Austrian indie developer Ido Yehieli is giving away his roguelike Cardinal Quest for one day only, and picking it up could not be simpler.
If 8-bit dungeon-crawling tickles body parts you’d rather not talk about, then head on over to BMT Micro and enter the code “BXZQ00097″. The game will go from $4.94 to $0.00, which is a pretty good discount in anyone’s books.
The deal went live about 13 hours ago, so you have 11-or-so hours left to take Ido up on his offer, if it is indeed valid for a 24-hour period.
Roguelikes are an acquired taste (one I find scrumptious) so if you’d like to check out Cardinal Quest before you sink the princely sum of zero dollars into it, watch this video or play the demo.
Cardinal Quest is Free for a Day [IndieGames]
f4ction
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 1:05 PMThanks Logan, played the demo and was instantly hooked. “Purchased” it and now just waiting to get home from work!
Edward
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 1:34 PMjust got it… looks awesome!
Powalen
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 1:55 PMAny indie developer that provides Mac/Linux versions of their games is OK in my books. (The fact that it’s free for today is also a plus :P)
Ashleigh Ives
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 2:05 PMThanks!
Game has been “purchased”, I’ll check it out when I get home from work.
Matt
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 2:17 PMGreat news.
But I don’t get it. I always tip Kotaku about free games that have become available (legally of course) but you don’t use them! What gives?
BlueMaxima
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 2:46 PMEvery game that goes free posted on this blog would equal half the posts. Something paid going free for a limited time though…slightly more special.
Robert (B-ob)
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 2:30 PMIt looks so good I ordered 9999999 copies. I’m clearly a millionaire.
Pierre
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 2:41 PMCheers! Love a free game!
JustAchaP
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 3:58 PMso when you use the code its free forever?
Ddee
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:17 PMYou have ’till november to download it, I assume you can install it as many times as you wish.
PiMan
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 6:11 PMAs good as any other free roguelike, but not worth paying for.
Oddly, it froze twice for me at the same spot, on floor four when I’d charmed an enemy and it was being attacked by two other enemies; and like any good roguelike, I couldn’t save beforehand to do more thorough testing. I’ve uninstalled it.
Anyone looking for a more reliable graphical roguelike and has 32bit OS (in the regular way or as a virtual machine), I heartily recommend Castle of the Winds, which is now legally free in its entirety. The reason you need a 32bit OS though is because it was specifically designed for Windows 3.1, and so is a 16bit program that can’t run with DOS alone.
Brendan
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 8:28 PMSame thing happened to me actually, it just crashed after charming a kobold with 2 other monsters nearby.
mchaza
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 6:40 PMi like me free game, i will install it on my HDD for some time killer at uni
Ruffleberg
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 7:58 PMThank you
ZildjianKX
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 12:52 PMAnyone else have an extra copy? There servers were slammed and my transaction wouldn’t go through :( Now it’s dead.