Castle in the Darkness

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Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
"One dark and gloomy night, the kingdom of Alexandria is attacked by an evil sorcerer and his army of darkness! Despite their best efforts to protect their king and their princess, the royal guard falls, one-by-one, to the forces of evil. One knight, unconscious but still alive, awakens on the throne room floor to find that the princess is nowhere to be seen! What's more, the entire city had been overrun by monsters! With sword in hand, he embarks on a death-defying mission to find his princess and to restore peace to the kingdom!"

A game by Matt Kap, the lead artist behind The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
A large world heavily inspired by the golden era of video games
Level up your knight with wildly different abilities
An arsenal of over 100 weapons, armor, items and magic to collect and use!
Over 50 bosses to find and slay
More than 100 different enemies
Fast-paced chiptune soundtrack

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
CURRENT PLAYERS
- Steam store page

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Tested Version:Steam (v.1.06)
Play Styles:Single-Player
Setting:Fantasy
Developer:Matt Kap

Screenshots Comparison

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Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

No resolution options. The game always runs on the desktop as a window (fullscreen mode is borderless). Fullscreen mode is pillarboxed and scales the original 480x320 resolution to the nearest available multiplier (1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x), so most resolutions have some letterboxing as well as pillarboxing.

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
4:3 FMV Cutscene
16:10 FMV Cutscene
16:9 FMV Cutscene
16:10 Resolutions:1440x900
16:9 Resolutions:1920x1080