned for looks.

: Now we do! Stay tuned for looks. The systems are rough (but we’re rocketing forward, putting in a feature every week) and

The balance is nonexistent (but it is ”coming soon”).

And you can play it very soon*.

That’s right– we want you to start playing it as we make it**. It may grab you and it may not– the loops and interactions are starting to become maddeningly compelling, but I am of course biased. The game isn’t even at Alpha.

But we want you to help us make it tastier. And incremental-er. And dungeon-er.

If you want to wait till we’re further along, cool– follow the dev on Twitter, Discord or our Subreddit. But if you want to jump in and come along for the entire ride, we’d love to have you. Just see the asterisk at the bottom of this rant.

So, then, adventurers– Dungeoning. Right?

*IF you’re among the first players that successfully complete the following: you own an iOS device, join the game’s Discord server and say the magick word “DING” in the #magickwords channel, then send me an email at <woot at gunslingerstudios.com> telling me your Discord username, the email you want the Test Flight invitation to go to and what your favorite incremental game ever is– or if you’re an incremental newcomer, that’s fine, tell me that too. Before long, you’ll get a ridiculously early pre-launch build. If you have questions about these directions, you’re out.

**Yes, Android believers, we are closely pacing the iOS build with the Android build of this game– it’s a step or two behind, but you will not be left out! Do the instructions in the first asterisk and you will get on The List.

(Secret Passage: 21a)