Backstory

You came to end the threat.
You stayed because the dungeon wouldn’t let you leave.

In The Cretan Curse, you play as a lone knight sent to a cursed village in Crete.
Beneath the crumbling ruins lies a procedurally generated dungeon teeming with danger, decay… and opportunity.

Explore. Fight. Adapt.
Find a blacksmith who still believes in hope. Buy new weapons. Upgrade your gear. Descend.

What it is about

The Cretan Curse is a rogue-like dungeon crawler inspired by the likes of Hades, The Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon. 

You’ll explore a procedurally structured dungeon spread across two floors, each with 10 unique rooms that range from intense combat encounters to boss battles. After clearing a room, you’ll choose from a selection of temporary upgrades — much like the branching paths in Hades — adding a strategic layer to each run. 

Along the way, you’ll collect coins that can be used to purchase permanent upgrades and unlock new weapons from the blacksmith. 

As you progress, you’ll face a wide variety of enemies including melee brawlers, archers, dashers and summoners, culminating in two challenging, hand-designed boss fights.

How it came to be

This game was built as a Professional Aptitude Project (PAP) over several months, combining my passion for games and programming.

Everything — from the room generation logic, weapon system, enemy AI, boss fights, save/load, UI, audio cues, and even the blacksmith’s shop — was hand-built in Unity using C# and other available tools.

The goal? To create a game that feels satisfying to play, yet offers depth and challenge. And to prove to myself that I could.

“You can even express movies and poetry using video games. For those reasons, I've decided to create stories through video games.” – Yoko Taro

Thank You 🫶🏻

I'd like to give a sincere and heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported this project — whether through testing, feedback, encouragement, or just cheering me on.

Your time, energy, and kindness made a real difference. This game wouldn’t exist in its current form without you.

Thank you for being part of the journey!

System Requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10	Windows 10/11
CPU	Intel Pentium 4425Y	Intel Core m3 or better
RAM	4 GB	4 GB
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 615	Intel UHD Graphics 615 or higher
Storage	190 MB free	200  MB free

What’s included

✅ A complete playable standalone version for Windows.

✅ The full Unity project, organized and clean — perfect for studying the structure,  learning from the systems, or even modding.