The Castle Road

The Castle Road is a portrait, pixel-art, first-person melee game. Light your torch at the forest edge and walk 4.54 km of storm, forest and stone to the castle on the hill. WALK THE ROAD Sixteen places stand between you and the crown deck: the valley road, a roadside inn, the village chapel, the cliff path, the switchbacks, the castle gate, the great hall, the tower and the spire. READ EVERY BLOW Every enemy shows its attack before it lands. Swipe to slash, swipe down for a heavy blow, tap to thrust, hold to block, and time a perfect block to stagger them. Wolves, bandits, brutes, skeletons, parapet archers and armored knights each fight their own way. KEEP THE FLAME ALIVE Your torch is your light and your weapon. It burns fuel as you walk, and when it runs low the dark closes in. FACE THE LANTERN KING At the top waits the Lantern King, a final boss in three phases. In the last one,…