A shooty, slashy, RPG-y game mixing retro and modern sensibilities. A blend of influences from Gauntlet & Smash TV to Zelda & Angband, Ampersat is a handcrafted adventure but with appeal to Roguelite fans. Battle ASCII creatures in colorful areas & free letters to return language to the village!
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Positive (34) - 82% of the 34 user reviews for this game are positive.
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May 6, 2022
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Reviews

“Ampersat is a very successful mix of different genres in a delicious cake of layers of fun and demand.”
9/10 – Moda’a’foca

“Even I couldn’t possibly have been prepared for how shockingly good a game this is.”
8.10 – Scouse Gamer

“I highlight the great variety of behaviors that were given to the different letters, because it is honestly amazing considering that everything was done by one person.”
8/10 – Arata

About This Game

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, many with exploration and light puzzles
  • Optional endless procedural area
  • Original gameplay elements based around freeing and capturing letters
  • Flexible character progression with extensive skill tree
  • Hundreds of unique pieces of loot find, buy, sell and augment
  • Upgradeable town hub
  • Tackle stages in the order you choose
  • 50 unique creature types with individual AI, 10 fiendish bosses
  • Drop-in local async co-op (and online using Steam Remote Play Together) - suitable for young players to team up with their parents

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 once you repair it. 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 async 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.

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64bit
    • Processor: Intel® Core™ i5
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD equivalent
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64bit
    • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 980 or AMD equivalent
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 16.04
    • Processor: 2.8ghz dual core
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD equivalent
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or higher
    • Processor: 3.2ghz quad core
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 980 or AMD equivalent
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible

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