It Lurks Below

It Lurks Below is a retro-styled, 2D action survival RPG. You create a character, choose from eight classes and dig through randomly generated levels to uncover the evil below. Explore secret areas, find random items and fight deadly monsters and bosses to discover what is lurking beneath the surface.

Classes

Each class has its own combat style and abilities:

• Bard: fight with a sword and shield, using songs and screams for passive area-effect damage and buffs.
• Cleric: wear heavy armor and use healing abilities. Choose between a mace and shield for melee combat or a ranged wand; the cleric is the only class with this choice.
• Enchanter: use stun and lightning attacks, illusion magic and the ability to turn into a flying wisp.
• Necromancer: summon undead minions from the skulls of the dead, and use poison, cold damage and self-buffs.
• Paladin: wield a two-handed sword or hammer, consecrate the ground and use area-effect purification and damage.
• Rogue: hide in the shadows to slip past enemies, then attack with dual-wielded daggers.
• Warrior: switch between a defensive stance focused on survival and an offensive stance focused on damage, and use the whirlwind ability.
• Wizard: cast area-effect elemental spells, summon a drake companion and teleport.

Game modes

The game has three modes, with a Hardcore option available for Survival and Descent. Hardcore gives you only one death and does not otherwise change the chosen mode.

• Creative: play without survival mechanics, while retaining the survival talent tree. Many recipes and building supplies are already unlocked, making it easier to build and farm across the surface. There are no invasions, and monsters appear only in the dungeon below.
• Descent: fight monsters and collect loot at the same difficulty as Survival, but without hunger, fatigue or the survival tree.
• Survival: play with the survival mechanics and talent tree, alongside difficult dungeon challenges and invasions.

Survival and building

In Survival, gather food, cook vegetables, chop trees, mine ore, craft armor and start a farm. Build up your town to gain inventory space and unlock new buildings as you travel deeper into the dungeon. You can also craft rings and potions.

The game includes character stats, class-specific abilities, randomly generated levels and items with random stats. It is designed as a true RPG, with a survival talent tree and three distinct game modes.