The ground gives way

The Ground Gives Way
Stable game
Developer	BtS
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	Castlevania, POWDER , Incursion, Angband
Released	2014-06-20 (release #1)
Updated	2014-08-29 (release #3)
Licensing	Closed Source
P. Language	C++
Platforms	Windows
Interface	ASCII, Simplified
Game Length	short
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The ground gives way is a coffeebreak roguelike

Overview

The Ground Gives Way is a short, highly varying roguelike with lots of content.

Main features:

Characters will be very different from game to game since progress depends on what you happen to find.
Progress is made through equipment, items and paid training rather than experience points.
Hundreds of items, monsters, services, traps and features of different rarity that will make each game different from the last. No winner will look the same in TGGW.
Rapidly increasing difficulty, there is no time to be bored.
There is no grinding because there are no experience points or character levels. Also, there is no hit point regeneration, so no tedious waiting.
TGGW has a console-game like interface. No keys or commands to remember. Game play is still smooth and quick.
Very short game time. The game could be completed within an hour. However, the difficulty increases very fast.
Small levels, few levels, auto-running, a map system and a portal system makes quick and easy access through the dungeon.
Interesting equipment choices where most items have pros and cons, very few trivial choices.
Very simple to understand combat system.