About This Demo

Hi everyone,

First of all, I want to apologize for releasing this Alpha Demo build instead of the more complete, rounded-up demo I initially intended.
I’m developing this game solo, on a personal shoestring budget, and I’ve managed to get as far as I could with the time and resources available.

Unfortunately, as life tends to do, it barged in uninvited, forcing me to pause development for a while. Still, I didn’t want people to wait indefinitely before experiencing it, so I decided to release the current build as an Alpha Demo.

There are missing elements, known bugs, and the ending isn’t fully rounded out yet, but this version will give you a sense of the intended atmosphere, immersion, and investigative survival tone of the story arc.

I hope you’ll find it in your hearts to look past the rough edges and see the deeper potential of the project.

Thank you for checking out my demo,
Runemythic

Note:


There are several known issues I plan to address for the full demo release.
Additionally, some AMD cards, especially the RX 5700 series, experience Vulkan-related problems in Godot due to recent driver updates. Rolling back to an older driver version should resolve these issues.

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ALPHA DEMO 0.8.2

Key mapping: WASD - move; LMB+WASD different swing attacks; RMB - parry; Tab - journal; I - inventory; E - use; C - crouch; Space - jump; WASD + LeftShift - sprint; Alt+F4 - exit;

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Dartmour: Demo I – The Barrier at Belstone

A faint hum. A scorched ritual circle. And a village, utterly still.
You awaken near the silent village of Belstone, its people vanished and its purpose forgotten. Strange forces linger, unseen, but felt.

Dartmour is a medieval fantasy RPG inspired by Daggerfall and Gothic, focused on eerie exploration, grounded combat, and atmosphere over exposition. This standalone demo offers a short, immersive slice of the full game’s world.

Features

• Atmospheric Exploration
  Traverse the village of Belstone, eerily abandoned, yet marked by signs of recent life. Search ruined homes and overgrown paths for fragments of what came before, and follow quiet clues toward something left unfinished.

• Grounded Melee Combat
  Fight stranded orcs with nothing but a rusted blade. Combat is deliberate and dangerous, every swing drains stamina, and survival means managing your energy carefully.

• Resource-Based Recovery
  Regain stamina by resting near warmth, sleeping in abandoned beds, or finding scraps of food. Limited healing potions offer rare moments of reprieve.

• Three Distinct Playstyles
  Choose from three cultural backgrounds at the start of your journey, each with their own passive bonuses and drawbacks. These shape how you experience the world and handle its dangers

• A World That Speaks Without Words
  There are no dialogue trees, XP counters, or quest markers here. The story is told through what you find, what you piece together, and what the world quietly reveals.

This demo is not a showcase of features, it’s an invitation into the atmosphere and tone of Dartmour. Developed using Godot 4.4.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

This demo uses generative AI to create some pre-rendered 2D textures for environmental and character elements, as well as for formatting/editing text and creating capsule graphics for the Steam store page. All AI-generated content is static, designed during development, and not generated in real-time during gameplay. These uses are specific to the demo and may not apply to the full game.