W.Essense is fast, free, colorful turn-based top-down rogue-like, based on Battle for Wesnoth and Wayward motives. It is fully playable as is, but officially is still at the alpha stage of development - game features are being implemented and added ~weekly.
W.Essense started as a DYI Wesnoth-inspired rogue-like project, and now it is actively developed and discussed at its original birth place - Wesnoth gamedev forum.
In addition to the online html5 version, W.Essense is available as standalone app packaged for Linux, Mac and Windows platforms.
W.Essense Features:
- colorful pixel-art graphics, borrowed and adapted on GPL terms from Battle for Wesnoth project
- convenient turn-based action
- procedurally generated island, tuneable in size, resource availability and monster density
- 8 distinct player characters with unique features and gameplay style
- 90 monster types, +bosses, +quest characters
- 12 magical spells, affecting player, monsters or even terrain
- 8 animated magical auras, providing long-term beneficial effects to the wearer
- ability to hire support troops in taverns
- ability to buy attack and defense upgrades in weapon shops
- day / night cycle
Wessense 0.95a is released.
Download full game for Linux/Windows:
BugFix release, just for online version. Binary packages will be updated with the next major release.
W.Essense v0.90a released! Play it online or see downloads section for Win/Mac/Linux versions
W.Essense v0.89a released Play it online or see downloads section for Win/Mac/Linux versions
W.Essense v0.88a just released. Features Magical Auras, Taverns and bugfixes
New game mechanics, tons of bugfixes, new content etc..
New game mechanics, tons of bugfixes, new content etc..
Updated game mechanics, tons of bugfixes, new content etc..
Wessense 0.93a features possibility to save/load your game, and Italian translation in addition to English and Russian. SAVE/LOAD - check [OPTIONS] or...
Wessense 0.93a features possibility to save/load your game, and Italian translation in addition to English and Russian. SAVE/LOAD - check [OPTIONS] or...