Dragon's Tower

Dragon's Tower is a pixel-art 2D platformer in which you play an apprentice swordsman who enters a tower to recover a princess and the jewels holding a dragon. You jump, dash attack and stomp enemies while searching for legendary equipment and confronting the demon swordsman and the dragon.

The tower

An evil swordsman stole the jewel containing the dragon, released it and gained immense power before taking over the kingdom’s tower. The king escaped, but the princess was captured. After the troops sent to retrieve them failed to return, the king entrusted the task to an apprentice swordsman, descendant of the legendary swordsman who once sealed the dragon in a jewel. The apprentice enters through a hidden passage on a full moon night to find the legendary equipment and recover the jewels and princess.

You can complete the game without rescuing the princess, but rescuing her is required for the true ending.

Combat and progress

You have two attack methods: dash attacks work against all enemies but also damage you, while stomping—jumping onto an enemy’s head—has certain effects and does not damage you. Items you collect appear in the upper-right corner and are equipped automatically.

When your life runs out, you respawn at the previous checkpoint, set by the last coin you collected. Picking up an FD (floppy disk) saves your position, and you can select an area when starting the game.

Equipment and items

The tower contains legendary equipment and other items that improve your abilities or help you progress:

• Boots: increase movement speed and dash-attack distance, and open the corresponding door.
• Sword: increases attack power and opens the corresponding door.
• Shield: increases defense.
• Armor: makes you invincible during a dash attack and opens the corresponding door.
• Green potion: restores health.
• Coins: set a checkpoint you can restart from.
• Colored keys: yellow, blue and red keys open doors of the matching color.
• Dragon Jewel: collecting it clears the game.