Creature in the Well
Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler. As the last remaining BOT-C unit, venture deep into a desert mountain to restore power to an ancient facility, haunted by a desperate Creature. Uncover and upgrade powerful gear in order to free the city of Mirage from a deadly sandstorm. Pinball with swords: Charge up energy orbs, then bounce and ricochet them to reactivate dormant machinery and stop the sandstorm. Defeat the Creature: Escape the many challenges set by the Creature and confront it in intricate, skillful battles. Dungeon-crawler: Delve deeper into the mountain as you unlock eight hand-crafted dungeons, each filled with unique gameplay themes, unlockables, and secrets to uncover. Over 20 unique items: Customize your playstyle with upgradeable weapons and clothing that change how you play the game.
Game Discussion
Steam User 1
Delightfully clever mechanic, that can get a tad finicky but does have a technique. Some puzzles are get drastically easier with a certain upgrade. Neat story and fantastic art style. Easily worth the price.
Steam User 0
Alright game. It has a lot of samey rooms but the game is nice and short and fine.
Steam User 0
Great soundtrack and art style, some compelling and unique game mechanics, overall a very cool little indie game
Steam User 0
One of the few games I've liked so much I've bought it twice. Really relaxing game with a nice gameplay loop and good progression system. Not technically Deck certified but it plays flawlessly for me.
Last boss can a bit of a pain but it combines everything you've learned throughout the game so it's really rewarding when you beat it.
Steam User 1
I 100% the game in about 4 hours or so, and I have to say I had a wonderful time. If you need a game that you can just beat and be done with I cant recommend this enough.
Steam User 0
While this has been a great little adventure under the mountain. i will say YOU SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY PLAY THIS GAME WITH A CONTROLLER!!!!! the keyboard + mouse controls are horrible. one thing that could be improved on is that along with some minor bugs i had here and there where i was simply stuck into geometry in healing pools (i believe it's the off shoot one in the north star level and in a few of the later levels where i was stuck on bumpers causing me to have to start the level over) cute lil game, quite short almost finished it within 3.5 hours which, while not being a bad thing, does leave me wanting more out of the game. the world building is good while being small; just the right size for the game.
the gameplay, while i acknowledge i am playing on mouse and keyboard which could hinder my experience greatly. i found it very hard to move around fluidly. if you were swinging either of your bats you're feet are super glued onto the ground which causes a lot of problems in the final boss fight ( i still gotta beat it, still up for the challenge >:) ). hit boxes felt like they sometimes didn't line up with the ground based lasers and the BOT.
over all, 8/10! i don't think i would replay it much but for a one time play through it's a great time!
Steam User 0
Hack & Slash pinball game!? Sick. I did abandon this game after a handful of short sittings, but I do think it's really cool. It didn't have the narrative thrust it needed to keep me playing though.