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Ampersat
Gaterooze, Ink Developer
Gaterooze, Ink Publisher
2022-01-26 Release
GameBillet: 8.29 €
Game News Posts: 7
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Positive (47 reviews)
Public Linux Depots:
  • Ampersat Linux [1.55 G]
Ampersat Update 1.1.3

It was heartening to see so many people (bloody thousands!) playing Ampersat during the past week while it was free. Thank you for all the lovely comments, I'm very happy so many enjoyed it.

Deloris found an honest-to-goodness bug and since I had to fix that, I made some other quick updates to go along with it, to address some requests that were recently made. Here's what's changed:

  • Boulder speed fixed in Vice Level 2. This was, stupidly, linked to your frame rate and since they are faster these days it became a big problem. It's now frame rate independent.

  • Lumi managed to dash behind the targets in the same level, so I've made the colliders thicker there to prevent it.

  • While I don't have the time to do a full keybinding menu, sorry, I did add some alternate keys to make life easier for non-qwerty users. You can now also use the following keys:

    • Arrow keys - Movement

    • Ctrl/Right Shift - Dash

    • Backspace - Inventory

    • Enter - Interact

    • \\ - Zoom/Map

    • / - Switch Spell

  • One player expressed frustration about status effects, particularly when using melee. Sure, they suck, but that's the point. Anyway, I've reduced their duration considerably (30-50% less) and increased the period of immunity between infections.

  • Reduced the amount of XP lost when dying to 1/5 (previously was 1/3), and GP loss is now between 40% and 60% (previously 50-66%). Remember to stash your gold in the Inn (and upgrade it to stash more) to brunt the impact!

  • A couple of players thought The Incubator levels were too dark and hurt their eyes. I increased the ambient light in them by a little and increased the range of light from the flares.


[ 2025-07-06 23:54:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ampersat is a shooty, slashy, RPG-y game mixing old-school/retro and modern sensibilities. A blend of influences from Gauntlet and Smash TV to Zelda and a dash of Angband, this is a handcrafted adventure with much appeal to fans of Roguelites. A labor of love from a solo developer, Ampersat distills some favorite childhood gaming experiences into a fresh, fun hybrid that sees you killing a lot of monsters, finding a lot of loot, freeing captured letters (um, what?) and growing from a world-weary warrior mage into a powerful smashing/blasting machine!

Main Features

  • more than 50 handcrafted levels
  • an optional endless procedural area
  • environmental puzzles and strategic challenges
  • original gameplay elements based around freeing and capturing letters
  • dynamic Bestiary cataloging over 50 unique creature types with individual AI
  • over 10 fiendish bosses
  • hundreds of unique pieces of loot and plenty of secrets to discover
  • flexible character progression with extensive skill tree
  • tackle stages in the order you choose
  • upgradeable town hub
  • drop-in local co-op (and online using Steam Remote Play Together!)

You may notice the main character and enemies are ASCII letters - yes, this is an aesthetic throwback to the original Rogue games, and the blending of these with colorful 3D top-down environments was the idea that first spawned Ampersat. Likewise, Commodore 64 SID chip sound effects are used alongside real-world music for a distinctive experience. But just what is an "ampersat?" It's the leading contender for the official name of the @ symbol, of course!

Overview


Gentlheim has been invaded by Lord Z, who has surrounded the village with 5 extraplanar towers and the dungeons beneath, filled with evil creatures. Even worse, he has stolen language itself from the townspeople! As the warrior mage Ampersat, you must venture deep into the dungeons and high above the land in the treacherous towers, defeat countless minions and restore language to Gentlheim so the townsfolk can communicate properly and help you defeat Lord Z himself.

Gentlheim


Gentlheim has Shops to buy and sell goods; an Inn to heal up, level up, and stash gold to retrieve after death; and a deep Well leading to randomly generated procedural levels. There are various structures you can pay to upgrade and, as language returns to the village, townsfolk who may need something... Gentlheim hides a few surprises for the inquisitive gamer and provides a hub area to approach different stages in any order you like, or revisit levels you’ve already beaten.



The Well is where the “roguish” aesthetics are turned up to 11, providing short, sharp, loot-gathering deep delves. There’s an old rumor that something very special is buried at the bottom of the well… but no one has ever reached those depths.

Co-op


Ampersat’s co-op is true drop-in, drop-out at any time. The second player controls a fairy that hovers around Ampersat and also launches attacks. Will you trust them with your best spell? No? They might steal it anyway... While the fairy’s shots aren't as powerful and contribute to overheating, it has the huge advantage of being invulnerable. The perfect partner... if you can get along.



GAMEBILLET

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