DROD RPG 2 is nearly here, but most remaining tasks are waiting on artwork. While we're sitting around waiting, we've decided to release an early beta build of the demo! This is only available on this site currently, we won't be releasing a demo to other stores until all the graphics are in.
The aim of the early release is to get in a bit of early testing to make the initial release a bit better. Please feel free to download it and report any bugs in the RPG Bugs forum or any other feedback here or in RPG Feature Requests.
As you may already know, the demo is the full engine, but with only a demo version of the main hold (up to the first scorepoint), and only one room style (the water sky reflections are missing too). Otherwise it's fully playable, including full compatibility with all user holds made in RPG1!
Here's a list of things that aren't finished yet in the demo beta:
- The title screen and logo are placeholders, including the logo on the sell screen.
- The exe icon is still from Tendry's Tale.
- The full hold has not yet been uploaded to CNet, and so the scorepoint achieved in the demo can't be uploaded for highscores.
- In fact the highscore verification spider hasn't been updated at the time of writing, and so no score uploads will work at all as they are a newer engine version than the spider, so you can't use the demo to submit any highscores.
- The wyrmsmiter is waiting for new graphics.
- Buy Now links will still send you to the Tendry's Tale store page.
Thanks for helping us make the game a little better before the rest of the world gets to see it.
You can find it in the free downloads section of
the downloads page
At the time of writing it's only the Windows build, but we'll try to get a Mac demo out too shortly.
