Ancient Crystals is a short role-playing game with dungeon crawler elements and turn-based combat.

The player controls a group 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.

Once you have completed the main quest, there is a chance that monsters will transform into a troop leader. This monster is much stronger, but also gives more experience and gold.

In the Tower of Masters expansion, a new area awaits the player with a continuation of the story, as well as a new game mode, a scoring system and multiple endings.

At the beginning of a new game, you can choose which content you want to play first. In addition, you can return to the content selection screen via any starting area.

On the content selection screen, you also have the option of activating restored content. These were discarded during development, but have now been restored and made playable.

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Ancient Crystals 1.5.2 (English) [Linux].tar.xz 234 MB
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Ancient Crystals 1.5.2 (English) [Windows].zip 248 MB
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Ancient Crystals 1.5.2 (German) [Linux].tar.xz 234 MB
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Ancient Crystals 1.5.2 (German) [Windows].zip 248 MB
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Ancient Crystals - Instruction Booklet.pdf 6.3 MB
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Ancient Crystals - Bedienungsanleitung.pdf 6.3 MB

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.

On Linux-based distributions, you can then run the game via the nw file as soon as it has been made executable.

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

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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 🤠👍