What Is A "DRPG?" (And Why I'm Making One) - The Crawl

Since this video is suddently blowing up even though its three years old: I ended up making and releasing a different dungeon crawler last year: https://youtu.be/1LpXBRAR0ZE The scifi RPG I talked about in this video is still "in development," tho I haven't had much time to work on it this year. That said, I've posted updates since then on the project you can check out in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77DeyWxKgkq9vgy3IYah2Z…

I wonder if the reason you like Japanese takes on the medieval fantasy style is that they're more willing to get kinda weird with it. The are exceptions on both sides, of course, but I find that Japanese titles will really embrace the "fantasy" part and go nuts, whereas in the West we usually accept "medieval ages with some dragons and maybe a couple wizards."

Reason that I love Etrian Odyssey is the arcade-like stage progression of the game.

I hope many more people find this, because this is going to be a super interesting series.

Thank you for mentioning Strange Journey. I felt like I was gonna go insane without at least one SMT mention.

What I noticed when searching for a new “Dungeon Crawler” (non table top) here on YouTube is that most content makers do not know what a Dungeon Crawler is. Hope that calling it drpg helps. Good luck with your project!

I never cared for DRPGs until I discovered The Dark Spire (DS). Now it is one of my favorite genres and I cannot get enough.

One of my favorite games growing up was a game called Theresia. It melded elements of mystery, horror, and DRPGs. I've explored a lot of games over the years trying to find the elements I discovered in that game and now I want to create one of my own as well.

Remember that awesome gallery of heroes in paintings where you could go shopping for your starting party of four in Dungeon Master? I wish more games did this, if evoked such a sense of wonder and possibility.

I've always wished a game similar to dungeon crawler megami tensei games (atmospheric, weird, futuristic) for nowadays ! I'm definitely subscribing, you're not the only one

I actually ended up having an idea similar to this, being a sci-fi theme DRPG in a pixel style set on a kind of space station atop a giant space elevator where you played as a robot girl. Sadly I lack the skills the actually pull it of, both in terms of programming and art.

Wish you the best with your game. I'm personally not big into dungeon crawlers but there certainly have been some done I was hooked from beginning to end.

i've had a very similar feeling towards fantasy. Japanese fantasy feels timeless and truly a product of imagination and it something I really really dig. games like hydlide or golden axe (mainly the 3rd one) or dragon quest just fill a fantastical space often over looked in western fantasies. I want to make a ttrpg setting that feels like that quite badly.

This is a phenomenal breakdown of the genre. Nicely done! I appreciate your desire to make your own dungeon crawler, and I think that your multiple keys/locks approach ala Metroid would be a neat addition to the genre. Best of luck!

"sometimes I want to grind through enemies, not dialogue boxes". This is why I stopped playing Baldurs Gate 3, and started Grimrock 2 for the eighth time.

Obrigado pelo vídeo. Gosto bastante de estudar gamedev e gamedesign e apesar de ser um fã avido de RPG (tanto os de livro quanto o do videogames) ainda não tinha deparado com o termo DRPG. Gostei muito muito dos pontos que levantou, isso me ajudou a perceber detalhes das mecânicas em comum que me faz gostar tanto do gênero. Outra coisa que gostei bastante foi conhecer mais pessoas que gostam de DRPG Sci-fi. A estética de ficção cientifica ou mesclada com fantasia (como o meu amado Phantasy Star) é muito legal. ----- Thanks for the video. I really enjoy studying gamedev and gamedesign and although I'm an avid RPG fan (both books and video games) I hadn't come across the term DRPG before. I really liked the points you raised, it helped me realize the details of the common mechanics that make me like the genre so much. Another thing I really enjoyed was meeting more people who like Sci-fi DRPGs. The aesthetic of science fiction or fantasy (like my beloved Phantasy Star) is very cool.

A sci-fi DRPG...not many of those for sure. And a Metroid-like. Damn. I’d be into that!

I would love to hear more about the DRPG you are making. Subbing!

Since you mentioned you like Sci-Fi settings for DRPGs, I'm curious what you think of Doom RPG and Doom II RPG, they both were DRPGs that took place in space stations and such. It's more like occult Sci-Fi obviously because the demons but it's still an interesting setting for a DRPG.

Thanks for making the content!