MIRE

MIRE

the ASCII roguelike that forces you to think about every move. descend into the mire. climb a little. become god's worst enemy.

free forever. if you paid for this game, you've been scammed. get a refund, run a malware check, and report it to me in the discussion page.

how to play:

run it:

1. download MIRE.love

2. get LÖVE 11.x (https://love2d.org) if you don't have it

3. double click the `.love` file (or `love MIRE.love` from a terminal)

..or download a windows, macos, or linux build!

windows: you may get a smartscreen warning since the exe isn't signed. click "more info" > "run anyway".  this is normal for indie games without a paid code signing certificate, and you can upload to virustotal to be sure!

mac: unzip, then double click to trigger the warning → cancel → system settings → privacy & security → "open anyway". or just use the .love build

controls:

| keys | action |

| wasd / hjkl / arrow keys | move & hit |

| space | interact (open chests, break pots, read signs, barter) |

| G / 0 | use active item (megaphone, cookie tin) |

| R | restart the run |

| esc | pause (RESUME / SAVE & EXIT / SAVE & QUIT / QUIT / END RUN / OPTIONS) |

| ctrl | hold for the stat overlay |

| shift | hold to re-read your most recent find |

features:

- procedural ASCII dungeons generated fresh every run. no run is ever the same!

- snappy stamina-and-dice combat: hit harder, dodge, crit

- shops, chests, potions, hearts, level-ups with stat picks and perks

- boss floors, gold, score, secrets and signs left for the curious

- boss fights show the boss's name and a persistent hp bar at the top of the screen

- special floors: once you carry the sword, a floor has a small chance to be a handcrafted map instead of the usual generated rooms

- seeded runs: hit SEEDED RUN on the title screen, enter any 1-10 char seed, and the whole dungeon/treasure layout is reproducible. your run's seed is shown on the death screen so you can share or reclimb a run!

- TUTORIAL teaches the basics

- save and CONTINUE RUN, themes, per-slider MASTER/SFX/MUSIC volume, window scale + fullscreen
- saves on new floors and wipes (i think) on death so you can't cheat! :)

credits:

design, code, and music by phluxjr (me!). sfx via sfxr.me/jsfxr & ffmpeg. font: unscii (viznut.fi/unscii). see in-game CREDITS for the full list

version:

v1.0, check CREDITS in-game for your current version

compatibility note:

only linux builds have been tested. i do not have a windows or macos machine to test these with, so if they don't work for you, go to the discussion page to let me know, and then download the .love build and LÖVE for your system to run MIRE.

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

MIRE appimage virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d680d53f1b5fe15c923370348fde8f45b7088c7ae3fc...

MIRE.love virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/dc0075d71fe2e037fb6b6b830a5fe447ffc79a3ff2d9...

MIRE win64 virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/951eed857379d9dd239530ee70f46a04540ae19c60c2...

MIRE macos virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/db6a1e0f53c4bf0ed223cb910bb0832677fecf6ad896...