Mystic Labyrinth

$2.99

Release Date:: May 12, 2024
Developer:: Roc Studios
Publisher:: Roc Studios
Platforms:: Windows

Indie Early Access Action Family Sharing Single-player Partial Controller Support

About This Game

Mystic Labyrinth is a top-down 2D twin stick shooter rogue-lite game. Choose from multiple starting classes and use swords, spears, axes and magic to conquer the many themed floors of the labyrinth.

The dungeon layout is currently as follows:

Floors 1 and 2 are Earth element themed.
Floors 3 and 4 are Fire element themed.
Floors 5 and 6 are Water element themed.
Floors 7 and 8 are Air element themed.

There will be additional elemental themed floors in the future.

Default Controls:

For the keyboard:

Direction keys: Move around
W,A,S,D key: Shoots your current weapon in one of four cardinal directions.
X key: Drop a bomb. Bombs will explode after a short delay, and can destroy some obstacles and walls to find hidden secrets or item pickups, such as coins or keys.
C key: Use your currently equipped item.
Q,E keys: Switch your currently selected active item to the one on the left or right, respectively.
Enter key: Goes to/returns from the inventory screen. You can view the map on the inventory screen. Also moves through menus.
Backspace key: Goes back to the previous menu. During the game, opens the pause screen.

For a plugged in controller (only tested with a Nintendo Switch Pro controller and a PS4 controller currently. Other controllers may work):

D-pad, Left analog stick: Move around
X,Y,A,B buttons, Right analog stick: Shoots your current weapon in one of four cardinal directions.
Left bumper: Drop a bomb. Bombs will explode after a short delay, and can destroy some obstacles and walls to find hidden secrets or item pickups, such as coins or keys
Left trigger: Use your currently equipped item.
Right trigger: Switch your currently selected active item to the one on the right.
Start button: Pause/unpause the game. You can view the map on the pause screen. Also moves through menus.
Select button: Goes back to the previous menu.

Explanation of stats on the stat screen (in order from top to bottom):

Attack (Sword): Determines damage of weapon shot to enemies (not bomb damage).
Speed (Boot): Determines movement speed.
Shot speed (Projectile): Determines how fast your weapon shot travels.
Shot delay (Clock): Determines how rapidly you can fire weapon shots.
Range (Bow): Determines how far your shot will travel before disappearing.
Luck (Clover): Determines many things, including how likely that a pickup will spawn after clearing a room of enemies.

Tips about the game:

You can have a maximum of 8 "active" items, which are items that you must manually activate. Active items typically cost some mana to use, which you can restore by clearing a room full of enemies or picking up a blue mana star. Each blue star represents 2 MP.
Grab bag pickups drop 1 to 3 other pickups.
Every floor has a secret room that is connected to two or more other rooms. You can bomb into these rooms in the middle of the wall.
Every floor also has a super secret room that is connected to only one "normal" room (not a special room such as a shop, boss room, central room, etc.) You can bomb into these rooms in the middle of the wall as well.
The first of each two floors of a particular element has a shop, where coins can be spent to buy pickups and an item. Shops require a key to open after the first floor.
The second of each two floors of a particular element has a blacksmith room, where you can buy permanent stat upgrades. Blacksmith rooms require a key to open.
Every floor has a treasure room, which guarantees an item. Treasure rooms require a key to open after the first floor.
Treasure rooms have a tiny chance to be replaced by a gemstone room, which contain a powerful gemstone item to pick up. In the future, gemstones will have a secondary function. The quartz item increases the chance of a gemstone room appearing.
Every floor has a boss room. Defeating the boss guarantees an item and a path to the next floor.
Bosses are particularly weak to bombs.
You can bomb certain parts of the environment, such as small statues and rocks.

Screenshots

User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

2 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #885716 english

2 hrs at review

Recommended

It's a blast! Mystic Labyrinth is the perfect trip of nostalgia. The art style, the music, and game play are simple yet still impressive.

User #238658 english

29 min at review

Recommended

A little too easy. The enemies never really upgrade in quality or number. The item cap is a little annoying. The game just sort of.. ends. There are maybe around only 2 bosses? A single run is around 20-30 minutes long. The aesthetic is enjoyable though. A solid development start. My ultimate feelings on this, is that it is a lighter version of Binding of Isaac. Isaac is clearly an intentional bake into the design and I feel like this should be stated on the store page, as I am certain Isaac fans would def enjoy this title for its take on it.