The Fire of Ardor - Quest for the Soul Stone is a free single player dungeon crawler with RPG elements and realtime combat.
Massive Update 1.2.0 Released
The new version 1.2.0 was released on October 23rd 2024 and it contains massive improvements.
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Full Version Released
The full version of the game is released on April 11th, 2020 (00:00 Central European Summer Time; UTC+2)
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Plot & Gameplay
You play a nameless hero who fights his way through a dungeon in order to acquire the soul stone that opens the dimension gate to the realm of the daemon lord Ardor.
In order to obtain the soul stone, you will explore the doomed town, visit its last inhabitant Randuras, an old wizard and fight your way through the upper and lower dungeons of the silver mountain, using your rusty sword and fireball spells.
Three different NPCs will support you with potions that restore your health and mana.
Features
FoA is a retro RPG-like experience with the convenience of modern features (like autosaving, modern input methods and free movement).
- Different NPCs with full voice acting
- Localized in English and German
- An outdoor level and different dungeon areas
- Realtime combat with sword and fireball spells
- Seven different types of enemies
- A boss fight
- Mouse/keyboard and controller support
- Configurable input bindings
- Quick- and autosave
- An original soundtrack
Music
The music of this game was composed and arranged by Neil O'Rourke.
Further Information
The game uses a CPU-based rendering technique, called raycasting. This technique was originally used by the first FPS games in the early '90s until hardware accelerated rendering was introduced.
The first version of this game was created as a submission to the Dungeon Crawler Challenge in winter 2018 / 2019 within three months.
Newest Blog Post
https://www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/2268945-the-fire-of-ardor-getting-closer-to-10/