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Wow, we are so glad you enjoyed the game this much! This comment really made our day. Thank you for taking the time to write it. 

Sorry about the bugs. We did our best to clean it up, but all of the code and the majority of bug testing was done by just one person (who was only just learning to code games, to boot). At some point we may do another update to address some of the issues, but not sure when we will get a chance to work on it. Will be a significant undertaking, as it has been a while.

As for the statues, yeah, some of them are pretty easy to miss. I don't know which ones you have already found, but I can give some general hints that may help. First, there is a spirit statue at (or very near) each of the four optional bosses; some of these require fighting and defeating the boss first, but not all of them. Second, there is a very obscure optional area/dungeon in the far north-western part of the world (the snow-covered region). The entrance is hidden. One of the spirit statues is there.

It has been so long since I worked on the game that I had to go back and check my notes and the game code to be sure. But there are in fact 17 of them!

Thank you again for playing, and for writing this very kind review. Cheers.

Hey, thanks for the feedback. Sorry about the bug. If you can describe where exactly it occurred, we may be able to address it in a minor update (though to be honest, we have not worked on this game in quite some time, and I don't know when we will get a chance to do so again). In the meantime, if you hold down SHIFT and CONTROL when you press ENTER on the start screen, that will erase your save data and should allow you to start over, which ought to resolve the bug. If you cannot get to the start screen for some reason, you could try searching for the save file (it should be called "10kdsave0.sav") and deleting it manually. Cheers!

Yes, killing NPCs can alter some story events. But you can complete the game, whatever you do. There are no “bad” endings or anything :)

Hey, sorry for the late late reply. The easiest way to contact us is our Bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/10kstudios.bsky.social

We'd certainly welcome that

We don’t currently have a discord. But if interest in our games picks up, we may create a server for players and fellow devs. If that happens we’ll definitely make an announcement here. So we hope you keep playing, and consider sharing the game with others who might be interested :)

Hey, thanks so much!! Yes, we are still trying to fix bugs and update when we can. Our next thing is gonna be a new rpg, however, something with more Diablo-elements to streamline the action loop. I like your city builder, btw!

yes of course :)

It's actually just an experiment I wanted to try with this particular mesh!

thanks!

Thanks very much for the video. Super helpful :)

Check out our new action-RPG, 10,000 Dragons: The Oathbreaker Saga!

• Free-to-play browser game

• Simple real-time combat with surprising depth

• Metroidvania-style interconnected world

• Lots of player freedom

• Customize your character through equipment, skills, and fighting style

• A rich understated story that you discover as you play

If you play, please rate the game and leave us your thoughts in the comments! We would love to get feedback on the gameplay.

Cheers!

- 10K Studios

All good to know. Thanks again!

Glad to hear it! We did not really test the game much on Safari. we should put a disclaimer about using Chrome or Firefox. Cheers!

Hey, thanks for the feedback! We will keep your suggestions in mind for updates and future games. A couple of quick clarifying questions: 

When you say upper ledges of the bridges, do you mean where the bridge connects to the landmass?

Do you dislike all the hit effects, or just when the player character is hit?

As for the shields, we did struggle a bit to come up with a way of communicating clearly that a character is blocking at the low resolution, and the little arcs was the best we came up with. If you have an idea about how to do it better, we'd love to hear it!

Thanks again for playing, and we hope you continue to enjoy the game! Cheers :)

Hey, I have been looking into it and have not been able to recreate the problem. What browser/device are you running the game on? The screen.orientation.lock() error sounds like a mobile feature, but this game is not designed to run on mobile. So if you are playing it on an iPad or something, that might be causing issues? But I have to admit, I don't really know what is going on... 

Okay, we're looking into it and will get back to you soon!

Hey, sorry about the error. We will try to fix it. But to clarify, are you talking about this character?

Hey! Glad you are enjoying the game. But sorry about the error :-/

That looks like a browser permission issue. I wish I understood this better to give you a good explanation. But you can try adjusting your browser's security settings to allow access to the data. I recommend using Chrome, though the game works for me on Firefox, as well (I haven't tried other browsers much). Set security to "standard protection" and make sure that sites are allowed to use java script and embedded content. 

If that does not work, try this: hold down SHIFT + CONTROL when you hit ENTER on the start screen of the game. This will delete your save data. But the reset might be necessary after you have adjusted the security settings and/or moved to a different browser.

Please let us know if it works for you! If the problem persists, then we can look into a different fix. Thanks for playing!

Hey! I very much like the look of this game. I too would enjoy having a pocket Dark Souls! Is there any chance it might become available for iOS? Alas, I don't have an android :-/

Keep up the good work!

Hey, just to clarify, we would really like to get feedback on the gameplay specifically. We welcome your thoughts about any aspect of the game, but we would really like to know if the central gameplay loop is fun and engaging. Thanks for playing!

Check out our new RPG 10,000 Dragons: The Oathbreaker Saga!

• Free-to-play browser game

• Simple real-time combat with surprising depth

• Metroidvania style interconnected world

• Lots of player freedom

• Customize your character through equipment, skills, and fighting style

• A rich understated story that you discover as you play

If you play, please rate the game and leave us your thoughts in the comments! We would love to get feedback on the gameplay.

Cheers!

- 10K Studios

10,000 Dragons: The Oathbreaker Saga

https://10kstudios.itch.io/10000-dragons-the-oathbreaker-saga

Hello! We would love to get feedback on our newly published game, a top-down action RPG with a metroidvania-like world. We are thinking about future updates to the game, and we are also beginning to work on our next project, a sequel of sorts. So it would be a big help if folks could tell us what they think. You can find the game here: 

https://10kstudios.itch.io/10000-dragons-the-oathbreaker-saga

Well, a couple of them are pretty tough to find! We intended for the game to reward multiple play-throughs. So maybe you can come back some time and try again. Thanks for playing!

11 is pretty good! Nice going! If you can get some friends to play, maybe you can compete for the highest score :)

Ha ha great! Enjoy.

Glad to hear it! Hope you find all 17!

Congrats! That tower is optional content. There is a way to get there :)

Great! Really glad you are enjoying the game :)

Try it now. We think the issue has been corrected. Please let us know if it works!

Okay, we have implemented a fix that should allow you to continue your game without a hard data reset. Try it out and please let us know if it worked!

We also tried to correct the issue with particle effects freezing the game. Not sure whether it will solve all the issues there, but it should have fixed at least some of them.

We really appreciate all your feedback!

Okay, yes it might be related to the update. Though that is strange... Worst case, you can do a hard save data reset by holding shift and control as you hit enter on the start screen. But be aware that this will erase your save data :-/ 

First, we will attempt a solution that hopefully will not require you to do that!

Thanks again for all the feedback! Yes, we just found the issue with entering that location as well. I think it should be fixed with the update we just posted... But we will confirm that and let you know :)

We will also check on the particle effect issue. Cheers!

Thanks for reporting the bug. We haven't been able to reproduce the problem on our end at this point, but we will keep looking. It's a specific bookshelf? 

We are planning to do an update soon, so if we can find the bug, we will try to fix it. For now, good to hear that it's only a minor problem!

Hey, glad you like it :)

The experience of starting over at the first area after death is by design. We were hoping that would encourage players to explore different areas. And we wanted death to feel a little bit punishing, since you don't lose your gold or anything. You can discover and open up shortcuts that reduce the travel time, and once you have defeated the first boss you can teleport directly to the home base area at any time, if that helps. 

But it's useful to know that some players find that feature frustrating. We'll keep that in mind in the future as we consider updates. Thanks!

Thank you! A simple system that offers some depth of gameplay was one of our main goals. Cheers!

Thanks for the feedback! We're glad you like it. We put a lot of thought into the weapon system, so it's nice to hear you appreciate it :)

hey, thanks very much! Let us know if you end up using him, we'd love to see it!