Temple of the Elders
A downloadable game for Windows
Temple of the Elders is an RPG about exploring the ruins of a fallen civilization and meeting the people who have made a life among them.
If you enjoy finding secrets and hidden shortcuts and gradually piecing together an interconnected world, you'll feel at home here.
The game takes around 10–12 hours to complete, with three endings to uncover. Its story unfolds without lengthy interruptions, giving you room to explore it for yourself.
The turn-based combat is built around a focused selection of abilities that remain useful throughout the game. Enemies have distinct behaviors that you can learn and prepare for. Once you know what you are dealing with, you can decide which abilities, items and party member to bring.
A bonfire-like rest system makes deciding when to turn back just as important as how to move forward. Going deeper into an area always comes with the risk of running out of resources, so even individual battles are about managing what you have.
Development
The game's main content is complete and is now in playtesting. Thank you so much for your support :-). There shouldn't be any gamebreaking bugs left, but if you encounter any of those, please let me know.
Thank you so much for playing, have fun, and I'm very interested in your feedback.
You can leave a comment here or contact me via E-Mail: spacelemon@tutanota.com.
Download
Install instructions
Please note that the game only works properly on Windows. Playing on Android or iOS will lead to crashes.
- Download the ZIP folder.
- Unpack the ZIP folder on your computer.
- Open the folder and click on game.exe (no installation needed).
- Enjoy the game!
If you have any trouble getting the game to run, please let me know.
The newest version v0.94 is recommended.
Thank you so much for playing :-).
Development log
- Updated to v0.94 (More bugfixes, small changes and tweaks)12 hours ago
- How I Made a Souls-inspired JRPG5 days ago
- Updated to v0.93 (A few changes, tweaks and bugfixes)7 days ago
- Updated to v0.925 (Fixed a rare bug)14 days ago
- Updated to v0.924 (Fixed an issue for players using Monitors with >60 Hz)15 days ago
- Updated to v0.923 (Bugfixes and typos)16 days ago
Comments
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I found some crashs while playing (note i using joiplay and playing on a android)
the first one is fighting the scout orc alone and the second one is killing a kobold (out of 2) with lenna in the party:
good game, anyways will report more crashs/bugs when playing further! (If i find any)
Hey, thank you for trying out the game and for your feedback! Unfortunately, the game won't work properly on Android. It's optimized for Windows and that's why you are getting these crashes. Sorry for that. I'm quite impressed that it still worked that far, though :-D.
If you have the possibility you could download it on a PC or Laptop with Windows. The crashes won't appear when playing there.
Cheers and let me know if you try it out on a PC :-).
good game i realy like it my favorite parts were the cementary and the giant swamp and i realy like the secret places, alsow the only guestion i have is where i put secret endings codes cause idk and i cant put it in character name cause the word is to long
the only feadback i would say is that the game moslty need more balancing cause why does a knight can just spam stun attack 4 times in a row and maby some swamp enemys
bugs i found are that the link crystals for some reason turn my level up cost firstly to 1k and when i come back to the first one at forest to just 7
the goddes statued dont work
in the underground the yo interact with lever when boat is there idk why the game stop and yo have to off and on the game
and in crystal caves there this
that all i found i give it 8/10
Thank you so much for your feedback! I really appreciate it! I am happy the Cemetery and the swamp worked well for you and you enjoyed the game overall :-).
For now, the ending codes are just for fun, so you can „prove“ what kind of ending you got. But it’s good to know that this part needs a little clarification so people won’t accidentally go looking for secrets when there are none (at least right now).
Also, thank you so much for the bug report! That is really helpful.
Getting stunned by the knight 4 times in a row is super unlucky and I agree, it shouldn’t happen like that. I’ll review the attack patterns and make it a little less likely to happen.
The bug with the lever and the bug with the Crystal Caverns exit are easy to fix and I will release an updated version today so nobody else runs into that problem.
Regarding the „goddess statues don’t work“ bug: do you mean that they don’t react at all when you interact with them? Have you tried the golden statues, or only the normal stone statues? Only the golden goddess statues are going to work with the Catalyst. I’ll add a clarification in the game.
The bug with the level costs will take some time looking into, as I can’t figure out quickly what could be causing this. It’s super helpful to know that this can happen and I’ll look for a fix.
Anyway, thank you so much for the playthrough! If you are okay with this, I would like to add you to the credits as a playtester. Let me know here in the comments or via e-mail to spacelemon@tutanota.com if you are okay with that and what name I should use for the credits.
by goddes statues i mean that the gold ones that level up party members dont work
Thank you for the clarification. I'm currently looking into what could have gone wrong in your save file. In my playtests they seem to work without problems. If this isn't too much of a hassle to answer: What didn't work in your game? Couldn't you interact with them (e. g. you tried to talk to them but nothing happened) or didn't the level up work? Did you try to level up when you were level 20 or more?
i was level 99 cause of the crystals level up price changing to 7 i could interact with them and i could click to level up party member and statue show say that they level up but when i check there level and stats ther level and stats dint change but the golden statue say that they sopoust to be at level 16
Ah, nice. Thank you! This problem is fixed in the new versions, v0.923 and up.
It was the same issue you encountered when leveling up at the crystals. I guess I never thought anyone would have enough Dust to level up beyond level 20. Thanks for bringing this up!