Battlepaths (now at v1.8 PC edition)

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Care of the ever handy http://indierpgs.com/  :  Win/Linux http://store.steampowered.com/app/296050/ $4.99

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Battlepaths is an addictive 2D-RPG featuring neat monster hacking, an excellent loot system, and great variety in character development. Learn skills, use powerfull potions, and hunt down the Chaos Overlord.

Battlepaths offers a sophisticated drop system that generates countless different items along with more than 50 unique items. The character customization allows you to create a unique hero with its own strengths and weaknesses. You can build a heavy, damage dealing tank, a deadly ninja that utilizes high speed and agility to attack his victims from out of nowhere, a true master of mind who crushes his foes with powerful combinations of special abilities, or something in between.

You can choose to play in different realms that each have their own landscape and their own set of creatures. The many superior items you will find can be exchanged between different characters, one of which will eventually become the first powerful enough to face the Chaos Overlord.

Prepare yourself for Battlepaths!

Key Features

    Loot (so much loot...)
    Highly customizable character development
    Turn-Based, strategic combat
        summon creatures to fight on your side
        subtle use of special skills and powerful potions required
        fast paced hacking in easier battles
        challenging boss fights
    Roguelike gameplay, simple and absorbing
    Three big realms to explore, plus an additional challenge realm
    25+ hours of gameplay
    High replay value
    Unique graphics
    Unique soundtrack
    Over 50 unique items

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2cpr2kLW2M&   Trailer

Currently trying for Greenlight and available on Gamersgate DRM-free for  $2.99....has been out on the xbox 360 for the past little while it seems.

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Now with a demo!

http://www.indiedb.com/games/battlepaths/news/pc-demo-or-battlepaths-available-for-download

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v1.4, demo likewise updated and on the main site

-level cap raised to 32, base attribute cap raised to 20
-maps for all realms (except the challange realm…)
-new challenge map with a new bossfight
-new status bar that shows your magic find bonus
-new ground textures
-new high level items
-met item requirements can now optionally be shown
-physical resistance now counts towards “physical damage absorption”
-physical damage absorption can be absolute or relative and is shown in the stats
-maid in town now more demanding
-spider in Storehouse won’t hunt you down anymore
-drop system has been refactored
-drop behaviour of treasures and bosses changed slightly
-stats now show the explicit bonuses they receive from items and/or effects
-proper animation for successful Sleep, Warcry, and Lightning effects
-fixed bug where using a mouse allowed the selection of invalid tiles in the tile selector
-pickup selection now stays at the selected index after picking up an item

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Temp sale, game is just $1 on Gamersgate.   

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Now also carried on Desura:

http://www.desura.com/games/battlepaths

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v1.5

The PC version of the big update for Battlepaths to version 1.5 is available for download on GamersGate and Desura.
Right now it is on sale there and you can get it 50% off. The XBLIG version is currenty in peer review and available in the next days. If you like the game, please vote for us on Steam!

LavaArenaChangelog:
-Added a new item type: magic stones
-Redesigned the item drop behaviour
-Added a new HUD element: the battle info panel
-Raised the level cap to 34
-Increased stack size of stackable items to 99
-Added new high level items
-Added new item enchantments
-Added three new maps with new creatures and a new shop

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v1.8

Version 1.8 comes with a detailed status panel for creatures and game objects, a rebalanced weapon set, and a couple of fixes that some of you might have waited for.

Once you've battled a certain amount of a specific enemy type, the newly implemented status panel will show detailed information about their stats and allow you to optimize your tactics for coming encounters. Those deadly snakes here have their weak spot revealed already: zero resistances and low hitpoints! That makes them the perfect target for any kind of magical damage and/or effects that are triggered by potions or weapon enchantments. Any non-Dex build should account for that before going into battle or avoid them in the first place.

On the other hand, the panel allows you to examine your character's state and find out what enchantments are currently active and how long they will last, among other things. This time, I had my Speed build equipped with a sword that has a chance to cast an accuracy buff when striking to compensate for the lack of Attack Rating.

Also, Battlepaths says goodbye to XNA and now runs on MonoGame, which should fix many of the issues that several gamers encountered when trying to run the game.

Changelog
added a status panel for creatures and game objects
rebalanced stats of common weapons
tweaked the drop system
all smith items are now enhanced with a small chance to be superior
fixed fullscreen issue where fullscreen would not work on machines with multiple monitors attached
fixed several issues that made the game crash on certain systems
fixed several issues that prevented the game to run on certain systems