Scrabdackle by jakefriend

The Kickstarter is over, and 185% funded! Thank you, everyone. Please wishlist Scrabdackle on Steam! #

You’ve never left the wizard academy before**,** but today you were knocked out the window! As a novice stranded in an unfamiliar world, undertake a journey to find your way back home. Along the way, get to know the land of Scrabdackle for the first time – and the impact wizardkind has unknowingly had upon it.

****Scrabdackle is a hand-drawn action/adventure game about going exploring, with non-linear progression and a unique mix of skill-based challenge and accessible gameplay. It features a vast, intricate overworld, tight and responsive combat, cheeky banter, and pages of lore to discover – all under a coat of playful charm.

A 2D top-down action-adventure focused on exploration and combat, Scrabdackle is the journey of a novice wizard getting to know their own strange world for the first time.

“It’s got a lot of that strange indie charm that only certain games evoke […] It scratches the same itch that Undertale, Everhood, Underhero do and this feels like it’s right up there with all of them.” – Wanderbots #

Scrabdackle is being published by Fellow Traveller.
Find the full press kit here!

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• Discover new, intertwined areas like the Ducklands and Blustergust Peak. Find new abilities that allow you to push further into Scrabdackle, and find something curious behind every corner.
• See the world at your own pace, with rare progression gates and an emphasis on non-linear exploration. Although you’ll need a full set of abilities to explore every nook and cranny, the order you approach things is entirely up to you.

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• Engage charming enemies throughout the world, ranging from harmless-unless-provoked to hostile. Challenges are strewn throughout the world (some hidden), and “dungeon”-style areas will push you to your limits before rewarding you with new powers.
• Major challenge arenas and boss fights will test your skills, as your low health and damage never increase, and you’ll overcome by leveraging your arsenal of quick-select abilities and learning patterns and telegraphs.
• Or, turn on the Mage Shield’s invulnerability to focus on exploration, if reflexive-skill-based challenge isn’t what you’re here for.

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• Talk to personable characters, or walk on by— control is never taken away during dialogue, although some characters may think you’re rude if you just walk away mid-chat!
• Enjoy a whimsical soundtrack and lively, 2D cel animations hand-drawn frame by frame.

Controls, Accessibility, and Assist Features #

• Playable with a mouse and keyboard. Controller support is upcoming.
• More accessibility and assist toggle settings are planned once the game has exited demo state.

Follow the project! #

Scrabdackle is currently a vertical-slice demo, starting development in mid-May 2020, and becoming a full-time project in spring 2021. The “v2” of the demo launched in August 2022, and the full game (planned to be quite huge) still doesn’t have a firm release date yet. Though all systems are complete, there’s plenty more content to build, and I’d love to have you along for the ride!

👉 ****Join our community discord! 👈 #

Other ways you can follow:

• Kickstarter for the crowdfunding campaign! (Now ended, but updates are still posted there!
• Twitter for regular gifs and stills of development
• Here on itch for some devlogs! Click ‘Follow jakefriend’ in the top right.

Art, music, programming, writing, design by Jake, aka jakefriend. Built in Godot game engine. Full credits in-game.