This is a playtest build of Ziggurat of the Titan Beetle by Andy Wallace with art by Chris Hernandez.

It's not done yet! Thank you for trying it out, but please don't post about it or share the link just yet!

What is it?

This is a 2 or 4 player co-op roguelike game. I think of it as a digital-board game as it feels a lot like sitting down to play something like Pandemic together. The playtime of a single game is between 15 and 50 minutes.

Please send this link to anybody you want to play with so they can download the game. This page is unlisted so they'll need the link.

I originally made this game as part of the Kickstarter rewards for the Wonderville Kickstarter.

A few tips:

• Communication is important, so you should use Discord or some other voice chat when playing.
• 4 Players is much more fun than 2.

What's being tested?

The main thing being tested is the network play. This is a new feature and this is my first time attempting quasi-realtime networked gameplay. I want to know if it feels laggy or buggy.

I am also tweaking the difficulty balance a lot. I want the game to be challenging, but not punishing. Feedback here is very helpful!

Those are the main things I'm testing, but I'll take any feedback you've got!

Controls

You can use keyboard or gamepads.

Arrow keys to move or navigate menus
Spacebar to use special or confirm menus.

Only PS4 on Mac and XboxOne on PC and Linux have been tested. Others may work but I don't know.

The only menu things that use the mouse are the volume sliders on the title screen. These are placeholder and will be included in a proper menu down the road.

Install 

You can install this game via the Itch app (a really lovely, lightweight alternative to things like Steam) or you can just download the files. Either way, you will need an Itch Account to download the game.

Downloading via the Itch app will make sure the game stays up to date when I release new builds.

If you opt to just download the files, your computer will probably tell you it's a virus and not let you open it. To get around this, right click the app/exe and select "open" in the resulting dialog you may need to click "more info." Then click the button to open it anyway. You should only have to do this once.

Known Issues

On windows, if you get an error that looks like "Plugins: Failed to load 'xinput1_2' because one or more of its dependencies could not be loaded" you probably need to reinstall DirectX. You can do that here.

Crashes

Did something break? Do you see some red text on the bottom left of the screen? Let me know! The most useful thing is to take a screenshot as soon as possible after it happened and email that to me along with the log file. Even if you don't have a screenshot or the log file, any info that you do have is very useful!

On windows the log file will should at: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Andy Makes\Ziggurat of the Titan Beetle\Player.log

On Mac: ~/Library/Logs/Andy Makes/Ziggurat of the Titan Beetle/Player.log

On Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Andy Makes/Ziggurat of the Titan Beetle/Player.log

Feedback/bug reports

The easiest thing is to probably just email me. If you're reading this you should know my email address. But you can use the forums here if you'd like!

Thanks!

Thanks so much for taking a look. And if you know somebody who you think would like to try this please put me in touch!

Change Log

0.16 - 2022-01-17

• More work to keep the game alive during network interruption
• Made the game a bit easier
• Enemies can carry more loot
• Some updated to abilities
• Animation fixes
• Walls can be punched

0.15 - ????

• I forgot to take notes on this one. That's on me.

0.14 - 2021-03-21

• Difficulty Select
• Gamepad support

0.13 - 2021-03-13

• Greatly reduced difficulty
• Difficulty now configurable in resource files
• Clients can join as audience if room is full
• Air mage can no longer cause players to attack other players

0.12 - 2021-02-22

• Fixed (hopefully!) a few bugs that were causing people to disconnect.

0.11 - 2021-02-20

• Slightly increased the time per turn to account for network games having more communication lag

0.10 - 2021-02-18

• First testable version of the game