Ampersat

Ampersat is a top-down action RPG that draws from multiple directions simultaneously: Gauntlet's cooperative dungeon clearing, Smash TV's relentless enemy spawning, Zelda's exploratory structure, and Angband's loot depth. The result is a hand-crafted adventure with roguelite elements, built entirely by a solo developer working from their favorite childhood games. The player starts as a world-weary warrior mage and kills many monsters, finds much loot, and for reasons the game explains in its own time, frees captured letters from their imprisonment.