Monk Tower

Maciej Główka

About this game

A simple coffee-break roguelike game.

Roam through 20 levels of the cloister tower, to retrieve the lost manuscript. Carefully manage your weapons, as they get damaged quicker than you think! Single run should take around 15-20 minutes.

The player has 4 weapon slots available. Only one can be active at a time. Each weapon action (attack, pick, repair etc.) is always performed on the active slot. Beware: when no empty slot is available, picking new weapon permanently replaces the active one. Weapons have a durability parameter (marked by a hammer icon) that decreases with every use by one. Weapon switching does NOT take a turn.

The player can carry up to 4 items at a time. Newly picked item is always placed on the first free slot. When no slots are available, new items cannot be picked. Most of the items are randomized per each gameplay and have to be discovered on the first use. Item use takes a single turn.

Ratings and reviews

This is a simple, straightforward game. Though it is not very deep, what it has is polished, and the graphical style is cohesive. I've attempted three runs so far and am looking forward to getting better and reaching that final level!

A tight little roguelike that will help kill time when you have nothing to do. It doesn't have too much depth, and some things are a little rough, but the framework for more to be added is there.

Unfortunately the game doesn't launch for me on Android (hopefully that will be fixed soon, the dev seens pretty active). Still giving it 5 stars since I've played it via Itch.io and it was a very polished experience.

What's new

- Added D-Pad as alternative controls (can be enabled in the in-game menu)
- Improved font readability
- Updated random generation - should prevent unfair spawning situations (fully surrounded by ranged npcs etc.)
- V-Sync