Creepy Castle

Creepy Castle is a 2016 side-scrolling role-playing video game created by Alaskan developer Dopterra. It was released on October 31, 2016, for Microsoft Windows through Steam. The game received positive reviews.

Creepy Castle
Developer(s)	Dopterra
Publisher(s)	Nicalis
Composer(s)	Marius Schneider RushJet1 Zachariah Lazarus
Engine	GameMaker
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	WW: October 31, 2016
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Creepy Castle is a side-scrolling role-playing game where the player controls Moth, an anthropomorphic insect adventurer.^[1] The game is composed of a number of separate story campaigns, each of which spans multiple hours and has unique content and gameplay mechanics.

Visually, Creepy Castle resembles both NES games and earlier Atari titles.^{[citation needed]} A number of built-in filters are included, allowing the game to appear as if it is running on a Game Boy or a CRT television among others.^{[citation needed]} Mechanically, Creepy Castle sees the player navigating a large, multi-layered complex while collecting healing items and defeating enemies. Some areas of the map require special items to traverse, giving the game a key Metroidvania quality. Combat is turn-based and is accomplished through a number of different minigames that require the player to constantly adapt to new rule sets.^[2]

Development

Development of Creepy Castle was financed through a crowdfunding campaign on the website Kickstarter. The campaign was launched on September 4, 2014, with a goal of US$6,000; it ended on October 4, 2014, with US$8,485 raised by 271 people (141.42% of the original goal).^[3]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	82/100[4]

Review score

Publication	Score
Hardcore Gamer	3.5/5[2]

Creepy Castle was met with positive reception. The game received an average score of 82/100 from six reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[4] In a more lukewarm review, Jordan Helm of Hardcore Gamer wrote, "Though not quite matching the Everest-high peak of its contemporaries, Creepy Castle delivers enough charm and quirkiness to leave a satisfying impression."^[2]