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
This game is pretty unique and I love most parts about it. The art, soundtrack and gameplay are great. I also really like the setting even though the story was mostly a thin facade. The movement feels a bit slow as your "dash" is already not that fast and then you can't even use it while charging up. So during combat you need to either fight or evade and switching back to fighting requires an energy ball near you, so it's not instant. But apart from that small complaint, I definetly had a lot of fun.
Steam User 0
Great soundtrack and art style, some compelling and unique game mechanics, overall a very cool little indie game
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.
Steam User 0
A fun puzzle game requiring quick reflexes and a minimum of luck.