Ancient Crystals
Ancient Crystals is a short role-playing game with dungeon crawler elements and turn-based combat. Available in English (Play & Download) and German (Download Only).
You control a party of up to 4 adventurers, who receive the order from their guild master to reactivate crystals in 5 caves, as they have failed due to the last earthquake. These crystals are needed by the city to generate electricity. However, the caves are inhabited by monsters, so this is a dangerous quest that can only be mastered by experienced adventurers.
Will the party manage to cope with this quest or will someone beat them to it?
After playing through, the extra quests even show a completely new view of the story.
Special emphasis was placed on the fact that the player have a wide choice of customizing the game:
- Each actor can be renamed, change the appearance and change the class.
- Party members can be added and removed as desired.
- The number of enemies in troops can be adjusted at will. By default, these are set to random.
- There are several game modes to choose from, which you can change at any time.
In addition, new content has been added over time:
- With the Tower of Masters expansion, a new area was added, which is called the "ultimate test". This even has several endings to offer.
- Through the content selection, you can also start directly with the expansion at the beginning of a new game.
- When selecting content, you also have the option to activate restored content. These were discarded during development, but have now been restored and integrated into the story.
- Once you have completed the main quest, there is a chance that monsters will turn into a troop leader. These are much stronger, but also give more experience and gold.
- Somewhere there is also a secret boss enemy. However, finding it is not an easy matter.
- After the credits have been displayed, a statistic with your own progress is displayed. In addition, there are also challenges to complete.
- Various development versions show directly in the game how it has developed during development.
- With the help of modifiers, the game can be further customized.
Updated | 2 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, Linux |
Release date | Nov 26, 2023 |
Rating | Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (5 total ratings) |
Author | PadTG |
Genre | Role Playing |
Made with | RPG Maker |
Tags | Character Customization, Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy, Multiple Endings, RPG Maker, RPG Maker MV, Singleplayer, supernatural, Top-Down, Turn-Based Combat |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | German, English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen, Playstation controller |
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Install instructions
No installation is necessary. Just extract the folder from the downloaded archive file.
On Windows, you can then run the game via the Game.exe file. (Tested on Windows 10 22H2)
On Linux, you can then run the game via the nw file as soon as it has been made executable. (Tested on Debian 12)
Game saves will be stored in the game folder and can be found in the www/save subfolder.
To access the developer options (debug menu/cheats) via the menu screen, you first have to unlock them by renaming someone to Debug.
Development log
- Version 1.8 - Modifiers3 days ago
- Version 1.7 - Version Selection42 days ago
- Version 1.6 - Statistic & Challenges73 days ago
- Version 1.5 - Secret BossOct 31, 2024
- Version 1.4 - Troop LeadersOct 16, 2024
- Version 1.3 - Restored ContentAug 10, 2024
- Version 1.2 - Content SelectionJun 08, 2024
- Version 1.1 - Expansion "Tower of Masters"Mar 30, 2024
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does anybody know how to get the crystal in the ice part?
In the Ice Cave, you have to find 4 switches in one corner of the cave. 2 of the 4 switches must be turned on. If you have turned on the 2 correct switches, you will see an exclamation mark symbol above the player. After that, the crystal can be reactivated.
real question do you take inspiration in ffv?
My inspiration was the Vampire's Dawn II KS Demo.
Tanks 🤠👍