Create your gladiator and battle all the way to Colosseum Champion! Face off against increasingly difficult opponents. Earn gold, upgrade your gear, and train up. 

Colosseum is a text based RPG with turn based combat that features a variety of stats, gear, items, and opponents. It is stylized as a system console game and has a Roman Colosseum theme.

Controls

Enter - Menu Selection
WASD/Arrows - Menu Navigation
TAB/ESC - Continue
ESC - Back/Quit

Credits

Created by Drake Clausen
Resources Used:
VT323 Font
ASCII Font Generator
ASCII Art Creator
Special thanks to Brad Polinsky for testing and feedback.

More information
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Authordrakeclausen
GenreRole Playing
Made withUnity, Inkscape
TagsHigh Score, Retro, Singleplayer, Text based, Turn-based, Turn-Based Combat
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
InputsKeyboard

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dskdev1 year ago(+1)

This is really good! Just wish there was a save system or maybe a download. Love the graphics too. Been looking thru the catalog of simple text-based games (although this one is probably very complex under the hood) for some inspiration of my own.

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drakeclausen1 year ago

Thanks, I appreciate it!

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Gryyre1 year ago(+2)

This has a great gameplay loop, and is surprisingly intricate as well! It was a little weird to have to use both Enter and Tab to proceed through choices, though.

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drakeclausen1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for playing! I also really appreciate the feedback. My reasoning for making the button to continue TAB/Esc instead of Enter is I felt that using Enter created a situation where the player just spams Enter, and that it could also lead to accidental inputs. Additionally, by using TAB/Esc to continue I hoped it would be a bit more engaging by giving more differentiation of user input. But, I will certainly take your feedback into account. Thanks again!

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