Six dimensions. 30 levels. Ever-changing rules.

DungeonCrawler is a varied single-player arcade adventure where not only the world changes — the gameplay does too.

Blast your way through dangerous chambers, escape shadow hunters in twisting mazes, climb a sky fortress, race through unstable dimensional rifts, and master a collapsing platform world.

Along the way, you unlock new abilities, capture unique creatures, and eventually face tactical turn-based battles in the Dimension Nexus.

What you learn in one dimension may become essential in the next.

A Journey Through Six Dimensions

In DungeonCrawler, you travel through a total of 30 levels across six unique dimensions. Every five levels, the world changes completely — and so do the rules.

What begins as a battle through explosive chambers gradually evolves into an adventure filled with chases, platforming challenges, racing, creature abilities, environmental puzzles, and tactical combat.

Six Dimensions — Six Ways to Play

💣 Blast Chambers

Place bombs, destroy obstacles, and fight dangerous creatures. But not every enemy can be defeated by explosions alone — before long, your Energy Laser becomes essential.

👻 Shadow Maze

Collect portal shards and escape your pursuers through dangerous labyrinths.

Activate the Protective Cherry to turn the tables: for a short time, you become the hunter.

🔨 Sky Fortress

Climb through multiple levels of an ancient fortress, open new paths, activate mechanisms, and use your Hammer to break through walls and enemies.

⚡ Rift Racing

Speed becomes your most important weapon. Pilot your Rift Glider through checkpoints, avoid hazards, and activate your Booster at exactly the right moment.

🌀 Fractured World

The adventure transforms into a platforming challenge. Leap across gaps, solve environmental puzzles, and capture creatures using the Dimension Cube.

Their unique abilities can help you reach places that were previously inaccessible.

⚔️ Dimension Nexus

In the final dimension, your journey becomes a tactical team battle.

Build a party from the creatures you have captured, use elemental strengths, positioning, healing, and special abilities, and prepare to face the Heart of the Nexus.

Your Abilities Stay With You

Bombs, the Energy Laser, Protective Cherry, Hammer, Booster, and Dimension Cube do not disappear when you leave a dimension.

You carry your abilities with you and discover new ways to combine them as your journey continues.

Later, you can even capture weakened creatures, permanently bind them to your collection, and use them as companions in the tactical battles of the Dimension Nexus.

Features

• 🎮 30 levels
• 🌌 6 unique dimensions
• 💥 Multiple gameplay styles
• 👾 Unique enemies and boss battles
• 🧩 Environmental puzzles
• 🏃 Racing and platforming challenges
• 🌀 Unlockable abilities
• 🐉 Capture and collect creatures
• ⚔️ Tactical turn-based battles
• 🎯 Single-player adventure

30 Levels. 6 Dimensions. One Adventure.

Boss battles, puzzles, action, racing, platforming, and tactical combat — all connected in one journey.

Can you conquer every dimension and reach the Heart of the Nexus?

Created for the Vibe Summer Game Jam '26

DungeonCrawler was originally created for the Vibe Summer Game Jam '26.

The game was developed during the jam period as a complete playable project, with a focus on variety, experimentation, and combining multiple gameplay styles into one connected adventure.

The jam challenged developers to create a playable game within a limited amount of time while using AI as part of the development process.

Visit the Vibe Summer Game Jam '26

Your Feedback Matters

If you enjoyed the concept and the game, I would love to hear what you think.

Let me know what you liked, what you did not like, and what you think could be improved. Your feedback will help me decide how to continue developing DungeonCrawler.

There are already more dimensions and gameplay ideas in planning. If you would like to see them become part of the game, let me know!

Every comment helps shape the future of DungeonCrawler.