Late this April, I was invited to play a few games early, and one of them happened to be a shiny new roguelike developed by a single person. In the sea of titles we tried out in those two days, this one really stood out, being the only one to really hook me within just a few minutes.
I’m talking about Chivalware, announced today. It’s a flashy “cyber-medieval” roguelike combining retro arcade aesthetics with medieval fantasy, putting you in control of a Disk Knight who, as the name implies, makes magical use of floppy disks that give him special powers. You move along squares as in chess and have to strike at and defend against enemies to progress between stages and gain further upgrades down the line.
Each stage then culminates in a boss fight, and the few bosses I fought were each unique, with some regular mobs sprinkled in.
