I, my wife, and a close friend have been working on an hybrid of roguelike and party-based JRPG for quite some time. We just launched a kickstarter project to fund continued development. In an effort to demonstrate that we're capable of finishing the game once we've been funded, we've made the current build available to the public...
http://www.lastrefugegame.com/RefugeInstaller.zipThe bad news is that it's only for Windows XP/Vista/7, atm, and the installer may be lacking a required DirectX .dll -- check the readme.txt if you get such an error.
We're about 70% to 80% feature-complete, but only about 10% content-complete (thus the kickstarter project).
Current Features:
Procedurally generated environments.
Turn-based, party-of-four style combat.
Unrestricted spell/skill acquisition -- if you want your mages to go around hacking things with swords while wearing plate armor, feel free, but I'm not making any promises about effectiveness in the current build.
Permadeath -- characters that are lost must be replaced with new recruits.
Player controlled item enchantment -- there aren't any "drops" in the game yet, just a small set of weapons and armor that can be enchanted/strengthened by the player.
Class Progression -- 8 classes are available at the start, but retiring experienced characters of the appropriate classes will open up additional, more powerful classes. (48 in total.)
This isn't a request for funding, so much as a request for feedback. Since we're making the alpha available publicly, I figured I might as well ask, "Does such a project hold interest for this community?"
