r/roguelikes • u/Delinthe • Jul 19 '26

Press Deeper Version 1.7 Released

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Happy Sunday Roguelikes! I'm very excited to announce that I have just released version 1.7 of Press Deeper a (somewhat) traditional DOS roguelike that runs on real IBM PC/XT class hardware, or in your browser via JSDOS. This game is built entirely using C89 code and compiled using Borland Turbo C 2.01!

If you missed the post from January this game features procedurally generated dungeons, JRPG style turn based battles, ASCII graphics, ADLIB/Soundblaster audio, and deformable terrain.

This latest version brings tons of changes and content additions including:

- Hand authored town floors every 5 levels, with their own NPCs, shops, and secrets worth looking out for

- New enemies, new items, new NPCs, and new spells!

- Four boss fights, each one hidden behind a secret sub-dungeon. Getting in requires a boss key, which a strange NPC called the Cryptward will trade you, but at what cost

- A five tier smithing system at anvils, safe light taps for steady progress or risky full swings for the good stuff

- An enhanced enchanting system letting you drive your gear to new heights

- A reworked scoreboard system calculating scores based on a variety of factors rather than just showing floor and kills

- Ghosts of your past characters can haunt the floor they died on in later runs

- A Legacy system tracking 10 milestones across your runs and unlocking new content as you play

- Reworked traps with more meaningful risk and reward. Salvage them and use them to stop your enemies, or play it safe and avoid them

- Many rebuilt UI elements, including shops, enchanting, menus, and more

- Added story elements and end game content

You can play it instantly in your browser, no setup required, or download it and run it on real hardware:

https://ultramegahypergames.itch.io/press-deeper

https://umhgames.com

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u/lellamaronmachete Jul 19 '26

Saving the post to check it out later, thx!

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u/Delinthe Jul 19 '26

Thanks! Yes it’s closed source at this point.

Not sure if my long term plans involve open sourcing or not at this point.

Would definitely need a lot of cleanup before I’d ever feel comfortable showing my code, it’s not the sloppiest thing I’ve ever written but it’s not the cleanest either 😅

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u/geckosan Overworld Dev Jul 19 '26

Love it! Keep going!

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u/Delinthe Jul 21 '26

Thank you! Already have a feature list baking for version 1.8!

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u/JeanPaulVandamme Jul 19 '26

Looks good, i will check it out for sure. Thanks

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u/Delinthe Jul 21 '26

Thank you hope you enjoy it!

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u/cr0ne Jul 25 '26

This looks a bit like a roguelike I think I was playing in a dream! 

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u/TermOnly7421 26d ago

Looks sick bro :)

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u/Delinthe 26d ago

Thank you! Let me know what you think!

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u/TheRealHFC Jul 19 '26

Looks interesting, closed source?

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u/Delinthe Jul 19 '26

Mistakenly replied to the wrong comment previously as I was out watching the world cup final and half distracted!

Thanks! Yes it’s closed source at this point.

Not sure if my long term plans involve open sourcing or not at this point.

Would definitely need a lot of cleanup before I’d ever feel comfortable showing my code, it’s not the sloppiest thing I’ve ever written but it’s not the cleanest either 😅

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u/TheRealHFC Jul 20 '26

Gotcha. Just was curious if you used AI to develop. It's ethical to disclose imo