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87%48287% positive reviews, Very Positive across 482 reviews·Dungeon Crawler · Grid-Based Movement
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A programming puzzle game about helping a wizard reach his goal. Learn to use the rules to your advantage. Build contraptions. Optimize your solution.
Kernel Quest
SteamKernel Quest is a sandbox puzzle game. Design and build machines to protect a village against impossible odds.
- Text-based, terminal-friendly
- Top-down, grid-based 2D environment
- Dynamic, interactive puzzles/problems
- Fantasy setting with RPG tropes
- Programmable w/ a custom programming language
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