SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition, the expansion to the original version which now goes by the name SanctuaryRPG: Classic, has gotten out of Beta and is now ready for purchase (although free incremental version updates and fixes will surely follow for this dense text-driven RPG epic). When SanctuaryRPG: Classic is already free and such a darn fine game too, spending money on the Black Edition on one hand is a no-brainer given the wealth of substantial improvements, but on the other hand the appeal of those said improvements will only be appreciated by those who are really into this unique ASCII sub-genre of text RPGS. That said, it doesn’t change the fact that SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is quite honestly the first ASCII RPG on Steam, ever.
Not only is he a game designer with two very good games under his belt
(Overture and SanctuaryRPG) but an impressive resume that features Software
Development and co-founding Black Shell Media.
SteamFirst: “Your name is Lorphio. You are a Barbarian, of Goern descent. You were born a very old monk. You named yourself The Great One. Raised by an anteater, you became a god among women in bed. You’ve always regretted kissing that singing fish. One to enjoy the dark arts, you tend to stub your toe a lot. Today you found out that were adopted… a dark cloud passes overhead. You close your eyes. Out of nowhere, a woman jumps out at you and claws your left toe.
SanctuaryRPG stands alone as the first video game rendered in ascii. How does this combination of roguelike, RPG, and text-based adventure game fare?
