Ooooh, this is exciting news! The winner of last year's game jam just informed us that the Steam page of Dawn of the Ashen Queen is now live, and it's something to get massively hyped up about!
Likely based on same engine, Dawn of the Ashen Queen looks to be a modern classic which ticks all the boxes.
From the Steam page:
"Dawn of the Ashen Queen" is a classic grid-based, first-person dungeon crawler reminiscent of 90s RPG games. Set out with your party to reveal the legacy of a millennia-old curse in a narrative-rich experience. Explore the colorful world of Eshavon, unearth its many secrets and fight dangerous foes sent out to stop you on your mission.
- In-depth RPG character creation with multiple races, classes and traits, a point-based ability system and several class-based skill trees.
- 3 NPCs join your party throughout the game, all with their own personality.
- Fleshed-out narrative driven gameplay with text-based cutscenes, dialogues and party banter bringing life to the world and let you experience an immersive story with twists and turns.
- Plenty of secrets wait for you to get discovered: secret doors, illusionary walls and puzzles to test your wits. But beware of devious traps, which lure careless explorers into their death.
- Real-time based combat where you fight your foes with a wide array of sharp weapons, powerful spells and cunning abilities.
- Explore the diverse world of Eshavon: Travel through lush forests, deep dark caverns, blistering ice mountains, mysterious crypts, fog-covered woods, ancient halls of a long-forgotten race and plenty of other colorful environments.
Wishlist the game and read more about it at
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2809820/Dawn_of_the_Ashen_Queen/